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Paragraph 11 Maximum permissible error

(1)

A measuring system which falls within an accuracy class of 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 must, when used to measure a quantity set out in column 1 of the following Table, operate within the maximum permissible error as set out in column 2, 3 or 4 of that Table for that class and that quantity.

Accuracy class
0.30.51.0
Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Quantity deliveredMaximum permissible errorMaximum permissible errorMaximum permissible error
MMQ to and including MMQ x 2± 0.6% x MMQ± 1% x MMQ±2% x MMQ
˃MMQ x 2± 0.3% x quantity delivered± 0.5% x quantity delivered± 1.0% x quantity delivered
(2)

In the Table, “MMQ” means minimum measured quantity.