{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Maximum permissible error",
  "text": "(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.\nAccuracy class\n0.3\n0.5\n1.0\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nQuantity delivered\nMaximum permissible error\nMaximum permissible error\nMaximum permissible error\nMMQ to and including MMQ x 2\n± 0.6% x MMQ\n± 1% x MMQ\n±2% x MMQ\n˃MMQ x 2\n± 0.3% x quantity delivered\n± 0.5% x quantity delivered\n± 1.0% x quantity delivered\n(2) In the Table, “MMQ” means minimum measured quantity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/schedule/6/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:40.726189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}