{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-18.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/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where an automatic catchweigher is marked with a measurement range, no person may use the catchweigher for trade for determining a weight outside that range in relation—\n(a) to, or to articles made from, gold, silver or other precious metals, including gold or silver thread or fringe;\n(b) to precious stones or pearls; or\n(c) to drugs or other pharmaceutical products.",
  "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/18",
    "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."
}