{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-27.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/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Requirements for use for trade",
  "text": "No person shall use for trade an automatic discontinuous totaliser unless—\n(a) it is compliant with—\n(i) the essential requirements other than the provisions relating to maximum permissible errors;\n(ii) the requirements of paragraph 28;\n(b) it has been erected and installed in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 29; and\n(c) in the case of a totaliser falling within an accuracy class set out in column 1 of the following Table, it falls within the maximum permissible error for that class set out in column 2 of that Table.\n(1)\n(2)\nAccuracy class\nMaximum permissible error of totalised load\n0.2\n± 0.2%\n0.5\n± 0.5%\n1\n± 1.0%\n2\n± 2.0%",
  "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/27",
    "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."
}