{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Maximum permissible error",
  "text": "(1) Where a cold-water meter is used for trade within a flowrate range set out in column 1 of the following Table, it must operate within the maximum permissible error specified for that flowrate range set out in column 2 of that Table.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nFlowrate range\nMaximum permissible error as a percentage of quantity delivered\nQ1 to ˂ Q2\n± 6%\nQ2 to and including Q4\n± 2.5%\n(2) For the purposes of that Table—\n(a) “Q1” is the lowest flowrate at which the cold-water meter provides indications that satisfy the requirements concerning the maximum permissible errors;\n(b) “Q2” is the flowrate value occurring between the permanent and minimum flowrates, at which the flowrate range is divided into two zones, the upper zone and the lower zone, each zone having a characteristic maximum permissible error;\n(c) “Q3” is the permanent flowrate; and\n(d) “Q4” is the highest flowrate at which the cold-water meter operates in a satisfactory manner.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}