{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-33.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/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Manner of use",
  "text": "(1) Where an automatic rail-weighbridge is marked with—\n(a) a temperature range, it must not be used for trade in temperatures outside that range;\n(b) a weight measurement range, it must not be used for trade in a manner or for a purpose that does not accord with that marking.\n(2) Where an automatic rail-weighbridge bears a mark which signifies the manner and purpose of use, it must not be used for trade in a manner or for a purpose which does not accord with that marking.\n(3) An automatic rail-weighbridge must not be used for trade—\n(a) unless it is properly balanced or set to zero immediately prior to use; or\n(b) in circumstances—\n(i) in which it may be prevented from operating consistently or accurately; or\n(ii) which are likely prematurely to degrade its metrological characteristics.\n(4) Where an automatic rail-weighbridge is fitted with a printing device, the rail-weighbridge must not be used for trade unless the printing device produces a printout which—\n(a) indicates the weight or each wagon weighed or, in the case of a total train, the weight of that total train;\n(b) indicates which wagon, if any, has travelled over the load receptor at a speed outside the range of operating speeds; and\n(c) is not altered due to any wagon travelling over the load receptor more than once.",
  "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/33",
    "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."
}