{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Maximum permissible error",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a measuring system used to measure a quantity of liquid fuel—\n(a) above the minimum measured quantity of the measuring system, the maximum permissible error shall be determined in accordance with the following Table.\nAccuracy class of measuring system\n0.3\n0.5\n1.0\n1.5\n2.5\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nColumn 6\nQuantity\nMPE\nMPE\nMPE\nMPE\nMPE\nLess than 0.1L\n+ 4.8mL\n-2.4mL\n+8mL\n-4mL\n+16mL\n-8mL\n+24mL\n-12mL\n+40mL\n-20mL\nFrom 0.1L to ˂ 0.2L\n+ 4.8%\n-2.4%\n+ 8%\n-4%\n+16%\n-8%\n+ 24%\n-12%\n+ 40%\n-20%\nFrom 0.2L to ˂ 0.4L\n+ 4.8mL\n-2.4mL\n+ 8mL\n-4mL\n+ 16mL\n-8mL\n+ 24mL\n-12mL\n+ 40mL\n-20mL\nFrom 0.4L to ˂ 1L\n+ 1.2%\n-0.6%\n+ 2%\n-1%\n+ 4%\n-2%\n+ 6%\n-3%\n+ 10%\n-5%\nFrom 1L to ˂ 2L\n+12mL\n-6mL\n+20mL\n-10mL\n+40mL\n-20mL\n+60mL\n-30mL\n+100mL\n-50mL\n2L or more\n+0.6%\n-0.3%\n+1%\n-0.5%\n+2%\n-1%\n+3%\n-1.5%\n+5%\n-2.5%\n(b) equal to the minimum measured quantity of the measuring system, the maximum permissible error shall be determined in accordance with the following Table.\nAccuracy class of measuring system\n0.3\n0.5\n1.0\n1.5\n2.5\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nColumn 6\nQuantity\nMPE\nMPE\nMPE\nMPE\nMPE\nLess than 0.1L\n+4.8mL\n-2.4mL\n+8mL\n-4mL\n+16mL\n-8mL\n+24mL\n-12mL\n+40mL\n-20mL\nFrom 0.1L to ˂ 0.2L\n+ 4.8%\n-2.4%\n+8%\n-4%\n+ 16%\n-8%\n+24%\n-12%\n+40%\n-20%\nFrom 0.2L to ˂ 0.4L\n+ 9.6mL\n-4.8mL\n+ 16mL\n-8mL\n+ 32mL\n-16mL\n+ 48mL\n-24mL\n+ 80mL\n-40mL\nFrom 0.4L to ˂ 1L\n+ 2.4%\n-1.2%\n+ 4%\n-2%\n+8%\n-4%\n+ 12%\n-6%\n+ 20%\n-10%\nFrom 1L to ˂ 2L\n+24mL\n-12mL\n+40mL\n-20mL\n+80mL\n-40mL\n+120mL\n-60mL\n+200mL\n-100mL\n2L or more\n+1.2%\n-0.6%\n+2%\n-1%\n+4%\n-2%\n+6%\n-3%\n+10%\n-5%\n(2) But the maximum permissible error for a quantity above the minimum measured quantity of the measuring system shall not be less than the maximum permissible error for a quantity equal to the minimum measured quantity.\n(3) Where the measuring system falls within an accuracy class of 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.5, it shall, for a quantity set out in column 1 of the relevant Table, operate within the maximum permissible error set out in column 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of that Table for that class and that 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/7",
    "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."
}