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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1993/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1993/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1579",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Unsuitable use of instrument used for trade",
  "text": "If it appears to an authorised person that an instrument is used for trade—\n(a) for a purpose for which it is unsuitable; or\n(b) in circumstances where it is subject to any extraordinary environmental or operating conditions which—\n(i) may prevent it operating consistently or accurately, or\n(ii) are likely prematurely to degrade its metrological characteristics, the authorised person may affix a disqualification sticker to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1579/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:20:17.410845+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."
}