{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1995/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1995/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1907",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1995",
  "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,\nthe authorised person may affix a disqualification sticker to the instrument; and any such sticker shall be affixed in such a position that it is clearly visible when the instrument is in its regular operating position.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1907/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:05:20.753992+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."
}