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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1995/schedule-2/crossheading-metrological-requirements/paragraph-1",
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  "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": "schedule/2/crossheading/metrological-requirements/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Units of mass",
  "text": "The units of mass used shall be legal units within the meaning of Directive 80/181/EEC as last amended by Directive 85/1/EEC.\nSubject to compliance with this condition, the following units are permitted:\nSI units: kilogram, microgram, milligram, gram, tonne,\nImperial units: pound, ounce (avoirdupois), troy ounce,\nother non-SI units: metric carat, if weighing precious stones.\nFor instruments that make use of the Imperial units of mass referred to above, the relevant essential requirements specified below shall be converted to the said Imperial units, using simple interpolation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L39, 15.2.1980, p.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L2, 3.1.1985, p.11. Since its amendment by Directive 85/1/EEC, Directive 80/181/EEC has been further amended by Directive 89/617/EEC."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1907/schedule/2/crossheading/metrological-requirements/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}