# The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000 (revoked) S.I. 2000/3236 · made 11 December 2000 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2000-revoked/pdf/uksi_20003236_en.pdf ## Introductory text WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Made 11th December 2000 Laid before Parliament 11th December 2000 Coming into force 1st January 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation, commencement and revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application of Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Placing on the market, putting into service and use of instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Instruments used for Schedule 3 applications to satisfy the essential requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Information to be borne by instruments not subjected to EC verification, EC unit verification or EC declaration of type conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Instruments conforming with relevant national standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Appropriate equipment for tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Designation of bodies to exercise functions under the Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS ### Chapter: Examination and Supervision ## 10 EC type-examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 EC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 EC unit verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Quality system approval and EC declaration of type conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Provisions supplemental to regulations 11, 12 and 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 EC surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Suspension of authority to make EC declarations of type conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Withdrawal of approval of quality system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Affixing of CE marking etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Conformity with other directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Review of decisions ## 20 Review of decisions of authorised persons under Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter: Enforcement ## 22 Unauthorised application of CE marking etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Disqualification stickers (instruments not complying with these Regulations etc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Disqualification stickers and re-qualification stickers (instruments which have been altered etc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Immediate enforcement action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Compliance notice procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Unsuitable use of instrument used for trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: USE FOR TRADE OF NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS ## 28 Restrictions on use of instruments for trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Manner of erection of instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Instruments marked with temperature range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Instruments marked with manner of use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Instruments fitted with printing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Load receptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Operation of instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Weights marked with EEC initial verification marks to be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Instruments using decimal parts of pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Instruments to be set to zero or to be balanced before use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: GENERAL ## 38 Powers of inspection and entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Obstruction of authorised person etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Offences by corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Adaptations for Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: ANNEX III TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 90/384/EEC of 20TH JUNE 1990 ON THE HARMONISATION OF THE LAWS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS ## DESIGN DOCUMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 ANNEX I TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 90/384/EEC of 20TH JUNE 1990 ON THE HARMONISATION OF THE LAWS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS The essential requirements that must be met by the instruments referred to in Article 1(2)(a) are set out below. The terminology used is that of the Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale. ### Part: METROLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS ## 1 Units of mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Accuracy classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 The following accuracy classes have been defined: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 Scale intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2.1 Scale intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2.2 Scale intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2.3 Scale intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Instruments with multiple weighing ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Multi-interval instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.1 Multi-interval instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.2 Multi-interval instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.3 Multi-interval instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.1 Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.1 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.5 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.6 Influence quantities and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Design and Construction ## 8 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.1 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.5 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.6 General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Indication of weighing results and other weight values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Printing of weighing results and other weight values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Levelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Zeroing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Tare devices and preset tare devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Instruments for direct sales to the public with a maximum capacity not greater than 100 kg: additional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Price labelling instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: APPLICATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(2)(a)OF THE NAWI DIRECTIVE ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 SPECIMEN FORM OF CE MARKING If the CE marking is reduced or enlarged, the proportions given in the above graduated drawing must be respected. The various components of the CE marking must have substantially the same vertical dimensions, which may not be less than 5mm. ## Schedule 5: ADAPTATIONS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3236 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2000-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.