{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1152",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Introductory",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies in relation to the placing on the market of a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument by a manufacturer.\n(2) The obligations in this Chapter also apply to an importer or distributor who—\n(a) places a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument on the market under the name or trade mark of that importer or distributor; or\n(b) modifies a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with these Regulations may be affected,\nand the expression “manufacturer” is to be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1152/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:41.658041+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."
}