{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-70.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/70",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Unsuitable use of regulated non-automatic weighing instruments",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument.\n(2) If it appears to an inspector that a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument used for a purpose mentioned in regulation 3(2)—\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 inspector may affix a disqualification mark to the instrument; and any such mark must 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/2016/1152/regulation/70",
    "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."
}