# The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016, Paragraph 6: Load receptors


(1) A person must not use a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument for trade unless it is erected and used in such a manner that, during a weighing operation, the load being weighed is stationary relative to the load receptor and supported only by the load receptor.
(2) A person must not use for trade a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument for the purpose of sales by retail—
(a) unless—
(i) the load receptor is not less than 10 mm above any adjacent surface; or
(ii) where the load receptor is less than 10 mm above any adjacent surface, the boundary of the top surface of all adjacent surfaces is durably marked in a distinctive and contrasting manner with a band at least 15 mm in width; or
(b) if the load receptor is below the level of any adjacent surface.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1152/schedule/4/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-6
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