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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
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  "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": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Units of mass\nThe units of mass used shall be the legal units within the meaning of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 relating to units of measurement .\nSubject to compliance with this condition, the following units are permitted—\n(a) SI units: kilogram, microgram, milligram, gram, tonne;\n(b) imperial unit: troy ounce, if weighing precious metals;\n(c) other non-SI unit: metric carat, if weighing precious stones.\nFor instruments that make use of the imperial unit of mass referred to above, the relevant essential requirements specified below shall be converted to that unit, using simple interpolation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 6-9 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 26 para. 45 (with Sch. 26 para. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1985 c.72."
    }
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  "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."
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