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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-2.1",
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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",
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  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following accuracy classes have been defined—\n(a) I special\n(b) II high\n(c) III medium\n(d) IIII ordinary\nThe specifications of these classes are given in Table 1.\nTable 1\nAccuracy classes\nClass\nVerification scale interval (e)\nMinimum capacity (Min)\nNumber of verification scale intervals n = ((Max)/(e))\nminimum value\nminimum value\nmaximum value\nI\n0,001 g ≤ e\n100 e\n50 000\nII\n0,001 g ≤ e ≤ 0,05 g\n20 e\n100\n100 000\n0,1 g ≤ e\n50 e\n5 000\n100 000\nIII\n0,1 g ≤ e ≤ 2 g\n20 e\n100\n10 000\n5 g ≤ e\n20 e\n500\n10 000\nIIII\n5 g ≤ e\n10 e\n100\n1 000\nThe minimum capacity is reduced to 5 e for instruments in classes II and III for determining a conveying tariff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "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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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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