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Paragraph 3.3.3 F1

The partial weighing ranges are classified according to Table 2. All partial weighing ranges shall fall into the same accuracy class, that class being the instrument's accuracy class.

Table 2

Multi-level instruments

i  =  1, 2, …r,

i  =  partial weighing range number,

r  =  the total number of partial weighing ranges

ClassVerification scale interval (e)Minimum capacity (Min)Number of verification scale intervals
Minimum value

Minimum value F2

n = ((Maxi) / (e(i+1)))

Maximum value

n = ((Maxi) / (ei))

I0,001 g ≤ ei100 e150 000
II0,001 g ≤ ei ≤ 0,05 g20 e15 000100 000
0,1 g ≤ ei50 e15 000100 000
III0,1 g ≤ ei20 e150010 000
IIII5g ≤ ei10 e1501 000

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

F2

For I = r, the corresponding column of Table 1 applies, with e replaced by er.