{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-automatic-catchweighing-instruments-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3.8.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-automatic-catchweighing-instruments-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3.8.4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-automatic-catchweighing-instruments-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3.8.4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3.8.4",
  "heading": "Presentation of descriptive markings",
  "text": "Descriptive markings shall be indelible and of a size, shape and clarity that permit legibility under normal conditions of use.\nThey shall be grouped together in a clearly visible place on the instrument, either on a descriptive plate fixed near the indicating device or on the indicating device itself. It shall be possible to seal the plate bearing the markings, unless it cannot be removed without being destroyed.\nThe descriptive markings may be shown on a programmable display which is controlled by software. In this case, means shall be provided for any access to reprogramming of the markings to be automatically and non-erasably recorded, e.g. by traceable access software. When a programmable display is used, the plate of the instrument shall bear at least the following markings:\ntype and designation of the instrument\nname or identification mark of the manufacturer\npattern approval number\nelectrical supply voltage\nelectrical supply frequency\npneumatic pressure.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3.8.4 in operation at 8.5.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/154/schedule/4/paragraph/3.8.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:47:20.710149+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."
}