{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-beltweighers-regulations-2001/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-beltweighers-regulations-2001/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1208",
  "legislation_title": "The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-beltweighers-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Marking of units of measurement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to section 92 of the Act, where units of measurement expressed in terms of mass are marked on beltweighers first passed as fit for use for trade after these Regulations come into force, they shall be marked in metric units in full or by means of one of the following abbreviations or symbols only—\nt, kg, g.\n(2) Where any of the following indicate quantity by means of a metric unit of measurement, any marking—\n(a) of minimum flowrate, maximum capacity or minimum totalised load;\n(b) on any totalisation indicating device;\nmay also indicate quantity by means of a supplementary indication ....\n(3) The abbreviations of, and symbols for, units of measurement used in this regulation refer to the relevant units as follows—\ngram\ng\nkilogram\nkg\ntonne\nt",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(2) omitted (1.1.2010) by virtue of The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3045), regs. 1, 3(2)(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 28.9.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1208/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:52:57.829361+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."
}