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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-1988/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/876",
  "legislation_title": "The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1988",
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  "path": "regulation/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where units of measurement are marked on non-automatic weighing machines first passed as fit for use for trade—\n(a) before 27th April 1978, they shall be marked, in the case of the dram, in full or by means of the abbreviation or symbol, dr, only;\n(b) before 1st December 1980, they shall be marked in full or, except in the case of the ton or stone, by means of one of the following abbreviations or symbols only:—\ncwt, qr, lb, oz, oz tr, gr, t, kg, kilog, g, grm, CM, mg;\n(c) on or after those dates, they shall be marked in metric units or in pounds or ounces, in full or by means of one of the following abbreviations or symbols only:—\nlb, oz, oz tr, t, kg, g, CM, mg.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall authorise the use for trade of the ton, hundredweight, quarter, stone or grain in any circumstances, other than those permitted by paragraph 14(1) and (3) of Schedule 11 to the Act or of the dram in any circumstances other than those permitted by paragraph 12(1) and (2) of that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "affecting_title": "The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
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      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
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    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/876/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:39.032384+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."
}