Regulation 4 Purposes of use for trade
On or after 1st September 1991, where a non-automatic weighing machine is marked with a weighing range, no person shall use that machine for trade for the purpose of determining the value of loads, expressed in units of measurement of mass, which are outside that range.
Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, a machine may be used for trade in the range between zero indication and the approved minimum load only
during the determination of postal or other tariffs, and
where there is a common tariff for any weight value at and below the approved minimum load.
No person shall use for trade for the purpose of determining postal tariffs a machine having a digital weight indicating or printing device, unless—
each of its weight indicating or printing devices has a scale interval of 1 g or less; or
in accordance with the published particulars of the approved pattern the machine is marked “For determining postal tariffs only”.
No person shall use for trade a machine carrying a marking required by the published particulars of the approved pattern or these Regulations for a purpose which does not accord with the marking.
No person shall use for trade any non-automatic weighing machine other than a machine of accuracy classification as a Class I or Class II machine in any transaction—
in gold, silver or other precious metals,
in precious stones,
in jewellery, or
by retail in drugs or other pharmaceutical products, in which case for non-graduated Class II machines, having a maximum capacity of not less than 25 g and not more than 1 kg, the verification scale interval “e” in Table 2 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be Max/2000.
No person shall use a Class IIII non-automatic weighing machine for trade for any purpose other than:
for weighing ballast;
for weighing other goods, in accordance with the published particulars of the approved pattern;
for use as a customer check weighing machine; or
if it is of a type described in paragraph 16(a) or (b) in Part V of Schedule 2 to these Regulations and stamped before 1st November 1988.
No person shall on or after 1st September 1991 use for trade any non-automatic weighing machine for the purpose of multiple weighing.
No person shall use a Class I or Class II machine, fitted with a rider, a device for interpolation of reading or an indicating device on which the last figure is clearly differentiated from the other figures, for direct trade with the public.
No person shall have a self service weighing machine available for trade unless it complies with the requirements of these Regulations.