{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-2000/regulation-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-2000/regulation-34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/932",
  "legislation_title": "The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/34",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every non-automatic weighing machine, where the maximum load does not exceed 5 tonnes, shall be tested by the use of weights complying with the Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Weights and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1986 as set out in the following Table—\nAccuracy Classification\nWeights to be used\nClass I and Class II\nLocal standard weights, working standard weights which fall within the prescribed limits of error relating to the equivalent local standard weights, test weights not greater than 20 kilograms which fall within the prescribed limits of error relating to the equivalent local standard weights, or test weights greater than 20 kilograms which fall within 0.15 of the prescribed limits of error for the test weights in question\nClass III and having more than 5,000 scale intervals\nLocal standard weights, working standard weights, test weights not greater than 20 kilograms, or test weights greater than 20 kilograms which fall within half the prescribed limits of error for the test weights in question\nClass III and having no more than 5,000 scale intervals and Class IIII\nLocal standard weights, working standard weights or test weights.\n(2) Where the maximum load of a machine exceeds 5 tonnes, the test loads shall consist of a minimum of 5 tonnes of weights complying with the Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) above and may consist of loose material for the remainder up to the maximum load.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 34 in force at 2.5.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1685 as amended by S.I. 1994/1851."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/932/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:27.087068+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."
}