{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-1.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": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 below, the prescribed limits of error expressed in terms of “e”, the relevant verification scale interval of the device under test, shall be those set out in the Table below.\nTable\nLimits of Error in Excess or Deficiency\nClassification of Machine\nupon passing as fit for use for trade\nin relation to the obliteration of stamps\nNumber of verification scale intervals for loads—see Note below\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nNote\nWhen testing a weight indicating or printing device, in a weighing mode in which tare devices other than those within paragraph (b) of the definition of “tare device” in regulation 2 above are operable, the ranges listed in column 4 of the Table shall be increased by the corresponding tare value.\nClass I\n(first part)\n0.5 e\n1 e\nnot more than 50 000 e\n(second part)\n1 e\n2 e\nmore than 50 000 e and not more than 200 000 e\n(third part)\n1.5 e\n3 e\nmore than 200 000 e\nClass II\n(first part)\n0.5 e\n1 e\nnot more than 5 000 e\n(second part)\n1 e\n2 e\nmore than 5 000 e and not more than 20 000 e\n(third part)\n1.5 e\n3 e\nmore than 20 000 e\nClass III\n(first part)\n0.5 e\n1 e\nnot more than 500 e\n(second part)\n1 e\n2 e\nmore than 500 e and not more than 2 000 e\n(third part)\n1.5 e\n3 e\nmore than 2 000 e\nClass IIII\n(first part)\n0.5 e\n1 e\nnot more than 50 e\n(second part)\n1 e\n2 e\nmore than 50 e and not more than 200 e\n(third part)\n1.5 e\n3 e\nmore than 200 e",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 2.5.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/932/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}