{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/5",
  "legislation_title": "The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weighing-equipment-non-automatic-weighing-machines-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 16 on tilt testing, machines fitted with level indicating devices shall only be tested when the devices indicate that the machines have been set to their reference positions.\n(2) Movable machines or machines having movable load or weight receptors—\n(a) shall, if freestanding, subject to subparagraph (1) and the provisions of paragraph 16(d) and (e) on tilt testing, be supported during testing on a level plane and, if practicable, have their load and/or weight bearing surfaces set level; and\n(b) shall, if designed to be suspended in use, be suspended during testing.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 13.2.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/5/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:56.627447+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."
}