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Schedule 3 WORKING STANDARD CAPACITY MEASURES AND TESTING EQUIPMENT

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(excluding proving tanks, proving tanks for water, graduated measuring cylinders, displacement plungers, reference meters, reference meters for water, differential pressure gauges and piston provers)

(a) Imperial(b) Metric
Indicated capacity of or tolerance mark relating to— Limit of errorIndicated capacity of or tolerance mark relating to— Limit of error
¼ gill or less0.2 ml1 ml or 2 ml0.1 ml
⅓ gill0.3 ml5 ml or 10 ml0.2 ml
⅓gill0.3 ml5 ml or 10 ml0.2 gill
⅖ gill or ½ gill0.4 ml20 ml or 25 ml0.2 ml
4 fl oz0.5 ml50 ml0.3 ml
1 gill (5 fl oz) 0.6 ml100 ml0.4 ml
6 fl oz0.7 ml125 ml0.5 ml
⅓ pt, 8 fl oz or ½ pt0.8 ml150 ml0.6 ml
1 pt1.0 ml175 ml0.7 ml
1 quart or ½ gal2.0 ml200 ml or 250 ml0.8 ml
1 gal5.0 ml500 ml1.0 ml
2 gal10.0 ml1 l or 2 l2.0 ml
3 gal15.0 ml2.5 l2.5 ml
4 gal20.0 ml5 l5.0 ml
5 gal20.0 ml10 l10.0 ml
more than 5 gal0.1 per centmore than 10 l0.1 per cent
  1. PROVING TANKS
  2. PROVING TANKS FOR WATER
  3. GRADUATED MEASURING CYLINDERS