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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1990/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1990/schedule-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2626",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-capacity-measures-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "LOCAL STANDARD CAPACITY MEASURES",
  "text": "(excluding proving tanks and proving tanks for water)\n(a) Imperial\n(b) Metric\nLocal Standard of—\nLimit of Error\nLocal Standard of—\nLimit of Error\n⅙, ⅕ or ¼ gill\n0.12 ml\n1 or 2 ml\n0.04 ml\n⅓ gill\n0.15 ml\n5 ml\n0.06 ml\n⅖ or ½ gill\n0.20 ml\n10 ml\n0.08 ml\n4 fl oz\n0.25 ml\n20 or 25 ml\n0.12 ml\n1 gill\n0.30 ml\n50 ml\n0.15 ml\n6 fl oz\n0.35 ml\n100 ml\n0.20 ml\n⅓ pt, 8 fl oz or ½ pt\n0.4 ml\n125 ml\n0.25 ml\n1 pt\n0.5 ml\n150 ml\n0.30 ml\n1 quart or ½ gal\n1.0 ml\n175 ml\n0.35 ml\n1 gal\n2.5 ml\n200 or 250 ml\n0.4 ml\nmore than 1 gal\n0.02 per cent of the nominal capacity\n500 ml\n0.5 ml\n1 l or 2 l\n1.0 ml\n2.5 l\n1.2 ml\n5 l\n2.5 ml\n10 l\n5 ml\nmore than 10 l\n0.02 per cent of the nominal capacity",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1259",
      "affecting_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1851",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/599",
      "affecting_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2626/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:54.257768+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."
}