{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-linear-measures-regulations-1986/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-linear-measures-regulations-1986/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1684",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Linear Measures) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-linear-measures-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and revocation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Linear Measures) Regulations 1986 and shall come into operation on 27th October 1986.\n(2) The Weights and Measures (Local Standards: Limits of Error) Regulations 1970, the Working Standards and Testing Equipment (Testing and Adjustment) Regulations 1970 and the Weights and Measures (Local Standards: Periods of Validity) Regulations 1979 are hereby revoked insofar as they relate to local and working standard linear measures.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "To which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1684/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:40:42.173072+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."
}