{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-weights-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1986/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-weights-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1986/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1685",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Weights and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-weights-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Test weights and egg grading machine test poises shall be tested by either:\n(a) the method of substitution, or\n(b) the method of comparison against either:\n(i) local standard weights; or\n(ii) working standard weights or test weights,\nprovided that in the opinion of the inspector the necessary accuracy can be achieved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1685/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:40:41.631196+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."
}