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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-local-and-working-standard-weights-and-testing-equipment-regulations-1986/regulation-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The period of five years is hereby prescribed in the case of a weight for the purpose of section 4(6) of the Act (which relates to periods of validity of certificates of fitness of local standards) running from the date of issue of the certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1685/regulation/9",
    "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."
}