# The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994, Part III: AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE ON 1ST JANUARY 2000 Regulations Amendments The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983 In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit— “ pound lb ”. In regulation 12 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a) after “in full” insert “though not in pounds,” and omit “lb,”; and in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or pounds” and “lb”. The Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986 In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit— “ pound lb ounce oz ”. In regulation 12 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a) after “in full” insert “though not in pounds or ounces,” and omit “lb, oz,”; and in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or in pounds or ounces”, “abbreviations or” and “lb, oz,”. The Weights Regulations 1986 In regulation 5 in paragraph (1) in the Table for paragraphs 3 and 4 substitute— “ 3. Imperial Weights (other than weights in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this table) Bell, bar, flat-circular or ring type. Weights weighing in stones, quarters or hundredweights first passed as fit for use for trade and stamped before 1st December 1980. Weights weighing in drams first passed as fit for trade and stamped before 27th April 1978. 4. Grain Weights Flat or wire type. All such weights first passed as fir for use for trade and where necessary stamped before 1st December 1980. ”. For Schedule 1 substitute— “SCHEDULE 1 SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS OF UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENT Regulations 2(2) and 7(2) Metric kilogram kg gram g milligram mg carat (metric) C.M. or CM cubic metre m3 millimetre mm Imperial ounce troy oz tr or oz troy grain gr ”. In Schedule 3 for— “ 2. AVOIRDUPOIS EXCEPT WEIGHTS EXPRESSED AS MULTIPLES OR FRACTIONS OF 1/7000 lb. Local standards or working standards ” substitute “ 2. AVOIRDUPOIS EXCEPT GRAIN WEIGHTS Local standards or working standards ”. and for “ 5. WEIGHTS EXPRESSED AS MULTIPLES OR FRACTIONS OF 1/7000 lb. ” ” ” substitute— “ 5. GRAIN WEIGHTS ” ” ”. In Schedule 4 for Table 4 substitute— “ TABLE 4 Avoirdupois weights 1. 2. 3. Purported mass of the weight Prescribed limits of error on passing as fit for use for trade (+ only) Prescribed limits of error in relation to the obliteration of the stamp (±) 4 stones 4000 mg 4000 mg 2 stones 2000 mg 2000 mg 1 stone 1000 mg 1000 mg ½ stone 560 mg 560 mg 8 drams 20 mg 20 mg 4 drams 15 mg 15 mg 2 drams 10 mg 10 mg 1 dram 5 mg 5 mg ½ dram 5 mg 5 mg ”; and for the title to Table 5 substitute “Grain Weights”. The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Weights and Testing Equipment Regulations 1986 For Schedule 1 substitute— “SCHEDULE 1 Symbols and abbreviations of units of weight Regulation 2 kilogram … kg gram … g milligram … mg carat (metric) … C.M. ”. In Schedule 2 omit Tables 1 and 2 and for Table 6 substitute— “ TABLE 6 Test Weights Weight Limit of error 5000 kg 500 g 2000 kg 200 g 1000 kg 100 g 500 kg 50 g 250 kg 20 g 200 kg 20 g 100 kg 10 g 50 kg 5 g 20 kg 1 g 10 kg 500 mg 5 kg 250 mg ”. The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1988 In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit— “ pound lb ”. In regulation 14 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “or” and sub-paragraph (a)(ii) and in paragraph (2) omit sub- paragraph (a). In regulation 16 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (b) after “in full” insert “though not in pounds or ounces,” and omit “lb, oz” and in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) for “pounds or” substitute “troy” and omit “lb, oz”. For regulation 18 substitute— “18 Where a non-automatic weighing machine shows price expressed as an amount of money per unit of weight, such unit of weight shall be expressed per hundred grams, per kilogram or per tonne.”. Regulation 29 shall be omitted. In Schedule 2 in paragraph 11 in Note 4 to Table 1, in paragraph 13 in Note 5 to Table 2, in paragraph 15 in Note 1 to Table 3 and in paragraph 17 in Note 1 to Table 4 for “units of the imperial system” and “imperial units” substitute “ounces troy” and in Note 5 to Table 1, Note 6 to Table 2, Note 2 to Table 3 and Note 2 to Table 4 for “imperial” substitute “ounce troy”. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1851/schedule/part/III (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-metrication-amendments-regulations-1994/schedule/part-III Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.