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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/231",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Without prejudice to Article 13, no article shall be used for trade as a cubic measure of ballast other than a receptacle (which may, if so desired, form part of a vehicle) which conforms to such requirements as to form, capacity, calibration and other matters as may be prescribed; and any person who uses for trade, or has in his possession for use for trade, as a cubic measure of ballast any article other than such a receptacle as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/231/schedule/4/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:11.672765+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."
}