{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-prescribed-stamp-regulations-1968/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-prescribed-stamp-regulations-1968/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Prescribed Stamp) Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-prescribed-stamp-regulations-1968",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations prescribe the form of stamp to be used by inspectors of weights and measures for stamping weighting and measuring equipment which they have passed as fit for use for trade.\nThey replace the Weights and Measures (Prescribed Stamp) Regulations 1963.\nThe only change is that the form of stamp employed to stamp glass, earthenware or enamelled metal measures need not include any indication of the year in which the stamp is applied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/1615/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:19:05.879147+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."
}