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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-quantity-marking-and-abbreviations-of-units-regulations-1987/schedule-3/part-I",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1538",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) Regulations 1987",
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  "path": "schedule/3/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "METRIC UNITS",
  "text": "1\n2\nUnit of measurement\nSymbol\nmetre\nm\ncentimetre\ncm\nmillimetre\nmm\nsquare metre\nm2\nsquare decimetre\ndm2\nsquare centimetre\ncm2\ncubic metre\nm3\ncubic centimetre\ncm3\nlitre\n1 or L\ndecilitre\ndl or dL\ncentilitre\ncl or cL\nmillilitre\nml or mL\ntonne\nt\nkilogram\nkg\nhectogram\nhg\ngram\ng\nmilligram\nmg",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "rev. in Pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1852",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods and Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
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    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1852",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods and Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
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