{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-116.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1963/1710",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963",
  "path": "regulation/116",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of platform weighing machines and weighbridges which are fitted with dials—\n(a) all racks and pinions shall be made of hard metal;\n(b) the extremity of the pointer shall not be a greater distance than three sixteenths of an inch from the dial, and shall meet but not obscure the graduations;\n(c) the indicating mechanism and any cylinders or tanks containing liquid shall be protected from dust and from excessive variations of temperature;\n(d) if the instrument is of a type commonly known as a self-indicating pitbank weighing machine, the pendulous lever, suspension rod and water box shall be suitably enclosed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1963/1710/regulation/116",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:14:13.296211+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."
}