{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-51.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/51",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The adjusting holes in weights made of iron other than those of the flat-circular type, shall be rectangular or circular, and shall not be greater in area than the area of a rectangle of the following approximate dimensions:—\nPurported value of weight\nLength\nWidth\nApproximate minimum distance of lead from surface when new\ninches\ninches\ninches\n56 pounds\n2½\n1¼\n1¼\n50 pounds\n2½\n1¼\n1¼\n28 Pounds\n2\n1\n1\n20 Pounds\n1½\n¾\n¾\n14 pounds\n1¼\n⅝\n⅝\n10 pounds\n1\n½\n½\n7 pounds\n1\n½\n½\n5 pounds\n¾\n½\n½\n4 pounds\n¾\n½\n½\n2 pounds\n⅝\n½\n½\n1 pounds\n⅝\n½\n½\n8 ounces\n⅝\n⅜\n¼\n4 ounces\n½\n5 16\n¼\n(2) The minimum distance of the lead (when new) from the surface of the weight shall correspond approximately to that specified in the fourth column of the foregoing table.",
  "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/51",
    "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."
}