{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, no weighing or measuring equipment shall be stamped unless it contains a plug or stud of soft metal for the reception of an inspector's stamp, such plug or stud being made irremovable by undercutting or otherwise.\n(2) Paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply to:—\n(a) linear measures;\n(b) capacity measures made of glass, earthenware, enamelled-metal, plastic or vulcanite;\n(c) liquid capacity measures made of metal;\n(d) dry capacity measures made of material other than metal;\n(e) avoirdupois weights made of stainless steel;\n(f) metric weights other than weights made of iron;\n(g) grain weights, troy weights, apothecaries weights or pennyweights;\n(h) balances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1986/1682",
      "affecting_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/735",
      "affecting_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1963/1710/regulation/6",
    "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."
}