{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-93",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-93.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/93",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "93",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Spring balances shall be tested by means of both increasing and decreasing loads, and the spring shall be allowed to vibrate before a reading is taken.\n(2) In the case of a spring balance the pan of which is above the spring—\n(a) if the pan is not in the form of a scoop, the instrument shall indicate the same weight within half the prescribed limits of error if the centre of a load equal to half the capacity of the instrument is placed on the pan anywhere within a distance from the centre equal to one-third of the greatest length of the pan, or, if the pan has a vertical side, against the middle of that side;\n(b) if the pan is in the form of a scoop, the instrument shall fall within the prescribed limits of error when a load equal to half the capacity of the instrument is placed against the middle of the back of the scoop and again when a like load is placed in any position on the scoop.\n(3) In the case of a spring balance the pan of which is below the spring, the instrument shall fall within the prescribed limits of error when a load equal to the capacity of the instrument is placed in any position on the pan.",
  "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/93",
    "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."
}