{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-99",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/regulation-99.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/99",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "99",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of every steelyard—\n(a) the shank shall be straight;\n(b) each set of notches or graduations on the shank shall be cut in one plane and shall be at right angles to the shank;\n(c) there shall be fitted a stop or other device to prevent excessive oscillation of the shank;\n(d) end fittings, sliding poises and suspending hooks shall not be readily removable;\n(e) the sliding poise shall be freely movable without risk of injury to the notches or graduations from constant use, and there shall be a stop to prevent it from travelling behind the zero mark or lowest graduation.",
  "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/99",
    "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."
}