{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1963/1710",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-regulations-1963",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Metric system\nEnd measures\nLine measures\nMeasures made of metal: purported value\nError in excess\nError in deficiency\nError in excess\nError in deficiency\nmillimetres\nmillimetres\nmillimetres\nmillimetres\n1 millimetre\n0.25\n0.025\n0.05\n0.025\n1 centimetre\n0.2\n0.1\n0.1\n0.05\n1 decimetre\n0.5\n0.25\n0.2\n0.1\n1 metre\n1\n0.5\n0.5\n0.5\n2 and 3 metres\n2\n1\n1\n1\n10 metres\n—\n—\n5\n5\n20 metres\n—\n—\n7.5\n7.5\nIn the case of measures made of material other than metal, the foregoing amounts of error shall be increased to double the said amounts.",
  "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/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
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  },
  "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."
}