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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1683",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS OF UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENT",
  "text": "Metric\nkilogram\nkg\ngram\ng\nmilligram\nmg\ncarat (metric)\nC.M. or CM\ncubic metre\nm3\nmillimetre\nmm\nImperial\npound\nlb\nounce\noz\nounce troy\noz tr or oz troy\nweights expressed as multiples or fractions of 1/7000 pound\ngr",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1851",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1683/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:40:43.032146+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."
}