{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1683",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Irregular octahedronal",
  "text": "The form of irregular octahedronal weight referred to in paragraph 1(i) of the Table in Regulation 5(1) shall be as shown in the diagram below, being the rectangular form shown in paragraph 2 below cut away vertically on two corners of the same side. The cutaway sections shall be identical, and so proportioned that—\n(i) the width of each end of the weight shall not be more than 80 per cent. of the full cross-sectional width; and\n(ii) the length of the side thus formed shall not be more than 60 per cent. of the full cross-sectional length.\nThe length and the width of the weight may vary to the extent permitted for the rectangular weight in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1683/schedule/2/paragraph/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."
}