{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986/schedule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986/schedule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1683",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "APPROPRIATE LOCAL OR WORKING STANDARD WEIGHTS",
  "text": "Weight\nStandard of weight to be used\n1. METRIC EXCEPT CARAT (METRIC) WEIGHTS\nNot less than 50 mg\nLocal standards or working standards\nNot more than 20 mg\nLocal standards or working standards which fall within the prescribed limits of error relating to the equivalent local standard weight\n2. AVOIRDUPOIS EXCEPT WEIGHTS EXPRESSED AS MULTIPLES OR FRACTIONS OF 1/7000 lb.\nLocal standards or working standards\n3. OUNCE TROY\nLocal standards or working standards which fall within the prescribed limits of error relating to the equivalent local standard weight\n4. CARAT (METRIC)\nLocal standards or working standards which fall within the prescribed limits of error relating to the equivalent local standard weight\n5. WEIGHTS EXPRESSED AS MULTIPLES OR FRACTIONS OF 1/7000 lb.\nLocal standards or working standards which fall within the prescribed limits of error relating to the equivalent local standard weight",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words 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/3",
    "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."
}