PART IIMATERIALS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION AND MARKING OF CAPACITY SERVING MEASURES

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1

Capacity serving measures may be either —

a

brim measures, which shall have a plane rim and be of a nominal capacity in column 1 of Table 1 in the Schedule to these Regulations; or

b

line measures, which shall be of a nominal capacity in column 1 of Table 2 in the Schedule to these Regulations and marked with a line which shall be —

i

on the inside or outside surface of the measure;

ii

conspicuous and durable;

iii

of a thickness of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 1.5 mm;

iv

subject to paragraph (2) below, of a minimum length as set out in column 5 of the said Table 2 for a measure of the relevant capacity; and

v

at a minimum vertical distance from the top of the line to the plane of the brim as set out in column 3 of the said Table 2 for that measure, and at a maximum vertical distance from the top of the line to the plane of the brim of four times the relevant minimum distance.

2

Where the minimum length of line referred to in paragraph 1(b)(iv) above is 25 mm, a line measure may instead be marked with two equal co-linear lines which, together with a separation of 2 mm, total not less than 25 mm.