23. Where a non-automatic weighing machine is fitted with one or more level indicating devices, no person shall use the machine for trade unless each device indicates that it has been set to its reference position.E+W+S
24. Where a non-automatic weighing machine is marked with a temperature range, no person shall use the machine for trade in temperatures outside that range.E+W+S
25. Where a non-automatic weighing machine is marked with the manner of use, no person shall use the machine for trade in a manner which does not accord with the marking.E+W+S
26. Where a non-automatic weighing machine is fitted with a weight or any other printing device, the machine shall be so erected and used that the printing device, when used, produces a clear and durable printout.E+W+S
27. No person shall use for trade a non-automatic weighing machine when any live part is wholly or partly submerged in liquid, except as specified in the published particulars of the approved pattern.E+W+S
28. Every non-automatic weighing machine shall be erected and used in such a manner that, during a weighing operation, the load being weighed is stationary relative to the load receptor and supported only by the load receptor.E+W+S
29. Except as specified in the published particulars of the approved pattern, every non-automatic weighing machine shall be erected in such a manner that the operator can, notwithstanding the nature of the machine or its surroundings, readily take up a single position from which he can—E+W+S
(a)see, directly or with the aid of mirrors, closed-circuit television or other suitable permanently installed facilities, the whole of the unladen load receptor;
(b)operate the weighing machine’s controls; and
(c)obtain a weight reading from the weighing machine.
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Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 30 revoked (1.12.2015) by The Weights and Measures (Revocations) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/356), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 3
31.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, every non-automatic weighing machine shall be properly balanced or set to zero immediately prior to use.E+W+S
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of a machine of an approved pattern if, in the published particulars thereof, it is described as not being so constructed as to balance when unloaded.