Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

regulation 15

SCHEDULE 2 Prescribed limits of error for capacity measures other than dispensing measures for pharmaceutical purposes

Nominal Capacity		Limits of error
Metric	Imperial	Line measure, in excess and in deficiency	Brim measure, in excess only
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
a for measuring intoxicating liquor only.
Notes: 1. The limit of error in relation to any scale mark on a subdivided or graduated measure shall be that specified for a measure of nominal capacity equivalent to the amount which the scale mark is intended to denote, or where the nominal capacity equivalent to the amount does not appear in this Schedule it shall be calculated by interpolation. 2. References to imperial measures shall be to their use for measuring beer and cider only.
20 l		100 ml	200 ml
10 l	16 pt	50 ml	100 ml
5 l	8 pt	25 ml	50 ml
2.5 or 2 l	½ gal, 4 pt	12 ml	24 ml
1 l	2 pt	10 ml	20 ml
500 ml	1 pt	5 ml	10 ml
250 ml	½ pt	4 ml	8 ml
200 ml	⅓ pt	4 ml	8 ml
175 mla		3.5 ml	7 ml
150 mla		3 ml	6 ml
125 mla		2.5 ml	5 ml
100 ml		2 ml	4 ml
50 ml		2 ml	4 ml
25 ml, 35 mla		2 ml	4 ml
20 ml		2 ml	4 ml
10 ml		1 ml	2 ml
5 ml		0.5 ml	1 ml
2 ml		0.2 ml	0.4 ml
1 ml		0.1 ml	0.2 ml