The Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 1995

Categories of capacity measures

4.  For the purposes of these Regulations, a capacity measure is either—

(a)a line measure marked with lines which—

(i)are conspicuous and durable, and

(ii)are marked on the outside surface of a measure which is made of transparent or translucent material and on the inside surface of a measure which is made of opaque material; or

(b)a brim measure having a brim in a horizontal plane when the measure is on a flat, horizontal surface.