The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000

Operation of instrument

34.  Except as specified in the EC type-approval certificate, a person shall not use an instrument for trade unless it is erected in such a manner that the operator can, notwithstanding the nature of the instrument or its surroundings, readily take up a single position from which he can—

(a)see directly or with the aid of mirrors, closed-circuit television or other permanently installed facilities, the whole of the unladen load receptor;

(b)operate the instrument’s controls; and

(c)obtain a weight reading from the instrument.