Measuring Equipment (Capacity Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 No. 48

Part II Materials, Principles of Construction and Use

Categories of capacity measures

4.  For the purposes of these Regulations any 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.