The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

PART V Machines Designated Class IIII

16.  A machine which is—

(a) made in accordance with an approved pattern and which is or could be marked

, or

(b) first stamped before 1st August 1991 in accordance with the provisions for crane weighing machines constructed upon the hydraulic principle in the Weights and Measures Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1967, or

(c) of the type referred to as “approximate weighers” and first stamped before 1st August 1991, or

(d) of a type referred to as “common form” and which was first stamped before 1st August 1991,

is a Class IIII machine.

17.  The specifications for non-graduated and graduated Class IIII machines are given in Table 4.

Table 4

Maximum capacity “Max”	Lower limit of the minimum load “Min”	Scale interval “d”	Number of scale intervals “n”	Verification scale interval “e”
Non-graduated machines
400 g ≤ Max <2 kg	10 e			5 g
2 kg ≤ Max	10 e			Max
				... ... ... ...
				400
Graduated machines
Non-self indicating machines
400 g ≤ Max <2 kg	10 d	5 g ≤ d ≤ 10 g	80 ≤ n <400	5 g
2 kg ≤ Max <4 t	10 d	10 g ≤ d ≤ 10 kg	100 ≤ n <400	Max
				400
2 kg ≤ Max ≤ 10 t	10 d	5 g ≤ d ≤ 10 kg	400 ≤ n ≤ 1 000	d
4 t ≤ Max	10 d	20 kg ≤ d	200 ≤ n < 400	Max
				400
8 t ≤ Max	10 d	20 kg ≤ d	400 ≤ n ≤ 1 000	d
Self and semi- self indicating machines
400 g ≤ Max ≤ 10 t	10 d	2 g ≤ d ≤ 10 kg	60 ≤ n ≤ 1 000	d
4 t ≤ Max	10 d	20 kg ≤ d	200 ≤ n ≤ 1 000	d