The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963

1(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, these Regulations...

Inspection and testing of weighing and measuring equipment for use for trade

2Weighing and measuring equipment shall be submitted for testing and...

3An inspector shall not test measures made of glass or...

4Weighing or measuring equipment submitted for testing shall be complete...

Passing as fit for use for trade

5(1) No weighing or measuring equipment shall be passed as...

6(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, no weighing...

Obliteration of stamps

7Stamps shall be obliterated by an inspector, in accordance with...

8(1) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of this...

PART IILINEAR MEASURES

Materials and principles of construction

9(1) Linear measures shall be made of steel, brass, aluminium...

10(1) Linear measures shall be straight and free from flaws....

11(1) Linear measures which are subdivided shall be graduated clearly...

12Linked measures and riband or tape measures shall be tested...

13Part I of Schedule 1 hereto shall have effect for...

14(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, linear measures...

PART IIILIQUID CAPACITY MEASURES

Materials and principles of construction

15Liquid capacity measures shall be made of aluminium alloys, copper,...

16(1) Liquid capacity measures made of pewter or of other...

17(1) Liquid capacity measures, made of copper or copper alloys...

18Liquid capacity measures, if their maximum purported values are clearly...

19No liquid capacity measure shall be so constructed that—

20In the case of liquid capacity measures fitted with a...

21Publicans' measures made of metal, glass, or earthenware may be...

22Dipping measures made of metal of a maximum purported value...

23Liquid capacity measures made of glass, other than apothecaries measures,...

24Liquid capacity measures made of earthenware shall have their maximum...

25(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation,...

26(1) Liquid capacity measures shall have their maximum purported value...

27(1) Apothecaries measures which are subdivided shall be made of...

28(1) Liquid capacity measures of maximum purported values between 8...

29Part II of Schedule I hereto shall have effect for...

30The stamp shall be placed on liquid capacity measures as...

PART IVDRY CAPACITY MEASURES

Materials and principles of construction

31(1) Dry capacity measures shall be made of aluminium alloys,...

32Dry capacity measures of a maximum purported value not exceeding...

33(1) Dry capacity measures made of wood (other than measures...

34Dry capacity measures shall have their purported values marked thereon...

35(1) Dry capacity measures (other than measures made of wicker...

36Part II of Schedule 1 hereto shall have effect for...

37(1) Dry capacity measures made of metal shall be stamped...

Materials and principles of construction

38(1) Weights shall be made entirely of metal, other than...

39Avoirdupois weights shall be of the flat-circular, bar, bell or...

40Avoirdupois weights of the flat-circular type shall—

41Every avoirdupois weight of the bell type of a purported...

42(1) Apothecaries weights and troy weights of a purported value...

43Metric weights (other than carat (metric) weights), including counterpoises—

44(1) Weights made of iron shall be blacked, black-leaded, oxidised...

45Weights shall be free from flaws and smooth on all...

46(1) Weights shall have their purported values conspicuously, legibly and...

47(1) Avoirdupois weights (other than those made of stainless steel)...

48The adjusting holes in all weights shall be in the...

49No avoirdupois weight (other than one made of stainless steel)...

50(1) In the case of weights of the flat-circular type...

51(1) The adjusting holes in weights made of iron other...

52(1) The adjusting holes in weights other than weights made...

53The inspector shall not test any weight unless his testing...

54In testing any weight, the inspector shall—

55Part III of Schedule 1 here to shall have effect...

56(1) Weights shall be stamped on the lead in the...

PART VIALL WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

57Notwithstanding anything contained in Parts VII to XIV relating to...

58(1) New weighing instruments shall have their maker's name and...

Materials and principles of construction

59All knife-edges and bearings in weighing instruments shall be of...

60(1) All removable counterpoises weighing 1 ounce or more and...

61Weighing instruments with removable parts, the removal of which would...

62Where weighing instruments have interchangeable or reversible parts, the interchange...

63All graduations on weighing instruments shall be so defined that...

64(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, in testing...

65Movable weighing instruments provided with a base shall be tested...

66Weighing instruments which are designed to be suspended when in...

67(1) Weighing instruments used in any of the following transactions,...

68(1) Unless otherwise provided in these Regulations, vibrating weighing instruments...

69Vibrating weighing instruments shall be tested for error by ascertaining...

70Accelerating weighing instruments shall be tested for error by ascertaining...

71In testing weighing instruments fitted with a price computing mechanism,...

PART VIIBEAM SCALES AND BALANCES

Principles of construction

72No beam scale shall— (a) if constructed with swan-neck ends,...

73Beam scales which are constructed with swan-neck ends shall have...

74(1) Any attachment for adjusting beam scales or balances shall...

75All beam scales shall be indelibly marked either with the...

76(1) In testing beam scales and balances, the inspector shall...

77Parts I and II of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

78(1) In the case of beam scales, the stamp shall...

PART VIIICOUNTER MACHINES

Materials and principles of construction

79Counter machines shall not be constructed upon the accelerating weighing...

80(1) Where the beam of a counter machine has two...

81The bearing surfaces and points of contact of all stays,...

82(1) Where a counter machine is adjusted by means of...

83(1) In testing counter machines, the inspector shall satisfy himself—...

84Parts I and III of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

85The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...

PART IXSPRING BALANCES

Principles of construction

86The extremity of the pointer of a spring balance shall...

87The scales of spring balances shall be subdivided into approximately...

88The maximum weights corresponding to the interval between consecutive graduations...

89Where the graduations commence at any point of the scale...

90Spring balances of capacities between 1 pound and 100 pounds...

91Where spring balances are provided with an adjustable pointer, the...

92Spring balances shall be tested at each numbered graduation and...

93(1) Spring balances shall be tested by means of both...

94Parts I and IV of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

95Spring balances may be tested for efficiency or ability to...

96Spring balances shall not be tested for sensitiveness.

97The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...

PART XSTEELYARDS

Materials and principles of construction

98Steelyards shall be made of wrought iron or of steel...

99In the case of every steelyard— (a) the shank shall...

100Steelyards shall be tested at each numbered graduation by means...

101Parts I and V of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

102The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...

PART XIDEAD-WEIGHT MACHINES

Materials and principles of construction

103(1) The bearing surfaces and points of contact of all...

104(1) The goods platform of dead-weight machines shall not exceed...

105The minimum movement of the beam from the horizontal in...

106Loose balancing material for the adjustment of dead-weight machines shall...

107(1) Dead-weight machines shall indicate the same weight within half...

108Parts I and VI of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

109The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...

PART XIIPLATFORM WEIGHING MACHINES AND WEIGHBRIDGES

Materials and principles of construction

110(1) The steelyard indicator of a platform weighing machine or...

111The minimum movement from the horizontal of the steelyard indicator...

112If a movable hutch, barrow, frame or bucket is used...

113(1) Loose counterpoises for platform weighing machines and weighbridges shall...

114In the case of small portable platform weighing machines for...

115The balancing arrangement for platform weighing machines and weightbridges to...

116In the case of platform weighing machines and weighbridges which...

117Platform weighing machines and weighbridges for use in weighing in...

118Platform weighing machines which are to be permanently fixed in...

119In testing platform weighing machines and weighbridges, the inspector shall...

120(1) In testing platform weighing machines fitted with relieving gear,...

121Schedule 2 hereto shall have effect for prescribing limits of...

122(1) On platform weighing machines and weighbridges fitted with dials,...

123Loose counterpoises for platform weighing machines and weighbridges shall not...

PART XIIICRANE WEIGHING MACHINES

Materials and principles of construction

124All working parts of crane weighing machines shall be protected...

126The range of any balancing or adjusting arrangement for crane...

127Crane weighing machines constructed upon the hydraulic principle, in the...

128Crane weighing machines shall, if practicable, be tested at each...

129Crane weighing machines fitted with dials shall not be tested...

130The steelyard indicator or pointer on a crane weighing machine...

131Parts I and X of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

132The stamp shall be placed upon the plug or stud...

PART XIVAUTOMATIC WEIGHING MACHINES

Principles of construction

133Subject to regulations 134 to 139 inclusive, every automatic weighing...

134All beams of automatic weighing machines shall be identified with...

135Any adjusting mechanism on automatic weighing machines shall be so...

136(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, every automatic...

137(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, in the...

138Parts I and XI of Schedule 2 hereto shall have...

139The stamp shall be placed on the plug or stud...

PART XVMISCELLANEOUS

140(1) In these Regulations the following expressions shall have the...

Citation and commencement

141These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures...

SCHEDULE 1PRESCRIBED LIMITS OF ERROR UPON THE TESTING OF MEASURES AND WEIGHTS

PART ILINEAR MEASURES

1The prescribed limits of error for linear measures shall be—...

2Imperial system End measures Line measures Measures made of metal:...

3Metric system End measures Line measures Measures made of metal:...

PART IICAPACITY MEASURES

1(1) The prescribed limits of error for capacity measures in...

2Imperial system (a) Liquid measures, other than apothecaries measures Purported...

3Metric System (a) Liquid measures made of metal, other than...

PART IIIWEIGHTS

1The prescribed limits of error for weights (in relation both...

2Imperial system (a) Avoirdupois weights:— Error in excess only (or,...

PART IPRESCRIBED LIMITS OF ERROR ON THE TESTING OF WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

1Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Part of...

2In the case of any weighing instrument which weighs in...

3In the case of any weighing instrument of the self-indicating...

PART IIBEAM SCALES AND BALANCES

1Beam scales marked “Class B”. Capacity of instrument Weight to...

2Beam scales marked “Class C”. Capacity of instrument Weight to...

3Balances. Capacity of instrument Weight to be added to test...

PART IIICOUNTER MACHINES

PART IVSPRING BALANCES

PART VSTEELYARDS

PART VIDEAD-WEIGHT MACHINES

PART VIIPLATFORM WEIGHING MACHINES

PART VIIISELF-INDICATING PIT-BANK WEIGHING MACHINES

PART IXWEIGHBRIDGES

PART XCRANE WEIGHING MACHINES

1Crane weighing machines constructed upon other than the hydraulic principle

2Crane weighing machines constructed upon the hydraulic principle

PART XIAUTOMATIC WEIGHING MACHINES

SCHEDULE 3PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHTS OF THE BELL TYPE

1963 No. 1710

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

ADMINISTRATION

The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963

Made10th October 1963

Laid before Parliament18th October 1963

Coming into Operation31st January 1964

The Board of Trade, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by sections 10(4), 11(1) and (3), 14(1), 47 and 58 of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—