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

Marking of scale marks on graduated or sub-divided measures

17.—(1) The scale marks of a graduated or sub-divided measure shall be marked with their purported values—

(a) in the case of a metric measure, either in metric units alone or in both metric and imperial units;

(b) in the case of an imperial measure, either in imperial units alone or in both imperial and metric units; and

(c) in the case of a measure which is both a metric and imperial measure, in both metric and imperial units.

(2) In this regulation—

“scale mark” does not include the mark of the nominal capacity; and

“metric measure”, “imperial measure” and “metric and imperial measure” mean, respectively, a measure the nominal capacity of which is given in metric units only, in imperial units only or in both metric and imperial units.