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

Other testing requirements

37.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every non-automatic weighing machine shall be tested in accordance with the appropriate testing procedures specified in Schedule 2 or, where appropriate, those specified in the published particulars of the approved pattern; provided that the procedures specified in paragraphs 15 and 16 of that Schedule shall not be carried out unless the inspector considers it necessary to do so having regard to the characteristics of the machine or to the particular circumstances.

(2) In the case of a machine marked with an approved minimum load, the limits of error specified in Schedule 3 shall apply for test loads of less than the amount of that load.