The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963 No. 1710

SCHEDULE 2

PART I PRESCRIBED LIMITS OF ERROR ON THE TESTING OF WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

1.  Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Part of this Schedule, the prescribed limits of error for weighing instruments shall be those specified in Parts II to XI of this Schedule:

Provided that in the case of any weighing instrument of a capacity not so specified, the prescribed limits of error shall be the amounts proportionate to those so specified for an instrument of the same type, class or description.

2.  In the case of any weighing instrument which weighs in units of the metric system and for which no limits of error are specified in terms of those units, the prescribed limits of error shall be the amounts in terms of metric units equivalent to those specified in terms of imperial units in the relevant Part of this Schedule with respect to an instrument of the same capacity, type, class or description.

3.  In the case of any weighing instrument of the self-indicating or semi-self-indicating type, the prescribed limit of error, in excess or in deficiency, shall be either—

(a) the appropriate amount specified in the relevant Part of this Schedule for the instrument concerned, or

(b) the amount corresponding to one half of the smallest interval between consecutive graduations on the scale or dial of the instrument,

whichever is the less.