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Guidance

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016

Guidance for businesses and market surveillance authorities.

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From:
Office for Product Safety and Standards
Published:
2 July 2012
Last updated:
24 March 2025
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  1. GB guide updated to include actions you need to take if your Approved Body resigns.

  2. Guides revised following legislation to extend recognition of CE marking on products being placed on the Great Britain market which came into effect on 1 October 2024.

  3. Minor changes to the NI guide to reflect the Government’s announcement on 1 August to extend recognition indefinitely of CE marking in certain product sectors for placing goods on the GB market.

  4. Guides updated with minor amendments and references to the Windsor Framework.

  5. Guide footnotes updated to reference the Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022.

  6. GB guide updated to reflect the further extension of the transition period for UKCA marking.

  7. GB guide updated to take account of the Government’s announcement on 20 June of changes to make it simpler for businesses to apply the new UKCA marking.

  8. Guides amended to clarify what actions businesses must take if non-compliance with the regulations is found.

  9. GB and NI guides converted to HTML format for accessibility reasons.

  10. Guides updated to clarify product labelling requirements, reflect the extension of the transition period for UKCA marking, and refer to EU Market Surveillance Regulation 2019/1020, now in force in Northern Ireland.

  11. Version 2 of the GB guidance and version 2 of the NI guidance published, with section 3 amended to clarify that government and public authority laboratories and forensic laboratories are not excluded from the regulations.

  12. Updated to reflect amendments to the regulations at the end of the transition period.

  13. This new guidance on the 2016 Regulations will help bring greater clarity to UK business and local weights and measures enforcement authorities when interpreting the 2016 Regulations.

  14. Page updated to reflect the commencement of the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016.

  15. The guidance has been updated to reflect the removal of all references to the 'old approach' Directive 74/148/EEC concerning above-medium accuracy weights courtesy of the Weights & Measures (Revocations) Regulations 2015, coming into force on 1 December 2015. Regulation 8 ‘appropriate equipment for tests’ has been completely removed with the guidance explaining in detail the appropriate weights to be used. Further updates include new references to the harmonised standard EN45501:2015 and guidance on non-automatic measuring instruments used for Quantitative Ingredients Declaration.

  16. First published.

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Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016: Great Britain

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Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016: Northern Ireland

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This guidance will assist your understanding of the regulations and includes obligations for economic operators (manufacturers, their authorised representatives, importers and distributors), conformity assessment bodies and market surveillance authorities.

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