Legal Metrology Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
Guidance by the Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) on the weight marking of printer cartridges.
- Packaged Goods
- Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006
Guidance by the Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) on the use of non-automatic weight instruments (NAWIs) by pawnbrokers.
- NAWI
- Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000
Guidance by the Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) on the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (PGR).
- Weights and Measures Regulations
Guidance by the Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) on intoxicating liquor measuring equipment.
- Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988
Guidance by the Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) on safety requirements for customer use baggage check weighing instruments.
- Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000
- NAWI
Guidance by the Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) on safety requirements for class II jewellers scales.
- NAWI
- Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 2000
OIML model regulations specifying the metrological characteristics of measuring instruments and methods and equipment for checking their conformity.
- Packaged Goods
- Verification
- Weights
- NAWI
- Cold Water Meters
- Automatic Catchweighing Machines
- Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments
- Automatic Rail Weighbridges
- Beltweighers
- Measuring Instruments
- Metal Stamps
- Load Cells
- Graduated Pipettes
- Length Measures
International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) advice on harmonising and improving legal metrology work.
- Software
- Pattern Approval
- Vortex Meters
- Certification Bodies
- Density
- Automatic Pipettes
International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) guidelines for the application of certain requirements to legal metrology.
- OIML
- Units of Measurement
- Density
- Calibration
- Hardness
European Cooperation in Legal Metrology (WELMEC) advice for manufacturers and notified bodies on what the organisation considers as best practice.
- Software
- Testing Indicators
- Peripheral Devices
- WELMEC
- NAWI
- Conformity Assessment
- Automatic Catchweighing Machines
- MID
- Load Cells
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) best practice guide on improving measurement understanding.
- NPL
- Units of Measurement
International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) international vocabulary for metrology.
- OIML
- Units of Measurement
Euramet guidance on calibrating of non-automatic weighing instruments.
- UK Weighing Federation
- NAWI
European Commission guidance on CE marking.
- CE Marking
- European Communities Act 1972
Resources for local regulators.
- S70 W & M
- Primary Authority advice
- OPSS
- W & M Bulletins
OPSS guidance for businesses on the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006.
- Packaged Goods
- Units of Measurement
- Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) guidance on the local authority notified body protocol.
- Stickers
- Verification
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) guidance for inspectors and manufacturers of weights and measures equipment.
- Automatic Catchweighing Machines
- Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments
- Automatic Rail Weighbridges
- Beltweighers
- Capacity Measures
- Cold Water Meters
- Intoxicating Liquor
- Length Measures
- Liquid Fuel
- NAWI
- Road Tankers
- Verification
Statement of the government’s policy on conformity assessment and accreditation.
- Conformity Assessment