Statutory guidance

Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016

Guidance for businesses and market surveillance authorities.

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The GB and NI guides were converted from PDF to HTML format on 17 March 2022 to make them more accessible for users but their content remained the same.

This guidance will assist your understanding of the regulations as amended at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 and includes obligations for economic operators (manufacturers, their authorised representatives, importers and distributors), conformity assessment bodies and market surveillance authorities.

Normative documents for measuring instruments

Published 30 August 2017
Last updated 1017 MayMarch 2022 + show all updates
  1. Guides amended to clarify what actions businesses must take if non-compliance with the regulations is found.

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

  3. 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.

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

  5. First published.