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Weights and Measures Act 1985

 

Schedule of Fees and Charges, for Year 2024-2025

It is a statutory requirement of a Trading Standards Officer in his/her role as Inspector of Weights and Measures to test any weights or measuring equipment submitted to ensure its accuracy and construction. Provided those tests are satisfactory then the equipment can be stamped or sealed with the Inspectors personal stamp or number.

The test (pass or fail) attracts a fee and the Weights and Measures Authority sets this fee.

Fees up to March 2025

Special weights and measuring equipment and for the purposes of section 74

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
The charges for examining, adjusting, testing, certifying, stamping, authorising or reporting of special weights or measuring equipment will be individually calculated by the local authority based upon a charge per officer/hour at the place where the service is provided. Such types of equipment, specifically excluded from tables below include:
  1. Automatic or totalising weighing machines
  2. Equipment designed to weigh loads in motion
  3. Bulk fuel measuring equipment tested following a regulation 65 or 66 occurrence
  4. Weighing or measuring equipment tested by means of statistical sampling
  5. The establishment of calibration curves for templates
  6. Templates graduated in millilitres
  7. Testing of other services in pursuance of a Community obligation other than EC initial or partial verification
 £106

 

Weights

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
All weights whether metric or imperial including cleaning £106

 

Measures

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
  1. Linear measures not exceeding 3m or 10 feet for each scale
  2. Capacity measures without divisions not exceeding 1litre
  3. Cubic ballast measures (other than brim measures)
  4. Liquid capacity measures for making up and checking average quantity packages
  5. Templates (All items)
 £106

Note: When supplying specialist equipment (including but not limited to weighbridge test unit, van and test weights, etc) an additional fee may be charged hourly, daily or per appointment according to circumstances.
 

Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments (NAWI)

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
(Note. Discount may also apply)
  1. Instruments calibrated to weigh only in metric units.
  2. Testing instruments to weigh in both metric and imperial units or incorporating remote display or printing facilities.
 £106

Note: Non – NAWI – Price on application. Prices are inclusive of VAT unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988.
 

Measuring Instruments for Intoxicating Liquor

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
All Instruments  £106

 

Fees for the bulk submission of weighing or measuring equipment or special circumstances

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
  1. Measures of capacity - glass measures of one pint or one half pint used in the licensed trade and submitted by the manufacturer in large quantities.
  2. Intoxicating Liquor Measuring Instruments
  3. Weighing and Measuring Instruments
    1. Tested and stamped at repairers premises, appropriate fee reduced by 50%
    2. Where the equipment is tested and stamped at a place other than repairers premises and the repairer provides labour and equipment the appropriate fee is reduced by 25%
 £106

 

Measuring Instruments for Liquid Fuel and Lubricants

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour

1. Single and Multi Outlets

1st meter tested

Each additional meter tested

A charge to cover any additional costs involved in testing ancillary equipment which requires additional testing on site, such as credit card acceptors, be based upon the basic fee given above plus additional charge per officer/hour

 £106

 

Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (above 100 litres)

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
  1. Meter measuring systems
  2. Dipstick measuring systems (including Dipsticks)
 £106

 

Measuring Instruments for the Meter of Domestic Water

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
All Instruments £106

 

Cancellation of Appointments

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
A minimum 24 hours is required for the cancellation of appointments. If this is not complied with the customer will be charged for the officer time involved in the request per hour. £106

 

Sale of Notices

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
  1. Spirit or Wine Only
  2. Joint Wine & Spirit
  3. Wine
  4. New Tobacco
  5. Flour Confectionery
  6. Egg Marking
  7. Licensing Act 1964
 5.00

5.00

5.00

6.50

5.00

5.00

5.00

 

Certificates of Accuracy

 

Equipment Details Fee/Rate in £/ Hour
  1. Certificates of Accuracy supplied for QA purposes.
  2. Weighing Equipment
  3. Intoxicating liquor measuring instruments

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