2 United Kingdom primary standards and authorised copies of the primary standards
Weights and Measures Act 1985 (1985 c 72) | Legislation

2  United Kingdom primary standards and authorised copies of the primary standards

(1)     The Secretary of State shall cause to be maintained standards of the yard, pound, metre and kilogram which shall be the standards (in this Act referred to as “United Kingdom primary standards”) by reference to which, in the United Kingdom, all other standards of those units and of any other

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