Weighing embarrassment threat to life if fail with very equipment if widespread used to high impact of inaccuracies prescribe failure were doses of discovered. medication or anaesthetic. Weighbridges 16% High value of scrap High cost of Importance to Very likely to & Scales metal. hiring testing public fail with very greater than 5.6 Billion to UK unit makes this increases high impact of 500kg economy equipment when linked to failure Identified as giving vulnerable to road safety. the largest detriment neglect to both consumers & business Liquid Fuel 10% High value product Fuel Poverty. Product Likely to fail Tanker Meter cannot be with very high Measuring seen by impact of systems consumer. failure. Liquid Fuel 2% High & High to UK Product Unlikely to fail Dispensers volume product. economy would cannot be with very high 45 Billion to UK cause political seen by impact of economy embarrassment consumer. failure. if found to be not accurate. Non-Automatic 11% Possible Weighing failure with low Instruments impact of more than failure 30kg but less than 5 tonnes Non-Automatic 6% High Volume Unlikely to fail Weighing with high Instruments impact of less than 30kg failure Automatic 3% Possible Weighing failure with low Instruments impact of failure Intoxicating 1% Very unlikely Liquor to fail with low Measuring impact of Instruments failure Recommendations To maintain the risk based approach to weights and measures inspections, NMRO will promote the findings of the section 70 report, the risk matrix and these recommendations to all local authorities.
Weighing equipment embarrassment if widespread inaccuracies were discovered. threat to life if used to prescribe doses of medication or anaesthetic. fail with very high impact of failure Weighbridges & Scales greater than 500kg 16% High value of scrap metal. 5.6 Billion to UK economy Identified as giving the largest detriment to both consumers & business High cost of hiring testing unit makes this equipment vulnerable to neglect Importance to public increases when linked to road safety. Very likely to fail with very high impact of failure Liquid Fuel Tanker Meter Measuring systems 10% High value product Fuel Poverty. Product cannot be seen by consumer. Likely to fail with very high impact of failure. Liquid Fuel Dispensers 2% High & High volume product. 45 Billion to UK economy to UK economy would cause political embarrassment if found to be not accurate. Product cannot be seen by consumer. Unlikely to fail with very high impact of failure. Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments more than 30kg but less than 5 tonnes 11% Possible failure with low impact of failure Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments less than 30kg 6% High Volume Unlikely to fail with high impact of failure Automatic Weighing Instruments 3% Possible failure with low impact of failure Intoxicating Liquor Measuring Instruments 1% Very unlikely to fail with low impact of failure Recommendations To maintain the risk based approach to weights and measures inspections, NMRO will promote the findings of the section 70 report, the risk matrix and these recommendations to all local authorities.
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