Trading Standards ensure that the UK's system of weights and measures is fair, accurate and legal. This allows businesses to compete with each other fairly and gives consumers confidence when buying weighed and measured goods.
Calibration and certification
Traders can ask us to check the accuracy of their weighing and measuring equipment:
email tradingstandards@dumgal.gov.uk
call 030 33 33 3000
We charge fees for this service.
Fees for weights
- testing a weight, £25.20
- adusting a weight, £20
- 25% discount for additional weights tested at the same time
Fees for other services
We charge £106.10 per hour for all other weighing and measuring instruments and services. The minimum charge is for half an hour at £53.05.
This includes examining, adjusting, testing, certifying, stamping, authorising or reporting on work carried out in relation to any instruments, other than weights.
These services include:
- weighing instruments
- liquid fuel measuring instruments
- length measures
- intoxicating liquor measuring instruments
- automatic weighing instruments
- bulk fuel measuring equipment
- business consultation and other service requests, for example reporting on the status of disused tank sites
The fee charged may include a discount or additional costs for specialist equipment hire.
Email tradingstandards@dumgal.gov.uk for further advice or to book our services.