{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} A '''weights and measures act''' is a kind of legislative act found in many jurisdictions establishing technical standards for weights and measures.
Notable acts of this type include: * Various Weights and Measures Acts (UK) or the various legislative acts preceding them in England, Wales and Scotland * {{abbr|R.S.|Revised Statutes}} 1985 c. W-6, the Weights and Measures Act, in Canada * Act No.XXXI of 1871, the Act to Regulate the Weights and Measures of Capacity of British India<ref>{{Citation |last=Lyon |first=Andrew |title=Law of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CsbAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=22 January 2012 |date=1873 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=0CsbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA762 762–765] }}.</ref> * Act No.8 of 1936, the Irish Weights and Measures Act<ref name=eringobrahhh>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1936/en/act/pub/0008/print.html|title=Weights and Measures Act, 1936|publisher=irishstatutebook.ie|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> * The Weights and Measures Act 1972, in Malaysia
The '''Weights and Measures Acts''' may refer to: * The Weights and Measures Acts of the United Kingdom, particularly the Weights and Measures Acts of 1878 to 1893 * The Weights and Measures Acts of Ireland, from 1878 to 1936<ref name=eringobrahhh/> * The Weights and Measures Acts of India, from 1871 to 1889<ref>{{cite book|title=THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, OR PRESENTED BY ROYAL COMMAND, IN THE SESSION 1897|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRxcAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA239|accessdate=22 January 2012|year=1897|page=239}}</ref> * The Weights and Measures Act 1987 of New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1987/0015/latest/DLM102242.html|accessdate=26 July 2018|title=Weights and Measures Act 1987|publisher=Parliamentary Counsel Office, New Zealand Government}}</ref>
'''Weights and measures acts''' may also refer to similar legislation in other countries.
In the United States, the National Conference on Weights and Measures functions as a regular meeting of the states and maintains several handbooks which are available at the website of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/ |title=Weights and Measures|work=NIST |date=27 July 2009 |publisher=National Institute of Standards and Technology|accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref> Most of the states have enacted these handbooks into law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/upload/stlaw.pdf |title=Summary of State Laws and Regulations in Weights and Measures |publisher=National Institute of Standards and Technology |date=1 August 2005 |accessdate=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205014637/http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/upload/stlaw.pdf |archivedate=December 5, 2011 }}</ref>
==See also== * History of the metric system
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