The following fees and charges are for the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Read the Weights and Measures Act 1985.

General weights and measures

Weights and measures
Weights and measuresChargeVATTotal charge

Testing and verification hourly rate

(Except where fees are detailed below)

£100 £20 (20%) £120

Preparation time for weights and measures work including familiarisation with the equipment's notice and preparing testing equipment.

£100 £20 (20%) £120
Cost of certificate detailing errors found during testing £60 £0 (0%) £60
Public weighbridge operator training (per person)

Including operator pack and up to 1 hour training on site

£100 £20 (20%) £120
Additional hourly rate for weighbridge operator training (after inclusive hour) charged in 30 minute intervals £100 £20 (20%) £120

Weights and measures requests for testing

Under section 74(4) of The Weights and Measures Act 1985 we can:

  • in disputes between buyer and seller, carry out a test on the equipment or goods
  • issue reports on weighing or measuring of goods
  • test the accuracy of weighing or measuring equipment.
Hourly rate
Section 74(4) requestChargeVAT Total charge
Hourly rate £100 £0 (0%) £100

Weighing equipment

No VAT will be charged for initial verifications, re-verification work will be charged at 20% VAT.

Instruments that have remote displays or printers may require an additional officer to test, or a second series of tests by the same officer. In these cases the total charge will increase by 50%.

Weighing equipment
Weighing instrumentsChargeVAT Total charge
Not exceeding 1 tonne £100 £20 (20%) £120
Exceeding 1 tonne but not 10 tonnes £145 £29 (20%) £174
Exceeding 10 tonnes £210 £42.40 (20%) £252.40

We can provide a van and weights for platform machines up to 1 tonne capacity. This will not be needed if you can provide acceptable weights and equipment for the test.

You must provide a weighbridge testing unit for all weighing instruments over 1 tonne capacity.

Van and weights
Van and weightsChargeVAT Total charge
To supply van and test weights, per visit £205 £41 (20%) £246

Measuring instruments for liquid, fuel and lubricants

No VAT will be charged for initial verifications, re-verifications will be charged at 20% VAT.

Two officers are needed to test measuring equipment unless the fitter is present and available to assist with testing.

Liquid, fuel and lubricants
Liquid, fuel and lubricantsChargeVAT Total charge

Liquid, fuel and lubricants dispenser hourly rate (per officer)

Minimum charge is 1 hour at this rate, then charged in 30 minute intervals.

Charges are calculated from the officer's time of arrival to departure from site.

£100 £20 (20%) £120

Petroleum spirit storage

Fees for keeping quantities of petroleum spirit are set by The Health and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) Regulations 2022.

  • For a solid substance which requires a licence, the fee to be paid is calculated as if 1 kilogram were equal to 1 litre.
  • The fee covers the cost of a licence plus 1 site visit.
  • Fees may cover a period of less than a full year, but the fee is unchanged.
  • You can renew your petroleum storage licence for between 1 and 10 years.
Annual fees
Annual fees to keep petroleum spirit of a quantityChargeVAT Total charge
Not exceeding 2,500 litres £46 £0 (0%) £46
Exceeding 2,500 but not exceeding 50,000 litres £62 £0 (0%) £62
Exceeding 50,000 £131 £0 (0%) £131

Environmental survey request, in relation to petroleum installations

Read the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

Each survey includes one hour of a Trading Standards Officer's time and a written response.

Survey requests
Survey requestsChargeVAT Total charge

Standard service

(Report completed within 20 working days of payment)

£100 £0 (0%) £100
Express service

(Report completed within 5 working days of payment)

£145 £0 (0%) £145
Any additional work, agreed in advance, will be charged at this hourly rate in 30 minute intervals £100 £0 (0%) £100