Finance and Business

Trading standards

Trading standards charges (1)

Weights and measures

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Hourly Rate per Officer	£121.76	Yes	Not applicable	Not applicable

 

In order to reflect additional costs associated with examination, testing and documentation, and maintenance of Measuring Instruments Directive (MID) notified body status, certain classes of instrument covered by MID should be subject to additional charges, as follows:

A. Measuring instruments directive charges

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Automatic discontinuous totalisers, automatic rail weighbridges, automatic catchweighers, automatic gravimetric filling instruments and beltweighers	No extra charge	Yes	No extra charge	Yes
Cold water meters	No extra charge	Yes	No extra charge	Yes
Measuring instruments for liquid fuel and lubricants	15% surcharge	Yes	10% surcharge	Yes
Measuring instruments for liquid fuel delivered from road tankers	15% surcharge	Yes	10% surcharge	Yes
Capacity serving measures	30% surcharge	Yes	25% surcharge	Yes
Material measures of length	30% surcharge	Yes	25% surcharge	Yes

 

B. Special weighing and measuring equipment

 

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
1. Automatic or totalising weighing machines	£121.76	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements Regs 1988).In pursuance of a Community obligation other than (1) above.	£122.35 per hour	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements Regs 1988).In pursuance of a Community obligation other than (1) above.
2. Equipment designed to weigh loads in motion	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
3. Bulk fuel measuring equipment tested following a Regulation 65 or 66 occurrence under the 1983 Regulations or Regulation 23 or 24 occurrence under the 1988 Regulations	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
4. Weighing or measuring equipment tested by means of statistical sampling	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
5. The establishment of calibration curves from templates	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
6. Templates graduated in millilitres	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
7. Testing or other services in pursuance of a Community obligation other than EC initial or partial verification	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

 

 C. Weights

 

Description	2024-2025	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Weights full hourly rate for first hour, thereafter £42.55ph	£121.76 per hour. Full hourly rate for first hour thereafter £69.58	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£122.35	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988

 

 

D. Measures 

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Linear measures not exceeding 3 m, for each scale	£15.17	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£15.25	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Capacity measures, without divisions, not exceeding 1 litre	£11.98 each	Yes	£12.04	Yes
Cubic ballast measures (other than brim measures)	£268.12	Yes	£269.41	Yes
Liquid capacity measures for making up and checking average quantity packages	£42.38	Yes	£42.59	Yes
Per scale - first item	£73.68	Yes	£74.04	Yes
Second and subsequent items	£27.88	Yes	£28.01	Yes

  

E. Weighing instruments Non-NAWI

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Not exceeding 1 tonne	£96.25	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£96.71	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Exceeding 1 tonne to 10 tonne	£155.91	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£156.66	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Exceeding 10 tonnes	£325.62	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£327.17	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Certification of weighbridge operators	£121.77 per hour	No VAT.Minimum charge of half an hour	£122.35	No VAT.Minimum charge of half an hour
Not exceeding 1 tonne	£160.24	Yes	£161.01	Yes
Exceeding 1 tonne to 10 tonne	£247.93	Yes	£249.12	Yes
Exceeding 10 tonnes	£542.70	Yes	£545.29	Yes
When testing instruments incorporating remote display or printing facilities, and where completion of the test requires a second person or a second series of tests by the same person, an additional fee may be charged	55% surcharge	Yes	50% surcharge	Yes

 

F. Measuring instruments for intoxicating liquor

 

F. Measuring Instruments for Intoxicating Liquor	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Not exceeding 150ml	£26.41	Yes	£26.54	Yes
Other	£30.52	Yes	£30.67	Yes

 

G. Measuring instruments for liquid fuel and lubricants

 

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Container type (not subdivided)	£110.65	Yes	£111.19	Yes
First nozzle tested, per site	£180.49	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£181.35	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Each additional nozzle tested	£121.97	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£122.57	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Testing of peripheral electronic equipment on a separate visit (per site)	£121.76	Yes, unless under the MeasuringInstruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£122.35	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Testing of credit card acceptor (per unit, regardless of no. of slots/nozzles/pumps)	£121.76	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£122.35	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988

 

H. Road tanker fuel measuring equipment (Above 100 Litres)

Description	2025-2026	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-2027	Fee subject to addition of VAT
Wet hose with two testing liquids	£387.43	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£389.29	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Wet hose with three testing liquids	£452.01	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£454.17	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Dry hose with two testing liquids	£430.43	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£432.49	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Dry hose with three testing liquids	£495.26	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£497.62	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Wet/dry hose with two testing liquids	£602.66	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£605.54	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988
Wet/dry hose with three testing liquids	£644.24	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988	£647.32	Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988

 

I.Certificate of errors

 

Description	2025-26	Fee subject to addition of VAT	2026-27	Fee subject to addition of VAT
For supplying a certificate containing results of errors found on testing (certificate supplied upon request of the submitter; fee applies when no other fee is payable).	£78.18 each	Yes	£78.56 each	Yes

 

All fees are inclusive of VAT, if applicable (unless otherwise stated). Fees and charges marked with an asterisk * are set by the Council, those not marked are set by other organisations such as Welsh Government and UK Government.