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Are magicians’ wands regulated by the British Standards Institution?

But does it conform to standards? Ralph Fiennes’s Voldemort, with wand, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Photograph: AP/Warner Bros

Is there a British Standards Institution regulation on magicians’ wands?

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