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Weights and Measures Act 1985

Type Public General Act

Publication 1985-10-30

Last updated 2023-05-03

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(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, if the vehicle is carrying relevant goods to which sub-paragraph (1) above applies for delivery to each of two or more buyers—

(a) that sub-paragraph shall apply separately in relation to each of those buyers, and

(b) the relevant goods for delivery to each respectively of those buyers shall be carried on the vehicle made up separately in containers or in separate compartments;

and if paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph is contravened the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) Sub-paragraph (4)(b) above shall not apply where the vehicle is contructed or adapted for the mechanical making up in containers of the fuel carried thereon and incorporates weighing equipment approved by the Secretary of State for that purpose.

(6) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply to any goods which to the knowledge of the seller are to be loaded into a ship before their delivery to the buyer.

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, if all or any of the relevant goods on the vehicle are being carried in such circumstances that paragraph 17(1) above does not apply, there shall, before the journey begins, be delivered to the person in charge of the vehicle a document signed by or on behalf of the person causing the goods to be carried giving the name and address of the last-mentioned person and containing a statement to the effect that all or part of the relevant goods on the vehicle are goods to which paragraph 17(1) above does not apply, and if this paragraph is contravened the last-mentioned person shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply where the total quantity of the relevant goods carried on the vehicle does not exceed 110 kilograms.

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Any document required by paragraph 17 or 18 above shall at all times during the journey be carried by the person for the time being in charge of the vehicle and shall be handed over by him to any other person to whom he hands over the charge of the vehicle in the course of the journey; and in the case of any document such as is mentioned in paragraph 17 above, on the unloading of the goods to which the document relates at the premises to which those goods are to be delivered—

(a) before any of those goods are so unloaded, the document shall be handed over to the buyer, or

(b) if the document cannot be so handed over by reason of the absence of the buyer, it shall be left at some suitable place at those premises;

and if at any time any of the requirements of this paragraph is contravened without reasonable cause, the person in charge of the vehicle at that time shall be guilty of an offence.

Part IV — Carriage of Solid Fuel by Rail

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Where any seller of solid fuel causes that fuel to be loaded into a rail vehicle by way of, or for the purpose of, the delivery of that fuel to, or to a person nominated in that behalf by, the buyer, and the fuel is not carried on the vehicle made up in containers, then, except where at the time of loading it is known to the seller that before the fuel is delivered to the consignee it is to be loaded into a ship, paragraphs 21 to 25 below shall apply in relation to that vehicle.

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Subject to paragraphs 22 and 28 below, the vehicle shall not be loaded until its tare weight has been determined or redetermined by means of suitable weighing equipment at the place of loading.

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(1) Paragraph 21 above shall not apply to any rail vehicle which forms part of or is intended to form part of a train conveying only fuel destined for a particular generating station, gas works or other industrial undertaking if—

(a) the vehicle is loaded by equipment which weighs the fuel and discharges it directly into the vehicle, or

(b) the buyer has agreed with the seller that the weight of the load shall be ascertained at the vehicle’s destination, or

(c) the buyer has agreed to accept as the tare weight of the vehicle a tare weight ascertained not more than three months before the time of loading and the vehicle has marked upon it in durable lettering a statement of the weight so ascertained and of the date and place at which it was ascertained, or

(d) all the vehicles comprised in the train are coupled together in such a manner that they may be weighed while in motion by equipment designed to determine the total weight of the train, and the buyer has agreed with the seller that the total net weight of fuel carried in the train shall be ascertained by deducting the total weight of the train so determined before loading from the total weight thereof so determined when loaded.

(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1)(c) above shall afford any exemption from the requirements of paragraph 21 above in the case of a vehicle which has undergone repairs or modification or has suffered substantial damage since its tare weight was last ascertained and marked as mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

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(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph 24 below , as soon as the loading has been completed and the seller has ascertained the weight of the vehicle with its load and the identity of the consignee, the seller shall cause to be attached to the vehicle a document stating—

(a) the name of the seller and the place and date of weighing,

(b) the name of the consignee and the destination of the vehicle,

(d) the tare weight of the vehicle as determined or redetermined in pursuance of paragraph 21 above or, if by virtue of paragraph 28 below paragraph 21 does not apply to the vehicle, the tare weight of the vehicle expressed to be as estimated by the seller,

(e) the weight attributed to the solid fuel in the vehicle by the seller for the purpose of calculating its purchase price, and

(f) the type of that fuel.

(2) Subparagraph (1) above shall not apply if, at the time of departure of the vehicle from the place of loading, the seller causes to be transmitted to the buyer, for receipt not later than the time of arrival of the vehicle at the buyer’s premises, the information required by subparagraphs (a) to (f) of subparagraph (1) above:

(a) the seller and the buyer have agreed in writing that the information may be so transmitted;

(b) the places of loading and destination of the vehicle are suitably equipped for the transmission and receipt of information in such form; and

(c) the information is capable of being reproduced in a permanent legible form by the system effecting the transmission, and is so reproduced if required by an inspector, subject to the production, if so requested, of his credentials.

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(1) Paragraph 23 above shall not apply to any vehicle forming part or intended to form part of any such train as is mentioned in paragraph 22 above, but the seller shall either (a)before the departure of the train which includes that vehicle deliver to the authority responsible for railway traffic at the place of loading for carriage on that train a document (in this paragraph and paragraph 25 below referred to as “a train bill”) giving the information specified in sub-paragraph (2) below or, in the case of any such train as is mentioned in paragraph 22(1)(d) above, sub-paragraph (3) below. or (b) at the time of departure of the train which includes that vehicle transmit to the buyer, for receipt not later than the time of arrival of the train at the buyer’s premises, the information required by subparagraph (2) or, as the case may be, subparagraph (3) below:

(a) the seller and buyer have agreed in writing that the information may be so transmitted;

(b) the places of loading and destination of the train are suitably equipped for the transmission and receipt of information in such form; and

(c) the information is capable of being reproduced in a permanent legible form by the system effecting the transmission, and is so reproduced if required by an inspector, subject to the production, if so requested, of his credentials.

(2) Except in a case to which sub-paragraph (3) below applies, the train bill shall contain the following information—

(a) the names of the seller and of the consignee and the destination of the train,

(b) sufficient particulars to identify each vehicle in the train,

(d) a statement of the type of fuel in each vehicle,

(e) except in the case of fuel which a buyer has agreed shall be weighed at the train’s destination, the weight attributed by the seller to the fuel in each vehicle for the purpose of calculating its purchase price,

(f) where any vehicle is not exempted from paragraph 21 above, the tare weight of that vehicle,

(g) where any vehicle has been loaded by equipment which weighs fuel and discharges it directly into vehicles, a statement as to the vehicle which has been so loaded,

(h) where any vehicle is loaded with fuel the weight of which is to be ascertained at the train’s destination, a statement as to the vehicle so loaded,

(i) where any vehicle is exempted from paragraph 21 above by reason of paragraph 22(1)(c) above, a statement of the tare weight and related particulars marked upon that vehicle, and

(j) where any vehicle is so exempt by reason of any certificate or direction under paragraph 28 below, a weight stated to be the seller’s estimate of the tare weight of that vehicle.

(3) In the case of any such train as is mentioned in paragraph 22(1)(d) above, the train bill shall contain the following information—

(a) the names of the seller and the consignee and the destination of the train,

(b) the date and place of loading of the train,

(d) the total net weight of fuel carried in the train,

(e) a statement of the type of fuel carried in the train, and

(f) a statement that the buyer has agreed that the total net weight of fuel carried in the train shall be ascertained in the manner mentioned in paragraph 22(1)(d) above.

(4) If the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) above are contravened, the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

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(1) The following provisions of this paragraph apply—

(a) in a case where by virtue of paragraph 24 above a train bill is carried, when the train reaches its destination, and

(b) in any other case, when the vehicle in question reaches its destination.

(2) The authority responsible for railway traffic at the destination of the train or vehicle, as the case may be, shall—

(a) permit the consignee and, subject to the production if so requested of his credentials, any inspector to inspect the document required by paragraph 23 or, as the case may be, 24 above,

(b) permit the consignee either to take possession of that document after the train or vehicle is unloaded or to make a copy of the particulars stated therein, and

(c) if so requested by the consignee with respect to any such copy which the authority is satisfied is accurate, certify the accuracy thereof,

and if any of the provisions of this sub-paragraph is contravened the authority shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) below, any of the following persons, that is to say—

(a) any inspector, subject to the production if so requested of his credentials, or

(b) the consignee, subject to his undertaking to pay any cost reasonably incurred,

may require the vehicle to be weighed either before or after or both before and after it is unloaded, and the vehicle shall be weighed accordingly unless it is certified by or on behalf of the authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above that in the circumstances of the particular case the carrying out of the weighing would cause undue dislocation of railway traffic at the vehicle’s destination; and any inspector who is present at any such weighing shall if so requested certify the weight found.

(4) If when the fuel is unloaded from the vehicle it is weighed accurately with accurate weighing equipment in the presence of an inspector, the inspector shall if so requested certify that it was so weighed and state in his certificate the weight found.

(5) Where by virtue of paragraph 24 above a train bill is carried and the buyer has agreed that the weight of the fuel in any vehicle is to be ascertained at the train’s destination, sub-paragraph (3) above shall not apply in relation to that vehicle.

(6) In a case falling within paragraph 22(1)(d) above, sub-paragraph (3) above shall have effect—

(a) with the omission of paragraph (b), and

(b) as if any reference to a vehicle were a reference to a train.

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Where, in the case of any rail vehicle used on a journey to carry solid fuel which is not made up in containers, paragraphs 21 to 25 above do not apply, the consignor shall cause to be attached to the vehicle before it starts on the journey a document stating the name of the consignor and the place of loading of the vehicle.

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(1) If paragraph 21 or 23 above is contravened, the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) If paragraph 26 above is contravened, the consignor shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) If, in the case of any rail vehicle used on a journey to carry solid fuel—

(a) the authority responsible for railway traffic at the place of loading or any person employed by that authority wilfully prevents or impedes the attachment to the vehicle of the document required by paragraph 23 or 26 above, or

(b) any person, being a person concerned in the sale, carriage or delivery of that fuel, wilfully removes, defaces or alters any such document attached to the vehicle,

that authority or person shall be guilty of an offence.

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(1) Paragraph 21 above shall not apply to any rail vehicle loaded at a mine of coal respect to which it is certified by or on behalf of the British Coal Corporation—

(a) that in no year is the aggregate amount of solid fuel loaded as mentioned in paragraph 20 above likely to exceed 101,600 tonnes; or

(b) that owing to a shortage of rail vehicles compliance with paragraph 21 above would for the time being cause undue dislocation of the working of the mine.

(2) If any seller of solid fuel who uses any place . . . for causing solid fuel to be loaded as mentioned in paragraph 20 above makes representations to the Secretary of State that the provision at that place of weighing equipment suitable for determining the tare weight of rail vehicles is not reasonably practicable or would be unjustified on economic grounds and the Secretary of State is satisfied that there are grounds for those representations, the Secretary of State may direct, that subject to such conditions and for such period as may be specified in the directions, paragraph 21 above shall not apply to any vehicle loaded at that place.

(3) The National Coal Board shall cause notice in writing to be given forthwith to the local weights and measures authority within whose area the mine in question is situated of the issue or withdrawal of any certificate such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, and if without reasonable cause they fail so to do they shall be guilty of an offence.

SCHEDULE 6

Part I — Liquid Fuel and Lubricants

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This Part of this Schedule applies to—

(a) liquid fuel, lubricating oil and any mixture of such fuel and oil, and

(b) lubricating grease.

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Subject to paragraph 3 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) unless pre-packed, shall be sold only by net weight or by capacity measurement,

(b) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement, and

(c) in the case of lubricating oil in a quantity of one litre or less, shall be made up in a container for sale otherwise than by way of pre-packing only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement.

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Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 2 above, liquid fuel—

(a) when not pre-packed may be sold by volume, and

(b) may be pre-packed in a container marked with an indication of quantity by volume,

being in either case the volume of the gas which would be produced from the fuel in question at such temperature and such atmospheric pressure as are specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State with respect to fuel of the type in question or, if no such regulations are in force, as may be made known by the seller to the buyer before he pays for or takes possession of the fuel; and there shall be exempted from all requirements of paragraph 2 above goods of any description in a quantity of less than 250 grams or of less than 250 millilitres.

Part II — Ready-Mixed Cement Mortar and Ready-Mixed Concrete

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This Part of the Schedule applies to ready-mixed cement mortar and ready-mixed concrete.

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(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, any goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) if made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, shall be sold only by volume, and

(b) if not so made up, shall be sold only by volume in a multiple of 0.1 cubic metre.

(2) There shall be exempted from the requirements of this paragraph any goods in a quantity of less than one cubic metre.

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Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act, except sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 7, shall apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as if—

(a) any reference in the said Part II to ballast included a reference to goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies; and

(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 7 to paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 were a reference to paragraph 5 of this Schedule.

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Paragraph 5 and 6 above shall not have effect in any area in Scotland specified by the Secretary of State by order.

Part III — Agricultural Liming Materials, Agricultural Salt and Inorganic Fertilisers

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This Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) to agricultural liming materials, other than calcareous sand,

(b) to agricultural salt,

(c) to, and to any mixture consisting mainly of, inorganic fertilisers, other than such fertilisers or such a mixture made up into pellets or other articles for use as individual items, and

(d) to any mixture of any of the foregoing.

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(1) ) Goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies which are not pre-packed, other than liquid fertilisers, shall be sold only by quantity, being—

(a) quantity by net weight; or

(b) if the goods are sold in a container which does not exceed the permitted weight and the gross weight of the goods is not less than 25 kilograms, quantity either by net weight or by gross weight; or

(2) Goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity, being—

(a) in the case of liquid fertilisers, quantity by capacity measurement;

(b) in any other case, quantity by net weight or, if the container does not exceed the permitted weight and the gross weight of the goods is not less than 25 kilograms, quantity either by net weight or by gross weight.

(3) In this paragraph, “the permitted weight” means a weight at the rate of 650 grams per 50 kilograms of the gross weight.

(4) There shall be exempted from all requirements of this paragraph any sale of goods with a view to their industrial use.

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Paragraph 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as if any reference in those paragraphs to ballast included a reference to any goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies.

Part IV — Wood Fuel

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Subject to paragraphs 12 and 13 below—

(a) wood fuel which is not made up in a container for sale shall be sold by retail only by net weight;

(b) in the case of a sale by retail of wood fuel made up in a container for sale, the quantity by net weight of the fuel sold shall be made known to the buyer before he pays for or takes possession of it.

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(1) ) Paragraph 11 above shall not have effect in any area unless the local weights and measures authority for that area so direct by byelaw.

(2) Not less than one month before making any byelaw by virtue of this paragraph, the local weights and measures authority shall give public notice of their intention to make it by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the area to which the byelaw is to apply.

(3) The local weights and measures authority by whom any byelaw is made by virtue of this paragraph shall give notice of the making of the byelaw to the Secretary of State.

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There shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraph 11 above any sale of wood fuel in a quantity which does not exceed 7.5 kilograms or which exceeds 500 kilograms.

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Paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect as if any reference in those paragraphs to solid fuel included a reference to wood fuel.

Part V — COSMETIC PRODUCTS

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Part VI — Soap

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(1) In this Part of this Schedule “soap” does not include any soap which is a cosmetic product ....

(2) “Cosmetic product” has the same meaning as in Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (recast), as amended from time to time.

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Subject to paragraph 18 below—

(a) soap in the form of a cake, tablet or bar shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight,

(b) liquid soap shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement, and

(i) unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by net weight, and

(ii) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.

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There shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part of this Schedule—

(a) liquid soap in a quantity of less than 125 millilitres, and

(b) soap in any other form in a quantity of less than 25 grams.

Part VII — Miscellaneous Goods to be Sold by or Marked with Length

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This Part of this Schedule applies to goods of any of the following descriptions, that is to say, bias binding, elastic, ribbon, tape and sewing thread.

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Subject to paragraph 21 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by length, and

(b) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by length.

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There shall be exempted from all requirements of paragraph 20 above goods of any description in a quantity of less than one metre.

Part VIII — Miscellaneous Goods to be Sold by or Marked withNet Weight

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This Part of this Schedule applies to—

(a) distemper,

(b) articles offered as feed for household pets, being manufactured feed or bird feed, other than animal feed in biscuit of cake form pre-packed in a quantity by number not exceeding sixteen,

(d) paste paint,

(e) seeds, other than pea or bean seeds, and

(f) rolled oats.

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Subject to paragraphs 24 and 25 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by net weight, and

(b) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.

24

The following shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part of this Schedule—

(a) distemper or paste paint in a quantity of less than 250 grams,

(b) bird seed in a quantity of less than 125 grams, and

25

Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 24 above, nails—

(a) when not pre-packed may be sold by retail by number, and

(b) may be pre-packed in or on a container marked with an indication of quantity by number.

Part IX — Miscellaneous Goods to be Marked when Pre-Packed with Net Weight

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This Part of this Schedule applies to—

(a) Portland cement,

(b) cleansing powders and scouring powders,

(d) paint remover, other than liquid paint remover.

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Subject to paragraph 28 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.

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There shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part of this Schedule goods of any description in a quantity of less than 25 grams.

Part X — Miscellaneous Goods to be Sold by or Marked with Capacity Measurement

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This Part of this Schedule applies to antifreeze fluid for internal combustion engines, linseed oil, paint (other than paste paint), paint thinner, turpentine, turpentine substitute, varnish, and wood preservative fluid (including fungicides and insecticides).

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Subject to paragraph 31 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by capacity measurement, and

(b) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement.

31

There shall be exempted from all requirements of this Part of this Schedule goods of any description in a quantity of less than 150 millilitres.

Part XI — Miscellaneous Goods to be Marked when Pre-Packed with Capacity Measurement

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This Part of this Schedule applies to enamel, lacquer, liquid detergents, liquid paint remover, petrifying fluid and rust remover.

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Subject to paragraph 34 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement.

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The following shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraph 33 above—

(a) liquid detergents in a quantity of less than 125 millilitres, and

(b) goods of any other description in a quantity of less than 150 millilitres.

Part XII — Miscellaneous Goods to be Sold by or Marked With Net Weight of Capacity Measurement

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This Part of this Schedule applies to—

(a) polishes,

(b) dressings, analogous to polishes, and

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Subject to paragraph 37 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by net weight or by capacity measurement, and

(b) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement.

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The following shall be exempted from all the requirements of this Part of this Schedule, that is to say—

(a) pea or bean seeds in a quantity of less than 250 grams or of less than 250 millilitres, and

(b) any other goods in a quantity of less than 30 grams or of less than 30 millilitres.

Part XIII — Miscellaneous Goods to be Marked When Pre-PackedWith Quantity by Number

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This Part of this Schedule applies—

(a) to cheroots, cigarettes and cigars,

(b) to postal stationery, that is to say, paper or cards for use in correspondence, and envelopes,

(c) to, and to any mixture consisting mainly of, inorganic fertilisers, being such fertilisers or such a mixture made up into pellets or other articles for use as individual items, and

(d) to manufactured animal feed in biscuit or cake form pre-packed in a quantity by number of sixteen or less.

39

Subject to paragraphs 40 and 41 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by number.

40

In relation to postal stationery, the reference to number in paragraph 39 above shall be construed as a reference to the number of sheets of paper, cards or envelopes, as the case may be, in the pad, confining band or other form of container; and postal stationery shall be exempted from the requirements of that paragraph if pre-packed as part of a collection of articles made up for sale together and including any article other than postal stationery and blotting or other paper.

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There shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part of this Schedule any goods in a quantity by number of one.

SCHEDULE 7

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(1) This paragraph applies to any goods which, not being pre-packed, and not themselves being goods—

(a) required by or under Part IV of this Act except this paragraph, to be sold (whether on any sale or on a sale of any particular description) only by quantity expressed in a particular manner, or

(b) on a sale of which (whether any sale or a sale of any particular description) the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time, or

(c) expressly exempted by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, from all such requirements as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above which would otherwise apply to them,

consist of a mixture constituted wholly or mainly of goods of one or more descriptions to which there applies any such requirement made by reference to any of the following (whether exclusively or otherwise), that is to say, weight, capacity measurement or volume.

(2) Subject to paragraph 5 below, goods to which this paragraph applies shall be sold only by net weight or by capacity measurement or by volume.

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(1) This paragraph applies to any goods which, not being aerosol products and not themselves being goods—

(a) required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity, or

(aa) that are subject to the FIC Regulation, or

(b) in the case of which when sold pre-packed (whether on any sale or on a sale of any particular description) the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time, or

(c) expressly exempted by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, from all such requirements as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above which would otherwise apply to them,

(2) Subject to paragraph 5 below, goods to which this paragraph applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement or by volume.

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(1) This paragraph applies to aerosol products containing any goods required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity expressed in a particular manner.

(1A) This paragraph does not apply to aerosol products containing goods that are subject to the FIC Regulation.

(2) Subject to paragraph 5 below, any aerosol product to which this paragraph applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with

(a) an indication of the total capacity of the container (indicated in such a way as to avoid giving a false impression of the quantity of goods in the container), and

(b) an indication of the quantity by net volume of the entire contents of the container.

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(1) This paragraph applies to any collection of two or more items which, not itself being—

(a) required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with particular information, or

(b) expressly exempted by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, from any such requirement which would otherwise apply to it,

contains one or more articles to which any such requirement applies.

(1A) This paragraph does not apply to a collection containing any goods that are subject to the FIC Regulation.

(2) Any collection to which this paragraph applies shall be pre-packed only if—

(a) the container in which the collection is pre-packed is marked with an indication of the quantity of each of any such articles as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above contained in it, or

(b) each of any such articles contained in the container is made up in an individual container marked with an indication of quantity,

being in either case the like indication of the quality of each respectively of those articles as would have been required if that article had itself been pre-packed.

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There shall be exempted from any requirement of paragraph 1, 2 or 3(2)(b) above food of any description in a quantity of less than five grams or of less than five millilitres and goods of any other description in a quantity of less than 25 grams or of less than 25 millilitres.

SCHEDULE 8

Powers of entry and inspection

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Power of seizure

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Power to require information

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Purchase of goods

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SCHEDULE 9

SCHEDULE 10

Part I — Provisions of this Act Extending to Northern Ireland

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The following provisions of this Act shall extend to Northern Ireland—

(a) sections 1 and 2,

(b) section 3 so far as it relates to the coinage standards,

(d) section 93 so far as it relates to regulations under section 7 of the Food Act 1984 which, by virtue of sections 7(3) and 135 of that Act, apply to Northern Ireland,

(e) Schedules 1 and 2,

(f) so much of any other provision of this Act as relates to the interpretation of the provisoins mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) above or to the making, variation or revocation of any order under this Act which by virtue of this paragraph extends to Northern Ireland,

(g) section 95 and this Schedule,

(h) paragraph 22 of Schedule 11 and section 96 so far as it relates to that paragraph,

(i) paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 and section 97 so far as it relates to that paragraph,

(j) section 98(1) and Part I of Schedule 13 so far as they relate to enactments which extend to Northern Ireland,

(k) section 98(2) and Part II of Schedule 13 so far as they relate to—

(i) regulation 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Units of Measurement Regulations 1980, or

(ii) regulation 4 of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1985, and

(l) section 99.

Part II — Standards in Northern Ireland

2

(1) ) The Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland may by order direct that there shall be standards for Northern Ireland of the yard, pound, metre and kilogram which shall be, and shall be known as, the Northern Ireland primary standards.

(2) No order shall be made under this paragraph unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3

For the purposes of providing the Northern Ireland primary standards in pursuance of such an order, the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland shall cause to be made, in such manner as the Department may direct, copies in such form and of such material as the Department may think fit of the United Kingdom primary standards, and those copies shall be the Northern Ireland primary standards.

4

The Secretary of State shall from time to time as the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland may think it expedient to require, and at the expense of the Department, cause any Northern Ireland primary standard to be compared with, and its value redetermined by reference to, the corresponding United Kingdom primary standard in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct.

5

Any Northern Ireland primary standard maintained under this Part of this Schedule shall be in the custody of the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland.

SCHEDULE 11

General

1

In this Schedule—

“the 1963 Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1963;

“the commencement of this Act” means the commencement of the provisions of this Act other than section 43.

2

Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document (including this Act and any enactment amended by Schedule 12 to this Act) to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any provision of this Act shall, if and so far as the context permits, be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances and purposes before the commencement of this Act, a reference to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, the corresponding provision repealed by this Act.

3

Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any provision reproduced in this Act shall be construed, so far as is required for retaining for the enactment, instrument or document the same force and effect as it would have had but for the passing of this Act (and subject to any express amendment made by this Act) as being, or as the case may require including, a reference to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, the corresponding provision of this Act.

4

Where a period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act has effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.

Acts passed before 31st July 1963

5

In any Act passed before 31st July 1963—

(a) any reference to local authorities for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Acts 1878 to 1936 shall continue to be construed as a reference to local weights and measures authorities, and

(b) any reference to an inspector of weights and measures shall continue to be construed as a reference to an inspector within the meaning of this Act.

6

Any local Act passed before 31st July 1963 shall continue to be construed—

(a) as not making unlawful the use for trade, as equipment to which section 11 of this Act applies, of any article of which such use is not unlawful under that section, and

(b) as not requiring any such article to be stamped otherwise than as required by that section.

7

Where an enactment contained in any local Act passed before 31st July 1963 appears to the Secretary of State to have been superseded by, or to be inconsistent with, any of the provisions of the 1963 Act re-enacted in this Act, or any instrument made under those provisions, the Secretary of State may by order, a draft of which shall be laid before Parliament, specify that enactment for the purposes of this paragraph and, without prejudice to the operation in the meantime of any rule of law relating to the effect on any such enactment of any such provision, any enactment specified in the order shall be repealed as from the date of the making of the order.

Standards, etc.

8

Any standard which immediately before the commencement of this Act was deemed by virtue of subseciton (6) of section 3 of the 1963 Act to be a secondary, tertiary or coinage standard provided under that section shall be deemed to be a secondary, tertiary or coinage standard, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act.

9

A certificate of fitness for use as a local standard issued under section 4(4) of the 1963 Act which was in force both on 4th October 1979 and immediately before the commencement of this Act shall cease to be in force at the expiration of the period of ten years from the date of issue of the certificate.

Stamping of equipment

10

Any equipment to which section 11 of this Act applies which immediately before the commencement of this Act was treated as having been duly stamped under section 11 of the 1963 Act by virtue of subsection (7) of that section shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as having been duly stamped under section 11 of this Act.

Approved patterns of equipment

11

(1) Each of the following instruments, namely—

(a) a certificate of approval granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act before 4th April 1979 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

(b) an authorisation of modifications granted under that section before 4th April 1979 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

(c) a certificate which was deemed by virtue of section 12(5) of the 1963 Act to be a certificate of approval granted under section 12 and which was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

shall continue to have effect as if it were a certificate of approval granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act on 4th April 1979 and, in the case of a certificate of approval actually granted subject to a condition relating to a specified period, as if that condition had been imposed under section 12A(1)(b) of the 1963 Act and provided for the certificate to cease to be in force at the end of a period equal to that period and beginning with the day when the certificate was actually granted.

(2) The power conferred by section 12(10) of this Act to revoke a certificate of approval of a pattern shall, in the case of a certificate in respect of which an authorisation of modifications has effect by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above as if it were a further certificate of approval, include power to revoke the original certificate as it has effect apart from the modifications without revoking it as it has effect with the modifications.

Weighing equipment passed etc. before 27th April 1978

12

(1) Weighing equipment (including weights) which weighs wholly or partly in drams may continue to be used for trade if it was first passed as fit for use for trade and stamped in accordance with the 1963 Act before 27th April 1978.

(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be taken as authorising the continued use for trade of the dram except in so far as the weight of the goods in drams or partly in drams is treated as having been made known to a prospective buyer by virtue of sections 45(1)(a) and 46 of this Act.

(3) Products and equipment necessary to complete or replace components or parts of equipment the continued use of which is authorised by sub-paragraph (1) above may be manufactured, placed on the market and used after the commencement of this Act, but this sub-paragraph shall not permit the replacement of weights, whether or not the weights form part of other weighing equipment.

(4) Without prejudice to sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above, every pattern of weighing equipment—

(a) the certificate of approval in respect of which was, or is deemed to have been, granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act and was in force immediately before 27th April 1978, and

(b) which provides for weighing to be made wholly or partly in drams,

(including a pattern modified in accordance with an authorisation for the time being in force under that section) shall continue to be deemed modified to the extent necessary to require equipment of that pattern to weigh in fractions of an ounce in substitution for drams and fractions of a dram.

Products and equipment used etc. before 1st December 1980

13

(1) Nothing in section 8 of this Act shall prevent any of the units of measurement mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below being used for products or equipment which were placed on the market or used before 1st December 1980, other than weighing or measuring equipment (including weights).

(2) The units of measurement referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are the chain, furlong, rood, square mile, square inch, cubic yard, cubic foot, cubic inch, ton, hundredweight, cental, quarter, stone, dram, grain and quintal.

14

(1) Weighing equipment (including weights) which weighs wholly or partly in grains, stones, quarters, hundredweights or tons may continue to be used for trade if, in the case of equipment prescribed for the purposes of section 11 of this Act, it was first passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped in accordance with the 1963 Act before 1st December 1980 or if, in the case of equipment not so prescribed, it was placed on the market and used before that date.

(2) Measuring equipment measuring in square inches, cubic inches or cubic feet may continue to be used for trade if it was placed on the market and used before 1st December 1980.

(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be taken as authoris-ing the continued use for trade of the grain, stone, quarter, hundredweight or ton except in so far as the weight of the goods in those units or partly in those units is treated as having been made known to a prospective buyer by virtue of sections 45(1)(a) and 46 of this Act.

15

Paragraphs 12(1) and 14(1) and (2) above have effect notwithstanding regulation 3 of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1978 (under which certain units are not authorised for use in certain circumstances on or after 27th April 1978) and regulation 8 of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1980 (under which certain units are not authorised for use in certain circumstances on or after 1st September 1980).

16

(1) Nothing in section 8 of this Act shall prevent any unit of measurement being used for components and parts of products and of equipment necessary to supplement or replace components or parts of products and equipment referred to in paragraph 13(1) or 14(1) or (2) above.

(2) Nothing in regulation 3 of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1978 or in regulation 8 of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1980 shall prevent any unit of measurement being used for components and parts of products and of equipment necessary to supplement or replace components or parts of products and equipment referred to in paragraph 14(1) or (2) above.

17

(1) This paragraph applies to any pattern of weighing equipment—

(a) the certificate of approval in respect of which was, or is deemed to have been, granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act and was in force immediately before 1st December 1980, and

(b) which provides for weighing to be made wholly or partly in grains, . . .

including a pattern modified in accordance with an authorisation of the Secretary of State granted or deemed to have been granted under that section before 4th April 1979 and for the time being in force.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph 14 above, every pattern of weighing equipment to which this paragraph applies shall continue to be deemed modified to the extent necessary to require equipment of that pattern—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) to weigh in multiples or fractions of an ounce troy in substitution for grains or fractions thereof and to have its capacity expressed in ounces troy.

Joint local weights and measures authorities in Greater London

18

(1) This paragraph applies to any agreement which—

(a) was made under section 37 of the 1963 Act before 1st April 1974 by two or more local weights and measures authorities for areas within Greater London, and

(b) was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.

(2) The repeal by this Act of section 37 of the 1963 Act, and of the provisions enabling an agreement under that section to relate to functions of a local weights and measures authority under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, section 25 of the Agriculture Act 1970 and Part II of the Fair Trading Act 1973, shall not affect any agreement to which this paragraph applies.

(3) The parties to an agreement to which this paragraph applies shall cause notice in writing to be given to the Secretary of State of any variation from time to time made in the agreement and, if the agreement ceases to have effect, of its cessation.

(4) Where an agreement to which this paragraph applies has effect in relation to functions of a local weights and measures authority under sections 4, 5 or 72 of this Act, any reference in that section to a local weights and measures authority shall be construed subject to the terms of the agreement.

(5) Where—

(a) two or more local weights and measures authorities are parties to an agreement to which this paragraph applies, and

(b) the agreement relates to all their functions under this Act and to any functions specified in a notice given to them under section 70(1)(b) of this Act and not withdrawn,

those authorities may make a joint report to the Secretary of State under section 70(1) of this Act in respect of any financial year during the whole of which the agreement was in operation.

Relaxation of Ministerial controls

19

Subsection (3) of section 35 of the Local Government Act 1974 (power of Secretary of State to remove or relax control conferred on any Minister etc on functions of local authorities) shall continue to apply to any such control as is mentioned in that subsection which was conferred on the Board of Trade (subsequently becoming exercisable by the Secretary of State) by any enactment contained in the 1963 Act and re-enacted in this Act.

20

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Inspectors

21

(1) Any person who immediately before the commencement of section 46 of the 1963 Act, was an inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 43 of the Weights and Measures Act 1878 shall, if immediately before the commencement of this Act he was acting as an inspector for the purposes of the 1963 Act, be deemed to have been appointed an inspector under section 72 of this Act, and any certificate of qualification granted to him under section 8 of the Weights and Measures Act 1904 shall be deemed to be a certificate granted to him under section 73 of this Act.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was, with the sanction of a local weights and measures authority, acting for any of the purposes of the 1963 Act by virtue of section 46(2) of that Act from continuing to act, with that sanction, for the corresponding purposes of this Act; and so far as may be necessary for the purposes of his so acting any reference in this Act ...—

(a) to credentials shall, in relation to such a person, be construed as a reference to written authority for him so to act from that authority; and

(b) to an inspector shall, in relation to such a person ..., be construed as a reference to that person while so acting.

“Gallon” and “litre”

22

Nothing in the definition of “gallon” or “litre” in Schedule 1 to this Act affects any contract or agreement entered into before 1st November 1976, notwithstanding that it relates to the delivery of goods after that date.

Byelaws

23

Any byelaws made by a local authority for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to this Act which immediately before the commencement of this Act were in force by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the 1963 Act shall notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of that sub-paragraph continue in force by virtue of this paragraph; and any authority which immediately before the commencement of this Act had power to revoke any such byelaws to any extent shall continue to have that power.

24

Any provision contained in a byelaw made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the 1963 Act (including that paragraph as extended to wood fuel by paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 to that Act) which—

(a) immediately before 17th July 1978 (the date of the commencement of section 31(3) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and section 289C(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975) specified £20 as the maximum fine which might be imposed on summary conviction in respect of a contravention of, or an offence under, any byelaw mentioned in that provision, and

(b) immediately before the commencement of this Act had effect by virtue of either of those sections as if it specified £50 instead,

shall continue to have effect as if it specified £50.

25

In any of the following, namely—

(a) any byelaw made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the 1963 Act (including that paragraph as extended to wood fuel by paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 to that Act),

(b) any byelaw made under paragraph 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7 to that Act, and

(c) any byelaw made under any enactment repealed by that Act, where the byelaw is continued in force by virtue of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6 to that Act, references to a ton, half a ton, two hundredweights, a hundredweight, a quarter or a stone (or to the equivalent number of pounds in the case of each of those quantities) shall be construed as references to 1000, 500, 100, 50, 15 or 7.5 kilograms respectively

26

Where any byelaw to which paragraph 25 above applies contains a requirement not only to mark a price clearly and legibly but to mark it in figures of at least three inches in height, the reference to three inches shall be construed as a reference to 7.5 centimetres.

SCHEDULE 12

The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928

1

In section 20(1) of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, for the words “may from time to time prescribe” there shall be substituted the words “may from time to time with the approval of the Treasury determine”.

The Agriculture Act 1967

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Trade Descriptions Act 1968

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1972

5

n section 17(5)(b) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1972, for the words “Weights and Measures Act 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Weights and Measures Act 1985”

The Fair Trading Act 1973

6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976

7

(1) Section 12 of the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following—

(d) section 21, 22 or 23 of the 1985 Act;

(3) In subsection (9)(c), for the words “the 1963 Act” there shall be substituted the words “the 1985 Act”.

8

In section 14 of the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976, for the definition of “the 1963 Act” there shall be substituted the following—

“the 1985 Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;

9

In Schedule 6 to the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976, for paragraph 5 there shall be substituted the following—

(5) (1) This paragraph applies where the relevant requirement took effect under or by virtue of the 1985 Act. (2) The following provisions of that Act— (a) sections 25 to 31 (offences), (b) sections 32 to 37 (liability of third parties and defences), (c) sections 38 to 42 and 44 to 46 (powers of inspectors, etc.), and (d) sections 79 to 83 (further powers of inspectors and prosecution of offences), shall apply as if the substituted requirement were imposed under Part IV of the Act.

The Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

10

(1) The Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1(3), for the words from “and Article 54(2)” to the end there shall be substituted the words, “shall come into operation on such date or dates as may be appointed by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) of section 43 of the Act of 1985 for the coming into force of that section”.

(3) In Article 2(2)—

(a) for the definition of “the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the following—

“the Act of 1985” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;

, and

(b) in the definition of “capacity measurement”, for the words “Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Act of 1985”.

(4) In Articles 3(3), 4(6), 10(8)

and 53(1), for the words “Act of 1963”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “Act of 1985”.

(5) In Article 8—

(a) in paragraph (3), for the words “Schedule 1 to the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 1 to the Act of 1985” and for the words “section 10(6) of the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 10(3) of the Act of 1985”, and

(b) in paragraph (5)(a), for the words “which is or on 25th October 1967 was included in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1963”, there shall be substituted the words “which is included in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1985 or was on 25th October 1967 included in Schedule 1 to the Weights and Measures Act 1963”.

(6) In Article 12(5), for the words “section 13 of the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 14 of the Act of 1985”.

The Local Government Act 1985

11

In paragraph 15 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4), after the words “this paragraph” there shall be inserted the words “and section 69(1)(a) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (5), for the words “(1) to (3) above” there shall be substituted the words “(2) and (3) above and the said section 69(1)(a)”, and

SCHEDULE 13

Part I — Repeals

Part II — Revocations

TABLE OF DERIVATIONS

Notes:

Editorial notes

[^c13368761]: A Table showing the derivation of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status.

[^c13368771]: Act amended by S.I. 1988/558, art. 2

[^c13368781]: Act explained (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1579, reg. 3(3)

[^c13368791]: Act modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1591, art.2. Act modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1592, art.2. Act modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1593, art.2.

[^c13368851]: Words in s. 1(1) inserted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(2)(a)

[^c13368861]: S. 1(4) substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(2)(b)

[^c13368871]: S. 1(6)(7) added (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(2)(c)

[^c13368881]: Words in s. 1(6) omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(2)

[^c13368891]: Words in s. 3(2) substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(3)

[^c13368951]: S. 5: for previous exercises of this power before 01. 02. 1991 see Index to Government Orders.

[^c13368961]: S. 5(9): s. 5(9) (with s. 86(1)) power exercised (26.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/1775

[^c13368971]: 1970 c. 39.

[^c13368981]: 1972 c. 70.

[^c13368991]: 1973 c. 65.

[^c13369001]: S. 5(11)(d) and preceding word inserted (E.W.) (11.7.2001 for E.and 1.4.2002 for W.) by S.I. 2001/2237 arts. 2(f), 14 and S.I. 2002/808, art.13

[^c13369021]: S. 6 modified (1.3.1996) by 1986 c. 44, s. 36B(1) (as inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 44; S.I. 1996/218, art.2)

[^c13369301]: S. 8(1)(b) excluded by S.I. 1988/186, arts. 3, 6(1)

[^c13369311]: Words in s. 8(2)(c) inserted (14.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1883, arts. 1, 2(a)

[^c13369321]: Word in s. 8(2)(c) inserted (3.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1322, art. 2(a)

[^c13369331]: S. 8(2)(d)-(f) inserted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2866, regs. 1, 3(2)

[^c13369341]: S. 8(2)(d)(iii) and the preceding “or” omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, arts. 1, 4(2)

[^c13369351]: S. 8(2)(e)(f) omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, arts. 1, 4(2)

[^c13369371]: S. 8(5)(5A) substituted (7.11.1994) for s. 8(5) by S.I. 1994/2867, regs. 1, 5(2)

[^c13369391]: 1963 c. 31.

[^c13369421]: S. 11 modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1591, art. 2. S. 11 modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1592, art. 2. S. 11 modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1593, art. 2.

[^c13369431]: S. 11(2) excluded by S.I. 1988/186, arts. 3, 6(2), 23(1), 24(1)

[^c13369441]: Words in s. 11(2)(a)(4) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(1)(2)

[^c13369461]: Words in s. 11(4) substituted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(2)

[^c13369471]: S. 11(4A) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(3)

[^c13369481]: S. 11(6A) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(4)

[^c13369491]: Words in s. 11(7) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(5)

[^c13369501]: Words in s. 11(10) substituted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(6)

[^c13369511]: S. 11A inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(7)

[^c13369521]: S. 11B inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 3

[^c13369531]: Words in s. 14(1) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(8)

[^c13369541]: S. 15A inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 4(1)

[^c13369551]: Words in s. 16(1)(a) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(9)

[^c13369571]: S. 17(1) excluded by S.I. 1988/186, arts. 3, 6(3)

[^c13369581]: 1963 c. 31.

[^c13369591]: Ss. 21, 22, 23: power to modify or exclude conferred by Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 (c. 77, SIF 131), s. 12(1)(2)

[^c13369601]: Ss. 21, 22, 23: power to modify or exclude conferred by Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 (c. 77, SIF 131), s. 12(1)(2)

[^c13369611]: Ss. 21, 22, 23: power to modify or exclude conferred by Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 (c. 77, SIF 131), s. 12(1)(2)

[^c13369621]: 1952 c. 67.

[^c13369631]: 1979 c. 2.

[^c13369641]: S. 25(2) restricted by S.I. 1988/2040, art. 11(2)

[^c13369651]: S. 25(2) excluded (temp.) by S.I. 1990/1550, art. 4

[^c13369661]: S. 25(2)(3) applied with modifications by S.I. 1988/2040, art. 18

[^c13369691]: Words in s. 27(2)(a)(i) substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(4)

[^c13369701]: Words in s. 27(2)(a)(ii) substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(4)

[^c13369711]: S.I. 1984/1316.

[^c13369721]: S. 38(4) repealed by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1)(4), Sch. 3 para. 32, Sch. 5

[^c13369761]: S. 43 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, s. 14, Sch. 17; S.I. 1995/2835, art. 2

[^c13370101]: Ss. 60, 61 repealed by S.I. 1987/2187, art. 2(b), Sch. para. 6

[^c13370111]: Ss. 60, 61 repealed by S.I. 1987/2187, art. 2(b), Sch. para. 6

[^c13370221]: Words in s. 69(2) added (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 75; S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2

[^c13370231]: Words in s. 69(3) substituted (S.)(1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 144; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4

[^c13370241]: S. 69(6) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

[^c13370251]: Words in s. 74(4) omitted (29.3.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(10)

[^c13370261]: S. 74(5)(6) inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(11)

[^c13370271]: S. 75(1A)(2)(3) substituted for s. 75(2) (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(12)

[^c13370301]: 1968 c. 64.

[^c13370311]: Entry inserted in s. 84(2) (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 4(2)

[^c13370321]: Words in s. 86(2)(a)(5) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1995/2835, art. 2

[^c13370341]: Words substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 34

[^c13370421]: S. 94(1): definition of “approved verifier” inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(14)

[^c13370431]: Words substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 34

[^c13370441]: 1979 c. 4.

[^c13370451]: S. 94(1): words in the definition of “stamp” inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 4(3)

[^c13370461]: Definitions of "standard scale" and "statutory maximum" in s. 94(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV

[^c13370481]: S.I. 1966/238.

[^c13370491]: S.I. 1978/484.

[^c13370501]: S.I. 1980/1070.

[^c13370511]: 1978 c. 30.

[^c13370521]: Words in s. 99(2) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1995/2835, art. 2

[^c13370531]: Sch. 1 Pts. I, II: entries omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(a)

[^c13370611]: Sch. 1 Pts. I, II: entries omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(a)

[^c13370751]: Heading in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(a)(i)

[^c13370761]: Sch. 1 Pt. IV: definitions of “gallon”, “quart” and “gill” omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(b)(i)

[^c13370801]: Sch. 1 Pt. IV: definition substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(b)(ii)

[^c13370831]: Sch. 1 Pt. IV: definition of “fluid ounce” omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(a)(ii)

[^c13370851]: Heading in Sch. 1 Pt. V substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(b)(i)

[^c13370861]: Sch. 1 Pt. V: definitions of “pound” and “ounce” omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(b)(ii)

[^c13370901]: Sch. 1 Pt. V: definition of “ounce troy” substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(b)(iii)

[^c13370951]: Sch. 1 Pt. VI: definition of “fluid ounce” inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(c)(i)

[^c13370981]: Sch. 1 Pt. VI: definition of “pound” inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(c)(ii)

[^c13371011]: Sch. 1 Pt. VI: definition of “ounce” inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(c)(ii)

[^c13370921]: Sch. 1 Pt. VI substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(c)

[^c13371041]: Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1 omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(a)

[^c13371051]: Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 1 omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(a)

[^c13371061]: Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 1 entries omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(b)

[^c13371071]: Words in Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 1 inserted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(b)

[^c13371241]: Entry in Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 2 substituted (3.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1322, art. 2(b)

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