SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1MEASURES AND WEIGHTS LAWFUL FOR USE FOR TRADE

Articles 3(1), 4(1), 6(1)(b), (2), (3)(b), (4) and 8(1).

PART ILINEAR MEASURES

Para. 1 rep. by SR 1995/227

Metric system

2

  • Measures of—

    50 metres

    2 metres

    30 metres

    1.5 metres

    20 metres

    1 metre

    10 metres

    0.5 metre

    5 metres

    1 decimetre

    3 metres

    1 centimetre

PART IISQUARE MEASURES

Para. 1 rep. by SR 1995/227

Metric system

2

Measures of, or of any multiple of, 1 square decimetre.

PART IIICUBIC MEASURES

Metric system

1

Measures of, or of any multiple of, 0.1 cubic metre.

2

Measures of—

any multiple of 10 litres

10 litres

100 millilitres

5 litres

50 millilitres

2.5 litres

25 millilitres

2 litres

20 millilitres

1 litre

10 millilitres

500 millilitres

5 millilitres

250 millilitres

2 millilitres

200 millilitres

1 millilitre

PART IVCAPACITY MEASURES

F1Imperial system

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

SR 1995/227

1

Measures of—

16 pints

8 pints

4 pints

2 pints

1 pint

F62/3 pint

½ pint

⅓ pint

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F6

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 4 para. 1 inserted (16.12.2013) by The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013; S.R. 2013/261, art. 2

Metric system

2

Measures of—

any multiple of 10 litres

F2125 millilitres

10 litres

100 millilitres

5 litres

F370 millilitres

2.5 litres

50 millilitres

2 litres

F235 millilitres

1 litre

25 millilitres

500 millilitres

20 millilitres

250 millilitres

10 millilitres

200 millilitres

5 millilitres

F2175 millilitres

2 millilitres

F2150 millilitre

1 millilitre

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2

SR 1983/302

F3

SR 2004/370

PART VWEIGHTS

Imperial system

Para. 1 rep. by SR 1995/227

2

Weights of—

500 ounces troy

0.4 ounce troy

400 ounces troy

0.3 ounce troy

300 ounces troy

0.2 ounce troy

200 ounces troy

0.1 ounce troy

100 ounces troy

0.05 ounce troy

50 ounces troy

0.04 ounce troy

40 ounces troy

0.03 ounce troy

30 ounces troy

0.025 ounce troy

20 ounces troy

0.02 ounce troy

10 ounces troy

0.01 ounce troy

5 ounces troy

0.005 ounce troy

4 ounces troy

0.004 ounce troy

3 ounces troy

0.003 ounce troy

2 ounces troy

0.002 ounce troy

1 ounce troy

0.001 ounce troy

0.5 ounce troy

Metric system

3

Weights of—

25 kilogrammes

3 grammes

20 kilogrammes

2 grammes

10 kilogrammes

1 gramme

5 kilogrammes

500 milligrammes

2 kilogrammes

400 milligrammes

1 kilogramme

300 milligrammes

500 grammes

200 milligrammes

200 grammes

150 milligrammes

100 grammes

100 milligrammes

50 grammes

50 milligrammes

20 grammes

20 milligrammes

15 grammes

10 milligrammes

10 grammes

5 milligrammes

5 grammes

2 milligrammes

4 grammes

1 milligramme

4

Weights of—

500 carats (metric)

1 carat (metric)

200 carats (metric)

0.5 carat (metric)

100 carats (metric)

0.25 carat (metric)

50 carats (metric)

0.2 carat (metric)

20 carats (metric)

0.1 carat (metric)

10 carats (metric)

0.05 carat (metric)

5 carats (metric)

0.02 carat (metric)

2 carats (metric)

0.01 carat (metric)

PART VISPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON USE FOR TRADE

1

No person shall use the ounce troy for trade except for the purposes of transactions in, or in articles made from, gold, silver or other precious metals, including transactions in gold or silver thread, lace or fringe.

2

No person shall use the carat (metric) for trade except for the purposes of transactions in precious stones or pearls.

F43

No person shall use a capacity measure of 35 millilitres, 70 millilitres, 125 millilitres, 150 millilitres or 175 millilitres for trade except for the purposes of transactions in intoxicating liquor.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F4

SR 2004/370

F54

No person shall use the pint for trade except for—

a

the purposes of the sale of draught beer and cider; or

b

the purposes of the sale of milk in returnable containers;F5. . .

Sub‐para. (c) rep. by SR 1995/227

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F5

SR 1995/227

Para.5 rep. by SR 1995/227