Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

PART XIIIN.I.MISCELLANEOUS GOODS TO BE MARKED WHEN PRE-PACKED WITH QUANTITY BY NUMBER

1.  This Part applies—N.I.

(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 consisiting 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 16 or less.

2.  Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, goods to which this Part applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by number.N.I.

3.  In relation to postal stationery, the reference to number in paragraph 2 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.N.I.

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