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SCHEDULE 4E+W+SAmendment of the Measuring Container Bottles (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977

Amendment to regulation 3E+W+S

3.  In regulation 3 (application), for the words from “only” to the end of the regulation, substitute—

to bottles made of glass, or any other substance having the rigidity and stability that offers the same metrological guarantees as glass, when such bottles—

(a)are stoppered or designed to be stoppered and are intended for the storage, transport or delivery of liquids,

(b)have a nominal capacity of between 0.05 litre and five litres inclusive, and

(c)have metrological characteristics (design characteristics and uniformity of manufacture)

such that they can be used as measuring containers, i.e. when they are filled up to a specified level or to a specified percentage of their brim capacity their contents can be measured with sufficient accuracy..

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1