Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976

Section 2(2).

SCHEDULE 2 (To be substituted for Schedule 3 to the Act of 1963)

“Measures and Weights Lawful for Use for Trade

PART I Linear Measures

Imperial system

1 Measures of—

100 feet	5 feet
66 feet	4 feet
50 feet	1 yard
33 feet	2 feet
20 feet	1 foot
10 feet	6 inches
8 feet	1 inch
6 feet

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 II Square Measures

Imperial system

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

Metric system

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

PART III Cubic Measures

Imperial system

1 Measures of, or of any multiple of, ¼ cubic yard.

Metric system

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

3 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 IV Capacity Measures

Imperial system

1 Measures of—

any multiple of 1 gallon
1 gallon	1 gill
1/2 gallon	4 fluid ounces
1 quart	½ gill
1 pint	2/5 gill
½ pint	1/3 gill
8 fluid ounces	1/4 gill
1/3 Pint	1/5 gill
6 fluid ounces	1/6 gill

Metric system

2 Measures of—

any multiple of 10 litres	100 millilitres
10 litres	50 millilitres
5 litres	25 millilitres
2.5 litres	20 millilitres
2 litres	10 millilitres
1 litre	5 millilitres
500 millilitres	2 millilitres
250 millilitres	1 millilitre
200 millilitres

PART V Weights

Imperial system

1 Weights of—

56 pounds	½ dram
50 pounds	100 grams
28 pounds	50 grains
20 pounds	30 grains
14 pounds	20 grains
10 pounds	10 grains
7 pounds	5 grains
5 pounds	3 grains
4 pounds	2 grains
2 pounds	1 gram
1 pound	0.5 gram
8 ounces	0.3 gram
4 ounces	0.2 grain
2 ounces	0.1 grain
1 ounce	0.05 grain
8 drams	0.03 grain
4 drams	0.02 grain
2 drams	0.01 grain
1 dram

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 rruUierarnmes
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 VI Special 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.”