Weights and Measures Act 1985

Section 8(1).

SCHEDULE 3 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

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 IV Capacity Measures

Imperial system

1 Measures of—

any multiple of 1 gallon

1 gallon	1 gill
½ gallon	4 fluid ounces
1 quart	½ gill
1 pint	2/5 gill
½ pint	1/3 gill
8 fluid ounces	¼ gill
1/3 pint	1/5 gill
6 fluid ounces	1/6 gill

Metric system

2 Measures of—

any multiple of 10 litres

10 litres	125 millilitres
5 litres	100 millilitres
2-5 litres	50 millilitres
2 litres	25 millilitres
1 litre	20 millilitres
500 millilitres	10 millilitres
250 millilitres	5 millilitres
200 millilitres	2 millilitres
175 millilitres	1 millilitre
150 millilitres

PART V Weights

Imperial system

1 Weights of—

56 pounds	any of the following multiples or fractions of 1/7000 pound that is to say: —
	50 pounds
	28 pounds
20 pounds	100
14 pounds	50
10 pounds	30
7 pounds	20
5 pounds	10
4 pounds	5
2 pounds	3
1 pound	2
8 ounces	1
4 ounces	0.5
2 ounces	0.3
1 ounce	0.2
½ ounce	0.1
¼ ounce	0.05
1/8 ounce	0.03
1/16 ounce	0.02
1/32 ounce	0.01

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 kilograms	3 grams
20 kilograms	2 grams
10 kilograms	1 gram
5 kilograms	500 milligrams
2 kilograms	400 milligrams
1 kilogram	300 milligrams
500 grams	200 milligrams
200 grams	150 milligrams
100 grams	100 milligrams
50 grams	50 milligrams
20 grams	20 milligrams
15 grams	10 milligrams
10 grams	5 milligrams
5 grams	2 milligrams
4 grams	1 milligram

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)