Weights and Measures Act 1985

68 Interpretation of Part V

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• " container " includes any wrapping ;

• " goods ", in relation to a package, excludes the container included in the package ;

• " importer", in relation to a package, means, subject to section 54(3) above, the person by whom or on whose behalf the package is entered for customs purposes on importation;

• " modifications " includes additions, omissions and alterations ;

• " nominal quantity ", in relation to a package, means the units of weight or volume prescribed for the package and the number of them in the statement of quantity marked on the container included in the package (any other matter in the statement being disregarded);

• " notice " means notice in writing ;

• " package " means, subject to section 54(1) above, a container containing prescribed goods together with the goods in the container in a case where—

  (a)

  the goods are placed for sale in the container otherwise than in the presence of a person purchasing the goods, and

  (b)

  none of the goods can be removed from the container without opening it;

• " packer " means, in relation to a package, the person who placed in the container included in the package the goods included in it;

• " regulated package " means any package which—

  (a)

  was made up in the United Kingdom on or after the date on which the goods in the package became prescribed goods, or

  (b)

  was imported on or after that date ;

• " regulations " means regulations made by the Secretary of State by virtue of this Part of this Act;

• " the Unit" means the National Metrological Co-ordinating Unit.

(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act a package—

(a) is non-standard if the quantity of the goods it contains is less by more than a prescribed amount than the nominal quantity on the package, and

(b) is inadequate if the quantity of the goods it contains is less by more than twice that amount than the nominal quantity on the package.

(3) Regulations may make provision, in relation to a package which contains more than one container or goods of more than one kind, as to which of the containers or goods shall be disregarded for the purposes of prescribed provisions of this Part of this Act.

(4) If two or more different nominal quantities are marked on a package, each of those quantities except the one which indicates the larger or largest quantity shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Part of this Act.