The Price Marking Order 1991

PART II PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO INDICATION OF PRICE OF MOTOR FUEL ON PUMPS ON ANY PREMISES

5.—(1) An indication of price required by article 13 shall be marked on each pump, and—

(a) where the pump delivers one grade or type of motor fuel, shall be of the price of that grade or type; and

(b) where the pump delivers more than one grade or type of motor fuel, shall be of the price of each grade or type of motor fuel.

(2) An indication referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above shall identify the grade or type of motor fuel to which the price relates and shall include a statement of the unit of measurement by reference to which quantities are delivered from the pump.

(3) Where a person charges a different price in different circumstances (whether it be according to the method by which payment is made, or for part only of a gallon or of a litre, for a quantity below a minimum quantity calculated by reference to volume or value, or in some other circumstances not being for sales at different times), the indication to be marked on the pump under sub-paragraph (1) above shall include a statement of—

(a) any method of payment (being a method of payment accepted by the person giving the indication) to which, and any other applicable circumstance in which, the price he has indicated does not apply, and

(b) either—

(i) the price payable under each method of payment and other applicable circumstance mentioned in (a) above, or

(ii) the difference between the price payable under each such method of payment and in other applicable circumstance, and the price that person has marked on the pump pursuant to paragraph (1) above expressed (as the case may require) as an addition to, or a deduction from, that price in terms of a percentage thereof or an amount of money.

(4) Where a person supplies the same grade or type of motor fuel from more than one pump and—

(a) the consideration given for the price relating to the motor fuel supplied from one or more, but not all, of those pumps includes some additional benefit to the purchaser (otherwise than in relation to the time or manner of payment of the price), and

(b) the price for the sale of motor fuel from a pump to which that additional benefit relates is higher than the price for sale from a pump to which it does not relate,

an indication referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above marked on each pump to which the additional benefit relates shall include a statement that the price includes that additional benefit and that the price is higher than the price for sale from any pump to which that additional benefit does not relate.

6.  An indication of price referred to in paragraph 5(1) above shall be—

(a) clear and legible; and

(b) in a prominent position and at all times readily discernible and easily read by an intending purchaser at any place where he would under normal conditions of purchase select the grade or type or amount of the motor fuel.

7.  An indication of a price and of the equivalent price per gallon, and a chart displayed, as mentioned in article 15(1) and (2) and the information referred to in paragraph 5(2) to (4) above shall be—

(a) clear and legible;

(b) marked separately from the price required to be marked under paragraph 5(1) above;

(c) marked on each pump to which it relates or, to the extent that there is insufficient space on the pump, be grouped together and given on a notice which is in close proximity to, and which clearly relates to, the pump; and

(d) in a prominent position and at all time readily discernible and easily read by an intending purchaser at any part of the premises where he would take delivery from the pump.