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The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
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Duty of packers and importers to mark packagesN.I.
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5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the packer or the importer of a package to ensure that the package is marked, in such a manner as to be indelible, easily legible and visible in normal conditions of presentation, with the following—
(a)the nominal quantity, being the predetermined constant quantity in which that package is made up (including any additional quantity to which any statement on the package refers) in accordance with regulation 8; and
(b)the name and address of a person established in the United Kingdom who is either—
(i)the packer or the importer of the package, or
(ii)the person who arranged for the packer to make up, or the importer to import, the package,
or a mark which enables the name and address of such a person to be readily ascertained by the Department.
(2) If at the time when a package is made up or imported the package is not marked with the nominal quantity as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), it shall be the duty of the packer or the importer of the package—
(a)to decide what the packer or importer proposes to mark on the package in pursuance of that sub-paragraph, and
(b)to make at that time, and to maintain until such time as the package is so marked, a record of the same.
(3) A packer or importer may mark a package which—
(a)is made up to comply with the requirements in regulation 4; and
(b)has a nominal quantity not exceeding 10 kilograms or 10 litres,
(c)with the E-mark, in which case the mark shall be indelible, easily legible and visible in normal conditions of presentation and be placed in the same field of vision as the indication of nominal quantity required by paragraph (1)(a).
(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to milk which is sold or supplied to a consumer in a returnable container.
(5) Where a package is sold or supplied to a consumer by a packer from the packer’s own premises, or from a vehicle used solely by the packer, paragraph (1)(b) shall only apply to that package if it is marked with the E-mark.
(6) A packer or importer is not obliged to mark a package which is contained within an outer container and which is not intended, and would not normally be regarded as appropriate, for sale to an ultimate consumer as a separate item.
(7) [F1Where Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (recast) requires a package to bear information about the responsible person, as defined in Article 4 of that Regulation] then the requirement in paragraph (1)(b) to mark the name and address of a packer or importer who is established in the United Kingdom shall not apply.
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F1Words in reg. 5(7) substituted (11.7.2013) by The Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1478), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 29(b) (with reg. 6(5))
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