The Units of Measurement Regulations 1994

Amendment of the Act in 2000

7.—(1) On 1st January 2000 the Act shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 1(6) (inserted in section 1 by regulation 6(2)(c) above) the words after “(supplementary indications)”shall be omitted.

(3) In Schedule 1—

(a) in Part IV—

(i) for the heading “ Imperial units”there shall be substituted “ Imperial unit”;and

(ii) the definition of the fluid ounce shall be omitted;

(b) in Part V—

(i) for the heading “ Imperial units”there shall be substituted “ Imperial unit”;

(ii) the definitions of the pound and the ounce shall be omitted; and

(iii) for the definition of the ounce troy there shall be substituted—

“OUNCE TROY = 0.031 103 476 8 kilogram.”;

(c) in Part VI—

(i) after the definition of the gill there shall be inserted—

“Fluid ounce = 1/20 pint.”; and

(ii) after the definition of the stone there shall be inserted—

“POUND = 0.453 592 37 kilogram.

Ounce = 1/16 pound.”.

(4) In Schedule 11 in paragraph 17 the following shall be omitted—

(a) in sub–paragraph (1)(b) “stones, quarters, hundredweights or tons,”; and

(b) sub–paragraph (2)(a) and “or”immediately following it.