Amendment as respects metrication12

In relation to any material to which these Regulations apply the operation of the provisions of sections 66(1), 68(2)(b) and 76(5) shall be modified as follows:—

a

in the definition of “sampled portion” in the said section 66(1) for the words “five tons or 1,000 gallons or the prescribed metric substitution” there shall be substituted the words “five tonnes or 5,000 litres”;

b

in section 68(2)(b) for the words “fifty-six pounds or the prescribed metric substitution” there shall be substituted the words “twenty-five kilograms”; and

c

in section 76(5) for the words “fourteen pounds or the prescribed metric substitution” there shall be substituted the words “six kilograms”.