Weights and Measures Act 1985

1985 c. 72

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to weights and measures.

[30th October 1985]

C1 C2 C3 C4Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spriritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

A Table showing the derivation of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status.

Act amended by S.I. 1988/558, art. 2

Act explained (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1579, reg. 3(3)

Act modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1591, art.2.

Act modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1592, art.2.

Act modified (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/1593, art.2.

Part I Units and Standards of Measurement

1 Units of measurement.

1

F1Subject to subsection (6) below,the yard or the metre shall be the unit of measurement of length and the pound or the kilogram shall be the unit of measurement of mass by reference to which any measurement involving a measurement of length or mass shall be made in the United Kingdom; and—

a

the yard shall be 0.9144 metre exactly;

b

the pound shall be 0·453 592 37 kilogram exactly.

2

Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect for defining for the purposes of measurements falling to be made in the United Kingdom the units of measurment set out in that Schedule; and for the purposes of any measurement of weight falling to be so made, the weight of any thing may be expressed, by reference to the units of measurement set out in Part V of that Schedule, in the same terms as its mass.

3

Subject to subsection (4) below, the Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 1 to this Act by adding to or removing from Parts I to VI of that Schedule any unit of measurement of length, of area, of volume, of capacity, or of mass or weight, as the case may be.

F24

Without prejudice to section 8(6)(b) below an order under subsection (3) above shall not remove the pint from Part IV of Schedule 1.

5

An order under subsection (3) above may contain such transitional or other supplemental or incidental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State expedient.

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Subsection (1) above shall not have effect so as to authorise the use in the specified circumstances of—

a

the yard as a measurement of length, or

b

the pound as a measurement of mass,

otherwise than in accordance with Regulation 7 of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1986 (supplementary indications) F4. . ..

7

In subsection (6) above “the specified circumstances”has the same meaning as in the Units of Measurement Regulations 1986, that is to say the circumstances specified in Article 2(a) of Council Directive No.80/181/EEC as limited by the provisions of Article 2(b) of that Directive.

2 United Kingdom primary standards and authorised copies of the primary standards.

1

The Secretary of State shall cause to be maintained standards of the yard, pound, metre and kilogram which shall be the standards (in this Act referred to as “United Kingdom primary standards”) by reference to which, in the United Kingdom, all other standards of those units and of any other unit of measurement derived wholly or partly from any of those units shall be maintained.

2

The Secretary of State shall from time to time as may appear to him expedient cause—

a

the value of each of the United Kingdom primary standards to be determined or redetermined, and

b

any authorised copy of any of those standards to be compared with, and its value determined or redetermined by reference to, that standard,

in such manner as he may direct.

3

The United Kingdom primary standards shall be—

a

in the case of the yard, the bar described in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act;

b

in the case of the pound, the cylinder described in Part II of that Schedule;

c

in the case of the metre, the bar described in Part III of that Schedule;

d

in the case of the kilogram, the cylinder described in Part IV of that Schedule.

4

The copies of the United Kingdom primary standards of the yard and pound which are described in Part V of Schedule 2 to this Act and deposited as mentioned in that Part shall for the purposes of this Act be authorised copies of those standards.

3 Department of Trade and Industry secondary, tertiary and coinage standards.

1

The Secretary of State shall maintain secondary, tertiary and coinage standards in accordance with the provisions of this section, which shall be known collectively as the F164Department for Business, Innovation and Skills standards.

2

The secondary standards shall consist of standards of all the measures set out in Parts I and IV and all weights set out in Part V of Schedule 3 to this Act other than capacity measures of more than F58 pints or ten litres; and any such standard shall be constructed and, while it remains in use, from time to time at intervals not exceeding five years have its value or values redetermined, by reference to such one or more of the United Kingdom primary standards or any authorised copies of those standards as may appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

3

The tertiary standards shall consist of such standards of such of the measures or weights set out in Parts I, IV and V of Schedule 3 to this Act as may from time to time appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient; and any such standard shall be constructed and, while it remains in use, from time to time at intervals not exceeding two years have its value or values redetermined, by reference to such one or more of the secondary standards as may appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

4

The coinage standards shall consist of such standards of the weight of each coin of the realm for the time being authorised by or under the enactments relating to the coinage as may from time to time appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient; and any such standard shall be constructed and, while it remains in use, from time to time at intervals not exceeding two years have its value redetermined, by reference to such one or more of the secondary standards as may appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

5

F165Department for Business, Innovation and Skills standards shall be provided or replaced by the Secretary of State from time to time as may appear to him necessary or expedient and shall be in such form and of such material, and be kept under his control at such place or places, as he may think fit.

6

A secondary or tertiary standard of any linear or capacity measure may—

a

be provided either as a separate standard or by means of divisions marked on a standard of a larger measure, and

b

either be marked in whole or in part with subdivisions representing any smaller unit of measurement or multiples or fractions of such a unit or have no such markings,

as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

4 Local standards.

1

There shall be maintained by each local weights and measures authority such standards (in this Act referred to as “local standards”) of such of the measures and weights set out in Schedule 3 to this Act as the Secretary of State may from time to time approve or require in the case of that authority as being proper and sufficient for the purposes of this Act.

2

Local Standards—

a

shall be provided and replaced by the local weights and measures authority from time to time as may appear to the authority to be necessary or expedient or as the Secretary of State may require,

b

shall be of material and form approved by the Secretary of State,

c

shall be kept in such manner and under such conditions as the Secretary of State may direct at premises provided by the authority, and

d

shall not be used elsewhere than at those premises or at other premises which appear to the authority to be appropriate.

3

A local standard of any linear or capacity measure—

a

shall be provided either as a separate standard or by means of divisions marked on a standard of a larger measure, and

b

shall either be marked in whole or in part with subdivisions representing any smaller unit of measurement or multiples or fractions of such a unit or have no such markings,

as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

4

No article shall be used as a local standard unless there is for the time being in force a certificate of its fitness for the purpose issued by the Secretary of State.

5

The Secretary of State shall cause any article submitted to him for certification under this section to be compared with such one or more of the tertiary standards as may appear to him to be appropriate and, if it falls within the prescribed limits of error and satisfies any other requirements of the Secretary of State, shall issue a certificate of its fitness for use as a local standard which, if the authority so request, shall include a statement of the amount of any error in it.

6

Subject to paragraph 9 of Schedule 11 to this Act, a certificate issued under subsection (5) above shall cease to be in force at the end of the prescribed period.

7

The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all certificates issued under subsection (5) above.

8

Any comparison of an article with the tertiary standards in pursuance of subsection (5) above shall be carried out—

make arrangements with another person for standards or equipment provided by the authority under subsection (1) above, except stamping equipment, to be made available to the other person.

3

If a local weights and measures authority are of opinion—

a

that any particular description of testing equipment is proper and sufficient for the efficient discharge of the functions of the inspectors appointed for the authority’s area, but

b

that, having regard to the expenditure involved and the frequency with which such equipment is likely to be used by those inspectors, it would not be reasonable for the authority to provide and maintain such equipment,

the authority may request the Secretary of State to provide and maintain such equipment and to make it available for hire to the authority.

4

The terms of hire of equipment under subsection (3) above shall be such as the Secretary of State may determine.

5

Working standards and testing and stamping equipment provided under subsection (1) above shall be of material and form approved by the Secretary of State.

6

Except so far as may be necessary for the purposes of their use elsewhere, such working standards and testing and stamping equipment shall be kept, subject to subsection (7) below, at premises provided by the local weights and measures authority.

7

Subsection (6) above shall not apply to things which are the subject of arrangements under subsection (2)(a) above.

8

A working standard of a linear or capacity measure—

a

shall be provided either as a separate standard or by means of divisions marked on a standard of a larger measure, and

b

shall either be marked in whole or in part with subdivisions representing any smaller unit of measurement or multiples or fractions of such a unit or have no such markings,

as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

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The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision—

a

for working standards to be from time to time tested by comparison with, and if necessary adjusted to within such limits of error as may be specified in the regulations by reference to, the local standards or other working standards more recently tested, and

b

with respect to the testing, adjustment and limits of error of testing equipment provided under subsection (1) above.

10

No article shall be used by an inspector as a working standard or as testing equipment provided under subsection (1) above unless the relevant requirements of regulations under subsection (9) above are for the time being satisfied with respect to it.

11

Nothing in subsection (2) above prejudices the operation of—

a

the M1Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970,

b

section 101 of the M2Local Government Act 1972, or

c

section 56 of the M3Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973,

F6or

d

sections 14 to 16 of the Local Government Act 2000 or any regulations made under sections 17 to 20 of that Act

(which among other things enable a local authority to arrange for the provision of goods or services and the discharge of its functions by another local authority).

C56 Testing of other standards and equipment.

1

The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, on the application of any government or person, accept for testing as to accuracy or compliance with any specfication and for report—

a

any article used or proposed to be used as a standard of a unit of measurement of mass, length, capacity, area or volume, or as a standard of the weight of any coin,

b

any weighing or measuring equipment,

c

any other metrological equipment, and

d

any article for use in connection with equipment mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) above,

submitted by that government or person for the purpose at such place as the Secretary of State may direct.

2

The Secretary of State may charge, in respect of any article or equipment accepted by him in pursuance of subsection (1) above, a fee of an amount ascertained in such manner as he may determine with the approval of the Treasury.

Part II Weighing and Measuring for Trade

a

any weighing or measuring equipment which is made available in Great Britain for use by the public, whether on payment or otherwise, and

b

any equipment which is used in Great Britain for the grading by reference to their weight, for the purposes of trading transactions by reference to that grading, of hens’ eggs in shell which are intended for human consumption,

shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as weighing or measuring equipment in use for trade, whether or not it would apart from this subsection be so treated.

5

Where any weighing or measuring equipment is found in the possession of any person carrying on trade or on any premises which are used for trade, that person or, as the case may be, the occupier of those premises shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary is proved, to have that equipment in his possession for use for trade.

add to, vary or remove from subsection (2) above any restriction on the cases or circumstances in which, or the conditions subject to which, a unit of measurement, measure or weight may be used for trade or possessed for use for trade.

7

An order under subsection (6) above may contain such transitional or other supplemental or incidental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State expedient.

8

In this section “unit of measurement” means a unit of measurement of length, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight.

9 Dual marking and conversion charts.

1

The Secretary of State may make regulations—

a

requiring or authorising a person who uses a metric unit for trade to afford, for explanatory purposes, information giving the equivalent in the imperial system of the relevant quantity in the metric system, and

b

specifying the manner in which the information is to be given, and in particular specifying the cases in which any obligation to give information in metric units is to be extended to include the same information in imperial units.

2

The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring or authorising the display on premises where metric units are used for trade of conversion tables or other material for converting metric units into imperial units.

3

Regulations under this section—

a

may prescribe the form and manner in which any information or other material is to be given or displayed,

b

may prescribe appropriate conversion factors by reference to which, in prescribed cases or circumstances, an amount expressed in imperial units is to be treated as equivalent to a given amount expressed in metric units,

c

may prescribe the persons to whom, and the cases and circumstances in which, the regulations apply and may make different provision for different persons, cases or circumstances,

d

may contain such consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be expedient.

4

A person contravening regulations made under this section shall be guilty of an offence.

5

In this section “unit” in the expressions “metric unit” and “imperial unit” means any unit of measurement of length, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight.

6

Regulations under this section imposing obligatoins apply whether or not the relevant imperial unit may lawfully be used for trade, and regulations authorising, but not requiring, anything to be done authorise it to be done notwithstanding that the relevant imperial unit may not be lawfully used for trade, but do not in any other respect authorise what is unlawful.

10 Multiples and fractions of measures and units.

1

Except as may be prescribed, and subject to any regulations made under section 15 below,—

a

a linear measure specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act may be marked in whole or in part with divisions and sub-divisions representing any shorter length or lengths; but

b

no capacity measure specified in Part IV of that Schedule shall be used for trade by means of any division or sub-division marked on it as a capacity measure of any lesser quantity.

2

Any person who contravenes paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence, and any measure used, or in any person’s possession for use, in contravention of that paragraph, shall be liable to be forfeited.

3

The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe what may be treated for the purposes of use for trade as the equivalent of, or of any multiple or fraction of, any unit of measurement included in Schedule 1 to this Act in terms of any other such unit.

4

Nothing in any regulations under subsection (3) above shall apply to any transaction in drugs.

5

The Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland acting jointly may by regulations, which shall have effect notwithstanding anything in, or in any instrument made under, any other enactment—

a

prescribe what may be treated for the purposes of dealings with drugs as the equivalent of, or of any multiple or fraction of, any unit of measurement which—

i

is included in Schedule 1 to this Act, or

ii

was included in Schedule 1 to the M4Weights and Measures Act 1963 on 31st January 1964 (the date of the commencement of section 10 of that Act),

If an inspector refuses to pass as fit for use for trade any equipment submitted to him under this section and is requested by the person by whom the equipment was submitted to give reasons for the refusal, the inspector shall give to that person a statement of those reasons in writing.

13

In the case of any equipment which is required by regulations made under section 15 below to be passed and stamped under this section only after it has been installed at the place where it is to be used for trade, if after the equipment has been so passed and stamped it is dismantled and reinstalled, whether in the same or some other place, it shall not be used for trade after being so reinstalled until it has again been passed under this section.

14

If any person—

a

knowingly uses any equipment in contravention of sub-section (13) above, or

b

knowingly causes or permits any other person so to use it, or

c

knowingly that the equipment is required by virtue of subsection (13) above to be again passed under this section, disposes of it to some other person without informing him of that requirement,

he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

15

Subject to subsection (13) above, a stamp applied to any equipment under this section shall have the like validity throughout Great Britain as it has in the place in which it was originally applied, and accordingly that equipment shall not be required to be re-stamped because it is used in any other place.

16

If at any time the Secretary of State is satisfied that, having regard to the law for the time being in force in Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, it is proper so to do, he may by order provide for any equipment to which this section applies duly stamped in accordance with that law, or treated for the purposes of that law as if duly stamped in accordance with it, to be treated for the purposes of this Act as if it had been duly stamped in Great Britain under this section.

11AF20 Approval of persons to verify equipment manufactured etc by them.

1

Subsection (2) below applies where, as regards a person who carries on business (whether in Great Britain or elsewhere) as a manufacturer, installer or repairer of equipment to which section 11 above applies, the Secretary of State–

a

is satisfied that the person would, if approved under this section, satisfy the requirements set out in Part II of Schedule 3A to this Act, and

b

considers the person a fit and proper person to be so approved.

2

The Secretary of State may approve the person for the purpose of–

a

testing any equipment to which section 11 above applies and which is manufactured, installedF155, adjusted or repaired by him,

b

passing any such equipment as fit for use for trade, and

c

stamping any such equipment with the prescribed stamp.

3

Before granting an approval under this section, the Secretary of State may carry out such audits and inspections of the person’s systems and procedures as he considers necessary to establish that the conditions of the approval would be observed.

4

Schedule 3A to this Act (which relates to approvals under this section and matters connected with such approvals) shall have effect.

5

In that Schedule “approval” means an approval under this section and “the verifier”, in relation to such an approval, shall be construed accordingly.

In subsection (3) above ’EEA State’ means a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.

12 Approved patterns of equipment.

1

Where any pattern of weighing or measuring equipment is submitted by any person to the Secretary of State for the purpose in such manner as may be prescribed, the Secretary of State shall examine in such manner as he thinks fit the suitability for use for trade of equipment of that pattern, having regard in particular to the principle, materials and methods used or proposed to be used in its construction, and—

a

may require the person to provide such assistance as the Secretary of State thinks fit in connection with theexamination (and shall not be obliged to proceed with the examination until the person provides it), and

b

may require the person to pay in respect of the examination a fee of an amount ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of the Treasury.

2

Subsection (1) above applies to a pattern consisting of an approved pattern with modifications as it applies to other patterns, and in this subsection “approved pattern” means a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval under this section is in force.

3

If the Secretary of State is satisfied that any equipment in respect of which a pattern is submitted to him under sub-section (1) above is suitable for use for trade, then, subject to subsection (4) and section 14(2) below, he shall issue a certificate of approval of that pattern (in this section referred to as “a certificate of approval”) and shall cause particulars of the pattern to be published.

4

Where the Secretary of State is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (3) above, he may require the person submitting the pattern of equipment to deposit with the Secretary of State parts of equipment of that pattern or a model or drawings of such equipment or parts of it and may withhold a certificate of approval of that pattern or, as the case may be, a declaration in pursuance of section 14(2) below in respect of the pattern, until the person complies with the requirement.

5

A certificate of approval may be granted subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

6

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5) above, a certificate of approval may be granted subject to a condition under which it ceases to be in force at the end of a specified period of less than ten years.

7

Subject to any condition imposed under subsection (6) above, a certificate of approval, unless previously revoked, shall cease to be in force at the end of the period of ten years beginning with the date when it was granted.

8

A certificate of approval may be renewed by the Secretary of State on an application made in such manner and during such period as may be prescribed and on payment, except in such cases as the Secretary of State may determine, of a fee of an amount ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of the Treasury; and sub-sections (5) to (7) above apply in relation to the renewal of a certificate of approval as they apply in relation to the grant of such a certificate.

9

Where application has been made to the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection (8) above for the renewal of a certificate of approval, the certificate shall remain in force until the Secretary of State gives to the applicant, in such manner as may be prescribed, notice of the Secretary of State’s decision with respect to the application.

10

The Secretary of State, after consultation with such persons appearing to him to be interested as he thinks fit, may at any time revoke any certificate of approval (including a certificate remaining in force by virtue of subsection (9) above) and shall cause notice of any such revocation to be published.

11

Where a certificate of approval—

a

expires (whether at the end of a period or by virtue of a notice under subsection (9) above), or

b

is revoked in a case where the notice or revocation published under subsection (10) above states that this subsection and section 13(2) below are to apply with respect to the revocation,

the certificate shall remain in force in relation to any equipment of the pattern in question which was used for trade at a time when the certificate was in force otherwise than by virtue of this subsection; and the power of revocation under subsection (10) above includes power to revoke a certificate remaining in force by virtue of this subsection.

12

Any equipment of a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval has been granted may, and in such cases as may be prescribed shall, be marked in the prescribed manner so as to identify it with the pattern in question.

13 Offences in connection with approved patterns of equipment.

1

Where one or more conditions are imposed by the Secretary of State on the grant or renewal of a certificate of approval, then if any person—

a

knowing that a condition, other than such a condition as is mentioned in section 12(6) above, has been imposed with respect to any equipment, uses, or causes or permits any other person to use, that equipment in contravention of that condition, or

b

knowing that any condition has been imposed with respect to any equipment, disposes of that equipment to any other person in a state in which it could be used for trade without informing that other person of that condition,

he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

2

Where a certificate of approval in respect of any pattern of equipment—

a

expires (whether at the end of a period or by virtue of a notice under section 12(9) above), or

b

is revoked in a case falling within section 12(11)(b) above,

then if any person, knowing that the certificate has expired or has been so revoked, supplies to another person any equipment of the pattern in question which is marked with a stamp and which was not used for trade at a time when the certificate was in force otherwise than by virtue of section 12(11) above, he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment supplied shall be liable to be forfeited.

3

Where a certificate of approval in respect of any pattern of equipment is revoked in a case not falling within section 12(11)(b) above, then if any person, knowing that the certificate has been so revoked (and except as may be permitted by any fresh certificate granted in respect of that pattern)—

a

uses for trade, or has in his possession for such use, any equipment of that pattern,

b

causes or permits any other person to use any such equipment for trade, or

c

disposes of any such equipment to any such person in a state in which it could be used for trade without informing that other person of the revocation,

he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

4

In this section “certificate of approval” means a certificate of approval of a pattern of weighing or measuring equipment granted under section 12 above; and subsections (1) and (3) above have effect in relation to a certificate of approval remaining in force by virtue of subsection (9) or (11) of section 12 above as they have effect in relation to other certificates of approval.

14 General specifications of equipment.

1

The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe general specifications for the construction of equipment to which section 11 above applies and, subject to subsection (4) below, while any such specification is for the time being so prescribed no equipment which does not conform with it shall be passed or stamped by an inspector F22or approved verifierunder that section unless it is of a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval under section 12 above is in force.

2

If the Secretary of State is satisfied that any pattern submitted to him under section 12(1) above conforms with any general specification for the time being prescribed under this section he may, instead of issuing a certificate of approval under that section, cause to be published a declaration to that effect together with particulars of that pattern.

3

Where a specification prescribed by regulations under this section is varied or revoked by further regulations under this section, then if any person—

a

uses for trade any equipment which conformed with that specification but which to his knowledge no longer conforms with any specification prescribed by regulations under this section,

b

has any such equipment in his possession for use for trade,

c

causes or permits any other person to use any such equipment for trade, or

d

disposes of any such equipment to any other person in a state in which it could be used for trade without informing that other person that it no longer conforms with any specification prescribed by regulations under this section,

he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

4

Where, in the case of any particular equipment, the Secretary of State is of opinion that there are special circumstances which make it impracticable or unnecessary for that equipment to comply with any particular requirement of any specification prescribed under this section, the Secretary of State may exempt that equipment from that requirement subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit.

5

If any person knowingly contravenes any condition imposed with respect to any equipment by virtue of subsection (4) above, he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

6

If any difference arises between an inspector and any other person as to the interpretation of any specification prescribed under this section, or as to whether or not any equipment conforms with such a specification, that difference may with the consent of that other person, and shall at the request of that other person, be referred to the Secretary of State, whose decision shall be final.

Miscellaneous

15 Regulations relating to weighing or measuring for trade.

1

The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to—

a

the materials and principles of construction of weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade

b

the inspection, testing, passing as fit for use for trade and stamping of such equipment, including—

i

the prohibition of the stamping of such equipment in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations,

ii

the circumstances in which an inspector may remove or detain any such equipment for inspection or testing,

iii

the marking of any such equipment found unfit for use for trade,

c

the circumstances in which, conditions under which and manner in which stamps may be destroyed, obliterated or defaced,

d

where any stamp on weighing or measuring equipment is lawfully destroyed, obliterated or defaced, the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, the equipment may be used for trade without contravening section 11(2) above,

e

the purposes for which particular types of weighing or measuring equipment may be used for trade,

f

the manner of erection or use of weighing or measuring equipment used for trade,

g

the abbreviations of or symbols for units of measurement which may be used for trade, and

h

the manner in which the tare weight of road vehicles, or of road vehicles of any particular class or description is to be determined.

2

Regulations under subsection (1) above with respect to the testing of equipment may provide—

a

that where a group of items of equipment of the same kind is submitted for testing and prescribed conditions are satisfied with respect to the group, the testing may be confined to a number of items determined by or under the regulations and selected in the prescribed manner, and

b

that if items so selected satisfy the test other items in the group shall be treated as having satisfied it.

3

Subject to subsection (5) below, if any person contravenes any regulation made by virtue of subsection (1)(e), (f), (g) or (h) above, he shall be guilty of an offence, and any weighing or measuring equipment in respect of which the contravention was committed shall be liable to be forfeited.

4

If any difference arises between an inspector and any other person as to the interpretation of any regulations made under this section or as to the method of testing any weighing or measuring equipment, that difference may with the consent of that other person, and shall at the request of that other person, be referred to the Secretary of State, whose decision shall be final.

5

Where in the special circumstances of any particular case it appears to be impracticable or unnecessary that any requirement of any regulations made under this section should be complied with, the Secretary of State may if he thinks fit dispense with the observance of that requirement subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit to impose; and if any person knowingly contravenes any condition imposed with respect to any equipment by virtue of this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

in any other case, in such reasonable manner as will leave no doubt that the stamp has been intentionally destroyed, obliterated or defaced.

7

References in subsections (4) to (6) above to prescribed stamps which have been applied do not include references to such stamps which have subsequently been destroyed, obliterated or defaced.

16 Offences in connection with stamping of equipment.

1

Subject to subsection (2) below, any person who, in the case of any weighing or measuring equipment used or intended to be used for trade—

a

not being an inspector F24or approved verifier or a person acting under the instructions of an inspector F24or approved verifier, marks in any manner any plug or seal used or designed for use for the reception of a stamp,

b

forges, counterfeits or, except as permitted by or under this Act, in any way alters or defaces any stamp,

c

removes any stamp and inserts it into any other such equipment,

d

makes any alteration in the equipment after it has been stamped such as to make it false or unjust, or

e

severs or otherwise tampers with any wire, cord or other thing by means of which a stamp is attached to the equipment,

shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above shall not apply to the destruction or obliteration of any stamp, plug or seal, and paragraph (e) of that subsection shall not apply to anything done, in the course of the adjustment or repair of weighing or measuring equipment by, or by the duly authorised agent of, a person who is a manufacturer of, or regularly engaged in the business of repairing, such equipment.

3

Any person who uses for trade, sells, or exposes or offers for sale any weighing or measuring equipment which to his knowledge—

a

bears a stamp which is a forgery or counterfeit, or which has been transferred from other equipment, or which has been altered or defaced otherwise than as permitted by or under this Act, or

b

is false or unjust as the result of an alteration made in the equipment after it has been stamped,

shall be guilty of an offence.

4

Any weighing or measuring equipment in respect of which an offence under this section is committed, and any stamp or stamping implement used in the commission of the offence, shall be liable to be forfeited.

17 Offences relating to false or unjust equipment or fraud.

C91

If any person uses for trade, or has in his possession for use for trade, any weighing or measuring equipment which is false or unjust, he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

2

Without prejudice to the liability of any equipment to be forfeited, it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under subsection (1) above in respect of the use for trade of any equipment to show—

a

that he used the equipment only in the course of his employment by some other person, and

b

that he neither knew, nor might reasonably have been expected to know, nor had any reason to suspect, the equipment to be false or unjust.

3

If any fraud is committed in the using of any weighing or measuring equipment for trade, the person committing the fraud and any other person party to it shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.

without reasonable cause fails to carry out the weighing or measuring on demand.

b

carries out the weighing or measuring unfairly,

c

fails to deliver to the person demanding the weighing or measuring or to his agent a statement in writing of the weight or other measurement found, or

d

fails to make a record of the weighing or measuring, including the time and date of it and, in the case of the weighing of a vehicle, such particulars of the vehicle and of any load on the vehicle as will identify that vehicle and that load,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

3

If in connection with any such equipment as is mentioned in subsection (1) above—

a

any person appointed to attend to weighing or measuring by means of the equipment delivers a false statement of any weight or other measurement found or makes a false record of any weighing or measuring, or

b

any person commits any fraud in connection with any, or any purported, weighing or measuring by means of that equipment,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

4

If, in the case of a weighing or measuring of any article, vehicle or animal carried out by means of any such equipment as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, the person bringing the article, vehicle or animal for weighing or measuring, on being required by the person attending to the weighing or measuring to give his name and address, fails to do so or gives a name or address which is incorrect, he shall be guilty of an offence.

5

The person making any weighing or measuring equipment available for use by the public (in this section referred to as “the responsible person”) shall retain for a period of not less than two years any record of any weighing or measuring by means of that equipment made by any person appointed to attend to the weighing or measuring.

6

An inspector, subject to the production of his credentials if so requested, may require the responsible person to produce any such record as is mentioned in subsection (5) above for inspection at any time while it is retained by him.

7

If the responsible person fails to retain any such record as is mentioned in subsection (5) above in accordance with that subsection or fails to produce it in accordance with subsection (6) above, he shall be guilty of an offence.

8

If any person wilfully destroys or defaces any such record as is mentioned in subsection (5) above before the expiration of two years from the date when it was made, he shall be guilty of an offence.

Part IV Regulation of Transactions in Goods

Transactions in particular goods

C1021 Transactions in goods mentioned in Schedules 4 to 7.

Schedules 4, 5, 6 and 7 to this Act (which relate to transactions in the goods mentioned in those Schedules) shall have effect.

C1122 Orders relating to transactions in particular goods.

1

The Secretary of State may by order make provision with respect to any goods specified in the order for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say, to ensure that, except in such cases or in such circumstances as may be so specified, the goods in question—

a

are sold only by quantity expressed in such manner as may be so specified,

b

are pre-packed, or are otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, only if the container is marked with such information as to the quantity of the goods as may be so specified,

c

are pre-packed, or are otherwise made up for sale or for delivery after sale, only in or on a container of a size or capacity so specified,

d

are sold, or are pre-packed, or are otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, or are made for sale, only in such quantities as may be so specified,

e

are not sold without the quantity sold expressed in such manner as may be so specified being made known to the buyer at or before such time as may be so specified,

f

are sold by means of, or are offered or exposed for sale in, a vending machine only if there is displayed on or in the machine—

i

such information as to the quantity of the goods in question comprised in each item for sale by means of that machine as may be so specified, and

ii

a statement of the name and address of the seller,

g

are carried for reward only in pursuance of an agreement made by reference to the quantity of the goods in question expressed in such manner as may be so specified,

h

in such circumstances as may be so specified, have associated with them in such manner as may be so specified a document containing a statement of the quantity of the goods in question expressed in such manner, and a statement of such other particulars, if any, as may be so specified, or

i

d

as to the units of measurement to be used in marking any such container or machine with any information,

e

for securing, in the case of pre-packed goods, that the container is so marked as to enable the packer to be identified,

f

as to the method by which and conditions under which quantity is to be determined in connection with any information relating to quantity required by or under section 21 or 22 above, and

g

permitting, in the case of such goods and in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, the weight of such articles used in making up the goods for sale as may be so specified to be included in the net weight of the goods for the purposes of this Part of this Act.

2

Any person who contravenes any regulation made under subsection (1) above otherwise than by virtue of paragraph (f) or (g) of that subsection shall be guilty of an offence.

24 Exemption from requirements imposed under sections 21 to 23.

1

The Secretary of State may by order grant, with respect to goods or sales of such descriptions as may be specified in the order, exemption, either generally or in such circumstances as may be so specified, from all or any of the requirements imposed by or under sections 21 to 23 above.

2

Until otherwise provided by an order under subsection (1) above, the following shall be exempted from all requirements imposed by or under sections 21 to 23 above, that is to say—

a

goods made up in or on a container for sale only for use by Her Majesty’s forces or by a visiting force within the meaning of any of the provisions of Part I of the M6Visiting Forces Act 1952 and not sold or offered, exposed or in any person’s possession for sale for any other use,

b

any sale of goods in the case of which the buyer gives notice in writing to the seller before the sale is completed that the goods are being bought—

i

for despatch to a destination outside Great Britain and any designated country, or

ii

for use as stores within the meaning of the M7Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 in a ship or aircraft on a voyage or flight to an eventual destination outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man,

c

any goods sold for, or offered, exposed or in any person’s possession for sale only for, use or consumption at the premises of the seller, not being intoxicating liquor, and

d

any assortment of articles of food pre-packed together for consumption together as a meal and ready for such consumption without being cooked, heated or otherwise prepared.

25 Offences relating to transactions in particular goods.

1

Subject to section 44 below, where any goods are required, when not pre-packed, to be sold only by quantity expressed in a particular manner or only in a particular quantity, any person shall be guilty of an offence who—

a

whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, offers or exposes for sale, sells or agrees to sell, or

b

causes or suffers any other person to offer or expose for sale, sell or agree to sell on his behalf,

those goods otherwise than by quantity expressed in that manner or, as the case may be, otherwise than in that quantity.

C13 C14 C152

Any person shall be guilty of an offence who—

a

whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, has in his possession for sale, sells or agrees to sell,

b

except in the course of carriage of the goods for reward, has in his possession for delivery after sale, or

c

causes or suffers any other person to have in his possession for sale or for delivery after sale, sell or agree to sell on behalf of the first-mentioned person,

any goods to which subsection (3) below applies, whether the sale is or is to be, by retail or otherwise.

C153

This subsection applies to any goods—

a

which are required to be pre-packed only in particular quantities but are not so pre-packed,

b

which are required to be otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale only in particular quantities but are not so made up,

c

which are required to be made for sale only in particular quantities but are not so made,

d

which are required to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with particular information but are pre-packed otherwise than in or on a container so marked,

e

which are required to be otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale only if the container is marked with particular information but are so made up otherwise than in or on a container so marked,

f

which are required to be pre-packed only in or on a container of a particular description but are not pre-packed in or on a container of that description, or

g

which are required to be otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale only in or on a container of a particular description but are not so made up in or on a container of that description.

4

In the case of any sale where the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time and that quantity is not so made known, the person by whom, and any other person on whose behalf, the goods were sold shall be guilty of an offence.

5

Where any goods required to be sold by means of, or to be offered or exposed for sale in, a vending machine only if certain requirements are complied with are so sold, offered or exposed without those requirements being complied with, the seller or person causing the goods to be offered or exposed shall be guilty of an offence.

6

The preceding provisions of this section have effect subject to sections 33 to 37 below.

F1297

For the purposes of this section the quantity of goods in a package, or of a loaf of bread, to which the packaged goods regulations apply shall be deemed to be the nominal quantity (within the meaning of those regulations) of the package or the loaf of bread.

8

In this section “required” means required by or under this Part of this Act.

Quantity to be stated in writing

26 Quantity to be stated in writing in certain cases.

1

Subject to section 27 below, the provisions of this section shall have effect on any sale of goods—

a

which is required by or under this Part of this Act to be a sale by quantity expressed in a particular manner,

b

in the case of which the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is so required to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time, or

c

which, being a sale by retail not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above, is or purports to be, a sale by quantity expressed in a particular manner other than by number.

2

Subject to subsections (4) to (6) below, unless the quantity of the goods sold expressed in the manner in question is made known to the buyer at the premises of the seller and the goods are delivered to the buyer at those premises on the same occasion as, and at or after the time when, that quantity is so made known to him, a statement in writing of that quantity shall be delivered to the consignee at or before delivery of the goods to him.

3

If subsection (2) above is contravened then, subject to sections 33 to 37 below, the person by whom, and any other person on whose behalf, the goods were sold shall be guilty of an offence.

4

If at the time when the goods are delivered the consignee is absent, it shall be sufficient compliance with subsection (2) above if the statement is left at some suitable place at the premises at which the goods are delivered.

5

Subsection (2) above shall not apply to any sale otherwise than by retail where, by agreement with the buyer, the quantity of the goods sold is to be determined after their delivery to the consignee.

6

Where any liquid goods are sold by capacity measurement and the quantity sold is measured at the time of delivery and elsewhere than at the premises of the seller, subsection (2) above shall not apply but, unless the quantity by capacity measurement of the goods sold is measured in the presence of the buyer, the person by whom the goods are delivered shall immediately after the delivery hand to the buyer, or if the buyer is not present leave at some suitable place at the premises at which the goods are delivered, a statement in writing of the quantity by capacity measurement delivered, and if without reasonable cause he fails so to do he shall be guilty of an offence.

27 Exemption from requirements of section 26.

1

2

Until otherwise provided by an order under subsection (1) above, nothing in section 26 above shall apply to—

a

a sale by retail from a vehicle of—

i

any of the following in a quantity not exceeding F25110 kilograms, that is to say, any solid fuel within the meaning of Schedule 5 to this Act, and wood fuel, or

ii

any of the following in a quantity not exceeding F2625 litres, that is to say, liquid fuel, lubricating oil, and any mixture of such fuel and oil,

b

a sale by retail of bread within the meaning of the M8Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984,

c

goods made up for sale (whether by way of pre-packing or otherwise) in or on a container marked with a statement in writing with respect to the quantity of the goods expressed in the manner in question, being a container which is delivered with the goods,

d

a sale of goods in the case of which a document stating the quantity of the goods expressed in the manner in question is required to be delivered to the buyer or consignee of the goods by or under any other provision of this Part of this Act,

e

any such goods or sales as are mentioned in section 24(2)(a) to (d) above,

f

a sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption at the premises of the seller,

g

a sale by means of a vending machine, or

h

goods delivered at premises of the buyer by means of an installation providing a connection of a permanent nature between those premises and premises of the seller.

General offences

28 Short weight, etc.

1

Subject to sections 33 to 37 below, any person who, in selling or purporting to sell any goods by weight or other measurement or by number, delivers or causes to be delivered to the buyer—

a

a lesser quantity than that purported to be sold, or

b

a lesser quantity than corresponds with the price charged,

shall be guilty of an offence.

are not goods on a sale of which (whether any sale or a sale of any particular description) the quantity sold is required by or under any provision of this Part of this Act other than section 26, to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time, or

c

the goods, although falling within subsection (2)(b) above, are not required by or under this Part of this Act to have associated with them such a document as is mentioned in that provision.

4

In any case to which, by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above, the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) above do not apply, if it is found at any time that the quantity of the goods in question is less than that stated and it is shown that the deficiency is greater than can be reasonably justified on the ground justifying the qualification in question, then, subject to sections 33 to 37 below—

a

in the case of goods such as are mentioned in subsection (1) above, if it is further shown as mentioned in that subsection, then—

i

where the container in question was marked in Great Britain, the person by whom, and any other person on whose behalf, the container was marked, or

ii

where the container in question was marked outside Great Britain, the person by whom, and any other person on whose behalf, the goods were first sold in Great Britain,

shall be guilty of an offence;

b

in the case of goods such as are mentioned in subsection (2) above, the person by whom, and any other person on whose behalf, the goods were sold or agreed to be sold shall be guilty of an offence if, but only if, he would, but for paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above have been guilty of an offence under subsection (2).

5

Subsection (2) of section 28 above shall have effect for the purposes of this section as it has effect for the purposes of that section.

6

Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to any such goods or sales as are mentioned in section 24(2)(a) or (b) above.

31 Incorrect statements.

1

Without prejudice to section 30(2) to (4) above, if in the case of any goods required by or under this Part of this Act to have associated with them a document containing particular statements, that document is found to contain any such statement which is materially incorrect, any person who, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that statement to be materially incorrect, inserted it or caused it to be inserted in the document, or used the document for the purposes of this Part of this Act while that statement was contained in the document, shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Subsection (2) of section 28 above shall have effect for the purposes of this section as it has effect for the purposes of that section.

3

Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to any such goods or sales as are mentioned in section 24(2)(a) or (b) above.

32 Offences due to default of third person.

Where the commission by any person of an offence under this Part of this Act or an instrument made under this Part is due to the act or default of some other person, the other person shall be guilty of an offence and may be charged with and convicted of the offence whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.

Defences

33 Warranty.

1

Subject to the following provisions of this section, in any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part, being an offence relating to the quantity or pre-packing of any goods, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove—

a

that he bought the goods from some other person—

i

as being of the quantity which the person charged purported to sell or represented, or which was marked on any container or stated in any document to which the proceedings relate, or

ii

as conforming with the statement marked on any container to which the proceedings relate, or with the requirements with respect to the pre-packing of goods of this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part,

as the case may require, and

b

that he so bought the goods with a written warranty from that other person that they were of that quantity or, as the case may be, did so conform, and

c

that at the time of the commission of the offence he did in fact believe the statement contained in the warranty to be accurate and had no reason to believe it to be inaccurate, and

d

if the warranty was given by a person who at the time he gave it was resident outside Great Britain and any designated country, that the person charged had taken reasonable steps to check the accuracy of the statement contained in the warranty, and

e

in the case of proceedings relating to the quantity of any goods, that he took all reasonable steps to ensure that, while in his possession, the quantity of the goods remained unchanged and, in the case of such or any other proceedings, that apart from any change in their quantity the goods were at the time of the commission of the offence in the same state as when he bought them.

2

A warranty shall not be a defence in any such proceedings as are mentioned in subsection (1) above unless, not later than three days before the date of the hearing, the person charged has sent to the prosecutor a copy of the warranty with a notice stating that he intends to rely on it and specifying the name and address of the person from whom the warranty was received, and has also sent a like notice to that person.

3

Where the person charged is the employee of a person who, if he had been charged, would have been entitled to plead a warranty as a defence under this section, subsection (1) above shall have effect—

a

with the substitution, for any reference (however expressed) in paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (e) to the person charged, of a reference to his employer, and

b

with the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following—

c
that at the time of the commission of the offence his employer did in fact believe the statement contained in the warranty to be accurate and the person charged had no reason to believe it to be inaccurate,

4

The person by whom the warranty is alleged to have been given shall be entitled to appear at the hearing and to give evidence.

5

If the person charged in any such proceedings as are mentioned in subsection (1) above wilfully attributes to any goods a warranty given in relation to any other goods, he shall be guilty of an offence.

6

A person who, in respect of any goods sold by him in respect of which a warranty might be pleaded under this section, gives to the buyer a false warranty in writing shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that when he gave the warranty he took all reasonable steps to ensure that the statements contained in it were, and would continue at all relevant times to be, accurate.

7

Where in any such proceedings as are mentioned in subsection (1) above (“the original proceedings”) the person charged relies successfully on a warranty given to him or to his employer, any proceedings under subsection (6) above in respect of the warranty may, at the option of the prosecutor, be taken either before a court having jurisdiction in the place where the original proceedings were taken or before a court having jurisdiction in the place where the warranty was given.

8

For the purposes of this section, any statement with respect to any goods which is contained in any document required by or under this Part of this Act to be associated with the goods or in any invoice, and, in the case of goods made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, any statement with respect to those goods with which that container is marked, shall be taken to be a written warranty of the accuracy of that statement.

34 Reasonable precautions and due diligence.

1

In any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.

2

If in any case the defence provided by subsection (1) above involves an allegation that the commission of the offence in question was due to the act or default of another person or due to reliance on information supplied by another person, the person charged shall not, without the leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence unless, before the beginning of the period of seven days ending with the date when the hearing of the charge began, he served on the prosecutor a notice giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the other person as was then in his possession.

35 Subsequent deficiency.

1

This subsection applies to any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act, or any instrument made under this Part, by reason of the quantity—

a

of any goods made up for sale or for delivery after sale (whether by way of pre-packing or otherwise) in or on a container marked with an indication of quantity.

b

of any goods which, in connection with their sale or an agreement for their sale, have associated with them a document purporting to state the quantity of the goods, or

c

of any goods required by or under this Part of this Act to be pre-packed, or to be otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, or to be made for sale, only in particular quantities,

being less than that marked on the container or stated in the document in question or than the relevant particular quantity, as the case may be.

2

In any proceedings to which subsection (1) above applies, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the deficiency arose—

a

in a case falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, after the making up of the goods and the marking of the container,

b

in a case falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection, after the preparation of the goods for delivery in pursuance of the sale or agreement and after the completion of the document,

c

in a case falling within paragraph (c) of that subsection, after the making up or making, as the case may be, of the goods for sale,

and was attributable wholly to factors for which reasonable allowance was made in stating the quantity of the goods in the marking or document or in making up or making the goods for sale, as the case may be.

3

In the case of a sale by retail of food, other than food pre-packed in a container which is, or is required by or under this Part of this Act to be, marked with an indication of quantity, in any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part, by reason of the quantity delivered to the buyer being less than that purported to be sold, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the deficiency was due wholly to unavoidable evaporation or drainage since the sale and that due care and precaution were taken to minimise any such evaporation or drainage.

4

If in any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part, being an offence in respect of any deficiency in the quantity of any goods sold, it is shown that between the sale and the discovery of the deficiency the goods were with the consent of the buyer subjected to treatment which could result in a reduction in the quantity of those goods for delivery to, or to any person nominated in that behalf by, the buyer, the person charged shall not be found guilty of that offence unless it is shown that the deficiency cannot be accounted for by the subjecting of the goods to that treatment.

36 Excess due to precautions.

In any proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act or any instrument made under this Part, being an offence in respect of any excess in the quantity of any goods, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the excess was attributable to the taking of measures reasonably necessary in order to avoid the commission of an offence in respect of a deficiency in those or other goods.

37 Provisions as to testing.

1

If proceedings for an offence under this Part of this Act, or any instrument made under this Part, in respect of any deficiency or excess in the quantity—

a

of any goods made up for sale (whether by way of pre-packing or otherwise) in or on a container marked with an indication of quantity, or

b

of any goods which have been pre-packed or otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, or which have been made for sale, and which are required by or under this Part of this Act to be pre-packed, or to be otherwise so made up, or to be so made, as the case may be, only in particular quantities,

and, except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part of this Act to any such document includes a reference to a copy given in pursuance of paragraph (a) above.

40 Powers of inspectors with respect to goods carried on road vehicles.

1

Subsection (2) below applies where, in the case of any goods being carried on a road vehicle,—

a

the whole of the vehicle’s load is being carried for sale to, or for delivery after sale to, the same person, and

b

any document produced in pursuance of section 39(1) above by the person in charge of the vehicle purports, or is required by or under this Part of this Act, to state the quantity of the goods.

2

Where this subsection applies, the inspector may, for the purpose of the exercise of his powers under section 38(2) above do all or any of the following things that is to say—

a

require the goods to which the document relates to be unloaded from the vehicle;

b

require the vehicle to be taken to the nearest suitable and available weighing or measuring equipment;

c

require the person in charge of the vehicle to have it check-weighed.

3

The powers conferred by subsection (2) above shall be exercised only to such extent as may appear to the inspector reasonably necessary in order to secure that the provisions of this Act F121... and of any instrument made under those provisions are duly observed.

Miscellaneous and supplementary

41 Check-weighing of certain road vehicles.

Where any road vehicle is loaded with goods for sale by weight to a single buyer of the whole of the vehicle’s load, or for delivery to the buyer after they have been so sold, the buyer or seller of the goods, or any inspector who shows that he is authorised so to do by the buyer or seller of the goods, may require the person in charge of the vehicle to have it check-weighed, and if that person fails without reasonable cause to comply with any such requirement he shall be guilty of an offence.

42 Power to make test purchases.

A local weights and measures authority shall have power to make, or to authorise an inspector to make on their behalf, such purchases of goods as may appear expedient for the purpose of determining whether or not the provisions of this Part of this Act and any instrument made under this Part, and the provisions of Parts II and III of this Act and any instrument made under either of those Parts, are being complied with.

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44 Selling by quantity.

Where any goods are required by or under this Part of this Act to be sold only by quantity expressed in a particular manner—

a

it shall be a sufficient compliance with that requirement in the case of any sale of, or agreement to sell, any such goods if the quantity of the goods expressed in the manner in question is made known to the buyer before the purchase price is agreed; and

b

no person shall be guilty of an offence under section 25(1) above by reason of the exposing or offering for sale of such goods at any time if both the quantity of the goods expressed in the manner in question and the price at which they are exposed or offered for sale are made known at that time to any prospective buyer.

45 Making quantity known to a person.

1

For the purposes of this Part of this Act, without prejudice to any other method of making known to a person the quantity of any goods expressed in a particular manner, that quantity shall be taken to be made known to that person—

a

if the goods are weighed or otherwise measured or counted, as the case may require, in the presence of that person,

b

if the goods are made up in or on a container marked with a statement in writing of the quantity of the goods expressed in the manner in question and the container is readily available for inspection by that person, or

c

upon such a statement in writing being delivered to that person.

2

The Secretary of State may by order provide that subsection (3) below shall apply, in the case of such goods in such circumstances as are specified in the order, to any requirement so specified of, or of any instrument made under, this Part of this Act with respect to the making known to the buyer of the quantity by weight of such goods sold by retail.

3

In any case to which this subsection applies, the requirement specified in the order shall be taken to be satisfied if the goods are bought at premises at which weighing equipment of such description as may be prescribed—

a

is kept available by the occupier of those premises for use without charge by any prospective buyer of such goods for the purpose of weighing for himself any such goods offered or exposed for sale by retail on those premises, and

b

is so kept available in a position on those premises which is suitable and convenient for such use of the equipment, and

c

is reserved for use for that purpose at all times while those premises are open for retail transactions,

and a notice of the availability of the equipment for such use is displayed in a position on the premises where it may be readily seen by any such prospective buyer.

46 Weighing in presence of a person.

For the purposes of this Part of this Act, a person shall not be taken to weigh or otherwise measure or count any goods in the presence of any other person unless he causes any equipment used for the purpose to be so placed, and so conducts the operation of weighing or otherwise measuring or counting the goods, as to permit that other person a clear and unobstructed view of the equipment, if any, and of the operation, and of any indication of quantity given by any such equipment as the result of that operation.

Part V Packaged Goods

Quantity control

F14847 Duty of packers and importers as to quantity.

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F14848 Duty of packers and importers as to marking of containers.

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F14849 Duties as to equipment, checks and documentation.

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Enforcement of control

F14850 Offences, etc.

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F14851 Defences to certain charges under section 50.

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F14852 Enforcement of Part V by local weights and measures authority.

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F14853 Powers of inspectors and local weights and measures authority under Part V.

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Special provision for certain packages

F14854 Special provision for certain packages.

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Co-ordination of control

F148 F11955 The national Metrological Co-ordinating Unit

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F14856 General duties of Secretary of State.

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F14857 Power of Secretary of State to require packers and importers to furnish particulars of marks.

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F14858 Duty of Secretary of State to prepare scheme allocating marks.

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F14859 Supervision by Secretary of State of certain functions of inspectors.

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F29 F14860. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F30 F14861. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14862 Power to extend or transfer Unit’s functions and to abolish Unit.

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Instructions by inspectors

F14863 Instructions by inspectors.

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Miscellaneous

F14864 Disclosure of information.

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F14865 Power to modify Part V.

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F14866 Regulations under Part V.

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F14867 Service of documents.

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F14868 Interpretation of Part V.

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Part VI Administration

Local administration

69 Local weights and measures authorities.

1

In England, the local weights and measures authority shall be—

a

for each non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district and London borough, the council of that county, district or borough,

b

4

The officer by whom any inspection under this section is made shall report its results in writing to the Secretary of State.

5

The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the report to any local weights and measures authority concerned and to any chief inspector responsible for the operation of all or any of the arrangements inspected.

6

The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, publish any such report in whole or in part.

Inspectors of weights and measures

72 Appointment of inspectors.

1

Each local weights and measures authority shall from time to time appoint from among persons holding certificates of qualification under section 73 below, and reasonably remunerate—

a

a

a weighing or other measurement of any goods submitted for the purpose by that person at such place as the authority may direct or approve;

b

a test of the accuracy of any weighing or measuring equipment so submitted.

F355

A local weights and measures authority may also make arrangements whereby an inspector may, at the request of the Secretary of State and subject to payment by him of such fee, if any, as the authority may think fit, provide advice and assistance to the Secretary of State in connection with the carrying out by him of any audit or inspection under section 11A(3) above or paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 3A to this Act.

6

Subsections (4) and (5) above are without prejudice to the functions of local weights and measures authorities or inspectors under any other provision of this Act F134or any provision of the packaged goods regulations.

75 Offences in connection with office of inspector.

1

Any inspector who—

a

stamps any weighing or measuring equipment in contravention of any provision of this Act F135or the packaged goods regulations or of any instrument made under this Act or without duly testing it, or

b

derives any profit from, or is employed in, the making, adjusting or selling of weighing or measuring equipment, or

c

knowingly commits any breach of any duty imposed on him by or under this Act or otherwise misconducts himself in the execution of his office,

shall be guilty of an offence.

F361A

Any approved verifier who–

a

stamps any weighing or measuring equipment in contravention of any provision of this Act or of any instrument made under this Act or without duly testing it, or

b

commits any breach of any duty imposed on him by or under this Act F136or the packaged goods regulations,

shall be guilty of an offence.

2

If any person who is not an inspector, or is not an approved verifier, acts or purports to act as such, he shall be guilty of an offence.

3

Section 34 of this Act shall apply in relation to proceedings for an offence under subsection (1A)(b) above as it applies in relation to proceedings for an offence under Part IV of this Act.

Fees

76 Fees for performance of Community obligations.

A local weights and measures authority may charge such reasonable fees as they may determine—

a

for services or facilities provided by them, or by the inspectors appointed for their area, in pursuance of a Community obligation, and

b

for authorisations, certificates or other documents issued by the authority or any such inspector in pursuance of a Community obligation.

77 Reduction of fees.

Where a person gives assistance in connection with the inspection, testing or stamping of weighing or measuring equipment by an inspector, the local weights and measures authority may reduce, by sum which the authority considers is reasonable by reference to the assistance, the amount of any payment falling to be made by that person to the inspector in respect of the inspection, testing or stamping.

78 Fees received by inspectors.

Every inspector shall, at such times as the local weights and measures authority may direct, account for and pay over to that authority or as they may direct all fees taken by him for the performance of his duties.

Part VII General

ii

that an application for admission, or the giving of such a notice, would defeat the object of the entry, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the premises are unoccupied or the occupier temporarily absent,

the justice may by warrant under his hand, which shall continue in force for a period of one month, authorise an inspector to enter the premises, if need be by force.

4

In the application of subsection (3) above to Scotland, “justice of the peace” includes a sheriff.

5

An inspector entering any premises by virtue of this section may take with him such persons and such equipment as may appear to him necessary.

6

An inspector who leaves premises which he has entered by virtue of a warrant under subsection (3) above and which are unoccupied or from which the occupier is temporarily absent shall leave the premises as effectively secured against trespassers as he found them.

7

If any inspector or other person who enters any work-place by virtue of this section discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the work-place with regard to any secret manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an offence.

8

In exercising his functions under this Act at any mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fire-clay, an inspector shall so exercise those functions as not to impede or obstruct the working of the mine.

9

Nothing in this Act shall authorise any inspector to stop any vehicle on a highway.

80 Obstruction of inspectors.

Any person who wilfully obstructs an inspector acting in pursuance of this Act F137or the packaged goods regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

81 Failure to provide assistance or information.

1

Any person who—

a

wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made of him by an inspector under section 38, 39 or 40 above, or

b

without reasonable cause fails to give to any inspector acting in pursuance of this Act any other assistance or information which the inspector may reasonably require of him for the purposes of the performance by the inspector of his functions under Part II, III, IV or VI of this Act or under this Part of this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence.

2

If any person, in giving to an inspector any such information as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, gives any information which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.

3

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.

4

Subsection (1) of section 14 of the M9Civil Evidence Act 1968 (which relates to the privilege against self-incrimination shall apply to the right conferred by subsection (3) above as it applies to the right described in subsection (1) of that section; but this subsection does not extend to Scotland.

82 Offences by corporations.

1

Where an offence under, or under any instrument made under, this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

2

In subsection (1) above “director” in relation to any body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry or part of an industry or undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of that body corporate.

83 Prosecution of offences.

1

F138In England and Wales, proceedings for any offence under this Act or any instrument made under this ActF139... shall not be instituted except by or on behalf of a local weights and measures authority or the chief officer of police for a police area.

F1402

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3

Proceedings for an offence under any provision contained in, or having effect by virtue of, Part IV or V of this Act, other than proceedings for an offence under section 33(6), 57(2) or 64 or proceedings by virtue of section 32, shall not be instituted—

a

unless there has been served on the person charged a notice in writing of the date and nature of the offence alleged andF141..., where the proceedings are in respect of one or more of a number of articles of the same kind tested on the same occasion, of the results of the tests of all those articles; or

b

except were the person charged is a street trader, unless the said notice was served before the expiration of the period of thirty days beginning with the date when evidence which the person proposing to institute the proceedings considers is sufficient to justify a prosecution for the offence came to his knowledge; or

c

after the expiration of the period—

i

of twelve months beginning with the date mentioned in paragraph (a) above, or

ii

of three months beginning with the date mentioned in paragraph (b) above,

whichever first occurs.

4

Such a notice as is mentioned in subsection (3)(a) above may be served on any person either by serving it on him personally or by sending it to him by post at his usual or last known residence or place of business in the United Kingdom or, in the case of a company, at the company’s registered office.

5

For the purposes of subsection (3) above—

a

a certificate of a person who institutes proceedings for an offence mentioned in that subsection which states that evidence came to his knowledge on a particular date shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and

b

a document purporting to be a certificate of such a person and to be signed by him or on his behalf shall be presumed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.

84 Penalties.

1

A person guilty of an offence under any of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (2) below shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

2

The provisions of this Act to which subsection (1) above refers are—

section 8(4);
section 9(4);
section 10(2);
section 11(3);
section 11(14);
section 13(1);
section 13(2);
section 13(3);
section 14(3);
section 14(5);
section 15(3);
section 15(5);
F38section 15A(3);
section 18(3);
section 20(2);
section 20(4);
section 20(7);
section 20(8);
paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 4;
paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 5.

3

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 24(4)

of Schedule 5 to this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2,000.

4

A person guilty of an offence—

a

under section 17(3) F142or 20(3)(b) above, or

b

under paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to this Act,

shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

5

A person guilty of an offence under section F143... 79(7) above shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.

6

A person guilty of an offence under any provision of this Act other than those mentioned in subsections (1) to (5) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

7

The Secretary of State may by order alter the penalty imposed by subsection (3) above but such an order shall not impose any penalty exceeding that provided by subsection (6) above.

85 Determination of certain questions by Secretary of State.

1

Where in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or any instrument made under itF124... any question arises as to the accuracy of any weighing or measuring equipment, the court shall at the request of any party to the proceedings, and may if it thinks fit without any such request, refer the question to the Secretary of State, whose decision shall be final.

2

Except where in any particular proceedings the Secretary of State waives his rights under this subsection, any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in making any test for the purpose of determining any question referred to him under subsection (1) above shall be paid by such of the parties to the proceedings as the court may by order direct.

Miscellaneous and supplementary

86 Regulations and orders.

1

Any power to make orders or regulations conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and any such order or regulations may make different provision for different circumstances.

2

Before making—

a

an order under any provision of this Act except section 11(16), F39. . . F125... 69(4) or 94(2) or paragraph 7 of Schedule 11, or

b

regulations under section 9 F126...,

the Secretary of State shall consult such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by the order or regulations.

3

In the case of an order made under section 1(3) or 8(6) above which relates to imperial units, measures or weights, the Secretary of State in acting under subsection (2) above shall have particular regard to the need to consult organisations representative of the interests of consumers.

F1274

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5

An order under any provision of this Act except section 11(16), F39. . . 69(4) or 94(2) or paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 shall not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

6

Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

87 Secretary of State to report to Parliament.

The Secretary of State shall from time to time, and in any event not less than once in every five years, lay before each House of Parliament a report on the exercise of his functions under this ActF128....

88 Application to Crown.

1

Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the application to the Crown of such of the provisions of this Act or of any instrument made under it as may be specified in the Order, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be so specified.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, an Order in Council under this section may make special provision for the enforcement of any provisions applied by the Order, and, in particular, as to the person liable to be proceeded against for any offence under any such provision.

3

A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

89 Saving for use of certain units in wholesale transactions.

F41“approved verifier” has the meaning given by section 11(6A) above;

“capacity measurement” means measurement in terms of a unit of measurement included in Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act;
“check-weighed”, in relation to any vehicle, means weighed with its load by means of the nearest suitable and available weighing equipment, and weighed again after it has been unloaded by means of the same or other suitable weighing equipment;
“chief inspector” means a chief inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 72(1) above;
“container” F144... includes any form of packaging of goods for sale as a single item, whether by way of wholly or partly enclosing the goods or by way of attaching the goods to, or winding the goods round, some other article, and in particular includes a wrapper or confining band;
“contravention”, in relation to any requirement, includes a failure to comply with that requirement, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“credentials”, in relation to an inspector, means authority in writing from the local weights and measures authority who appointed him for the exercise by that inspector of powers conferred on inspectors by this Act:
F150“F166Department for Business, Innovation and Skills standards” means the secondary, tertiary and coinage standards maintained by the Secretary of State under section 3 above;
“drugs” and “food” have the same meanings respectively as for the purposes of the F42Food Safety Act 1990;
“gross weight”, in relation to any goods, means the aggregate weight of the goods and any container in or on which they are made up;
“indication of quantity”, in relation to any container in or on which goods are made up, means a statement in writing to the effect that those goods are of, or of not less than, a specified quantity by net weight, gross weight or other measurement or by number, as the case may require;
“industrial use”, in relation to any goods, means the use of those goods in the manufacture of, or for incorporation in, goods of a different description in the course of the carrying on of a business;
“inspector” means an inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 72(1) above;
“intoxicating liquor” means spirits, beer, wine, made-wine or cider as defined in section 1 of the M10Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;
“local standard” means a standard maintained under section 4 above;
“mark” includes label;
“occupier”, in relation to any stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft or in relation to the use of any place for any purpose, means the person for the time being in charge of the stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft or, as the case may be, the person for the time being using that place for that purpose;
F145“packaged goods regulations” means the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006;
“premises”, except in section 45 above, includes any place and any stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft;
“pre-packed” means made up in advance ready for retail sale in or on a container;
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations’
“secondary standard” means a standard maintained under section 3(2) above;
“ship” includes any boat and any other description of vessel used in navigation;
“stamp” means F43, subject to section 15A(4) above, a mark for use as evidence of the passing of weighing or measuring equipment as fit for use for trade, whether applied by impressing, casting, engraving, etching, branding, or otherwise, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
F44. . .
F44. . .
“tertiary standard” means a standard maintained under section 3(3) above;
“testing equipment” means testing equipment maintained under section 5 above;
“United Kingdom primary standard” means a standard maintained under section 2 above;
“use for trade” shall be construed in accordance with section 7 above;
“weighing or measuring equipment” means equipment for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the equipment is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that measurement;
“working standard” means a standard maintained under section 5 above.

2

In any provision of this Act “designated country” means such, if any, of the following, that is to say, Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as the Secretary of State, having regard to the law for the time being in force there, thinks it proper to designate for the purposes of that provision by order.

3

On any premises where articles of any description are—

a

made up in advance ready for retail sale in or on a container, or

b

kept or stored for sale after being so made up,

any article of that description found made up in or on a container shall be deemed to be pre-packed unless the contrary is proved; and it shall not be sufficient proof of the contrary to show that the container has not been marked in accordance with the requirements of this Act or any instrument made under it with respect to the pre-packing of such articles.

4

Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any person, other than a reference to an inspector, shall be construed as a reference to that person or some other person acting on his behalf in the matter in question.

95 Application to Northern Ireland.

Schedule 10 to this Act shall have effect in relation to Northern Ireland but, except as provided in that Schedule, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

96 Transitional provisions and savings.

1

Schedule 11 to this Act (which contains transitional provisions and savings) shall have effect.

2

The re-enactment—

a

in section 84(3) of, and Part IV of Schedule 5 to, this Act, of provisions contained in the M11Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) Order 1966, and

b

in paragraphs 12 to 17, 22 and 25 of Schedule 11 to this Act, of provisions contained in the M12Units of Measurement Regulations 1978 and the M13Units of Measurement Regulations 1980,

shall be without prejudice to the validity of those provisions; and any question as to the validity of any of those provisions shall be determined as if the re-enacting provision of this Act were contained in a statutory instrument made under the powers under which the original provision was made.

3

The provisions of Schedule 11 to this Act are without prejudice to the operation of sections 16 and 17 of the M14Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals).

97 Consequential amendments.

Schedule 12 to this Act shall have effect.

98 Repeals and revocations.

1

The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 13 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

2

The instruments specified in Part II of Schedule 13 to this Act are hereby revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

99 Short title and commencement.

1

This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act 1985.

2

F45. . . this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Definitions of Units of Measurement

Sections 1(2), 8(1).

Part I Measurement of Length

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F46

Sch. 1 Pts. I, II: entries omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(a)

Imperial units

F46. . .	F46. . .
F46. . .	F46. . .
F46. . .	F46. . .
F46. . .	F46. . .

Metric units

Kilometre =	1000 metres.
METRE	is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
Decimetre =	1/10 metre.
Centimetre =	1/100 metre.
Millimetre =	1/1000 metre.

Part II Measurement of Area

Imperial units

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F47

Sch. 1 Pts. I, II: entries omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(a)

F47. . .	F47. . .
F47. . .	F47. . .
F47. . .	F47. . .

Metric units

Hectare =	100 ares.
Decare =	10 ares.
Are =	100 square metres.
SQUARE METRE=	a superficial area equal to that of a square each side of which measures one metre.
Square decimetre =	1/100 square metre.
Square centimetre =	1/100 square decimetre.
Square millimetre =	1/100 square centimetre.

Part III Measurement of Volume

Metric units

CUBIC METRE =	a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one metre.
Cubic decimetre =	1/1000 cubic metre.
Cubic centimetre =	1/1000 cubic decimetre.
Hectolitre =	100 litres.
LITRE =	a cubic decimetre.
Decilitre =	1/10 litre.
Centilitre =	1/100 litre.
Millilitre =	1/1000 litre.

Part IV Measurement of Capacity

F48Imperial unit

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F48

Heading in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(a)(i)

F49

Sch. 1 Pt. IV: definitions of “gallon”, “quart” and “gill” omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(b)(i)

F50

Sch. 1 Pt. IV: definition substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(b)(ii)

F51

Sch. 1 Pt. IV: definition of “fluid ounce” omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(a)(ii)

F49. . .	F49. . .
F49. . .	F49. . .
Pint =	F50 0.568 261 25 cubic decimetre.
F49. . .	F49. . .
F51. . .	F51. . .

Metric units

Hectolitre =	100 litres.
LITRE =	a cubic decimetre.
Decilitre =	1/10 litre.
Centilitre =	1/100 litre.
Millilitre =	1/1000 litre.

Part V Measurement of Mass or Weight

F52Imperial unit

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F52

Heading in Sch. 1 Pt. V substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(b)(i)

F53

Sch. 1 Pt. V: definitions of “pound” and “ounce” omitted (1.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(b)(ii)

F54

Sch. 1 Pt. V: definition of “ounce troy” substituted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(b)(iii)

F53. . .	F53. . .
F53. . .	F53. . .
F54OUNCE TROY=	F54 0.031 103 476 8 kilogram.

Metric units

Tonne, metric tonne =	1000 kilograms.

KILOGRAM=	is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram.
Hectogram =	1/10 kilogram.
Gram =	1/1000 kilogram.
Carat (metric) =	1/5 gram.
Milligram =	1/1000 gram.

F59PART VIDefinitions of certain units which may not be used for trade except as supplementary indications

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F59

Sch. 1 Pt. VI substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(c)

			F55Measurement of length
Mile	=	1760 yards.
Furlong	=	220 yards.
Chain	=	22 yards.
YARD	=	0.9144 metre.
Foot	=	1/3 yard.
Inch	=	1/36 yard.
			Measurement of area
Square mile	=	640 acres.
Acre	=	4840 square yards.
Rood	=	1210 square yards.
Square yard	=	a superficial area equal to that of a square each side of which measures one yard.
Square foot	=	1/9 square yard.
Square inch	=	1/144 square foot.
			Measurement of volume
Cubic yard	=	a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard.
Cubic foot	=	1/27 cubic yard.
Cubic inch	=	1/1728 cubic foot.
			Measurement of capacity
Bushel	=	87 gallons.
Peck	=	2 gallons
GALLON	=	4.54609 cubic decimetres.
Quart	=	¼ gallon.
Gill	=	¼ pint.
F56Fluid ounce	F56=	F561/20 pint.
Fluid drachm	=	1/8 fluid ounce.
Minim	=	1/60 fluid drachm.
			Measurement of mass or weight
Ton	=	2240 pounds.
Hundredweight	=	112 pounds.
Cental	=	100 pounds.
Quarter	=	28 pounds.
Stone	=	14 pounds.
F57POUND	F57=	F57 0.453 592 37 kilogram.
F58 Ounce	F58=	F581/16 pound
Dram	=	1/16 ounce.
Grain	=	1/7000 pound.
Pennyweight	=	24 grains.
Ounce apothecaries	=	480 grains.
Drachm	=	1/8 ounce apothecaries.
Scruple	=	1/3 drachm.
Metric ton	=	1000 kilograms.
Quintal	=	100 kilograms.

Part VII Measurement of Electricity


1.	(a) AMPERE	is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10^–7 newton per metre of length.
	(b) OHM	is the electric resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference of 1 volt, applied between the two points, produces in the conductor a current of 1 ampere, the conductor not being the seat of any electromotive force.
	(c) VOLT	is the difference of electric potential between two points of a conducting wire carrying a constant current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between these points is equal to 1 watt.
	(d) WATT	is the power which in one second gives rise to energy of 1 joule.
2.	Kilowatt	= 1000 watts.
	Megawatt	= one million watts.

SCHEDULE 2 Existing United Kingdom Primary Standards andAuthorised Copies

Part I Description of United Kingdom primary standard of the yard

A solid bronze bar, about 38 inches long and about 1 inch square in transverse section, marked “Copper 16 oz. Tin 2½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily’s Metal No. 1 STANDARD YARD at 62°·00 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.” and having near to each end a cylindrical hole sunk to the depth of about½ inch at the bottom of which is inserted in a smaller hole a golden plug about one-tenth of an inch in diameter with, cut upon its surface, three fine lines about one hundredth of an inch apart transverse, and two fine lines about three hundredths of an inch apart parallel, to the axis of the bar, measurement being made of the mean interval between the two plugs on their respective middle transverse lines between their respective longitudinal lines when the bar is at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit and supported on bronze rollers placed under it in such manner as best to avoid flexure of the bar and to facilitate its free expansion and contraction from variations of temperature.

Part II Description of United Kingdom primary standard of the pound

A platinum cylinder about 1.35 inches in height and about 1.15 inches in diameter marked “PS 1844 1 lb”, having its edges rounded off and a groove about 0.34 inch below the top of the cylinder.

Part III Description of United Kingdom primary standard of the metre

The British copy of the prototype metre, being a bar about 102 centimetres long with a cross-section of modified X-form and made of platinum-iridium alloy (90 per cent. platinum, 10 per cent. iridium), bearing at one end the markings “0°C & 20°C”, “A.16 SIP GENEVE 1956” and (on the cross-section) “1” and at the other end the markings “B.16” and (on the cross-section) “2”, and having engraved on the exposed neutral plane—

a

near each end and also at the centre, two parallel longitudinal lines about 0.12 millimetre apart;

b

near the end marked “1” and at the centre, one transverse line; and

c

near the end marked “2”, two transverse lines about 0.17 millimetre apart,

measurement being made of the mean interval between the portions of the most widely separated transverse lines which are between the respective longitudinal lines when the bar is at the temperature of 0° Celsius, is subjected to an atmospheric pressure of 1013.250 millibars, and is supported on two rollers at least one centimetre in diameter placed symmetrically 571 millimetres apart in the same horizontal plane.

Part IV Description of United Kingdom primary standard of the kilogram

The British copy of the prototype kilogram, being a solid cylinder marked “18” of height equal to its diameter made of platinum-iridium alloy (90 per cent. platinum, 10 per cent. iridium).

Part V Authorised copies of United Kingdom primary standards of the yard and pound

Copies of the bar and cylinder described in Parts I and II respectively of this Schedule of the same construction and as that bar and cylinder are respectively marked and deposited as follows—

a

a bronze bar marked “Copper 16 oz. Tin 2½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily’s Metal No. 2 STANDARD YARD at 61°·94 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.”, and a platinum cylinder marked “No. 1 PC 1844 1 lb”, deposited at the Royal Mint;

b

a bronze bar marked “Copper 16 oz. Tin 2½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily’s Metal No. 3 STANDARD YARD at 62°·10 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.”, and a platinum cylinder marked “No. 2 PC 18441 lb”, deposited at the premises of the Royal Society;

c

a bronze bar marked “Copper 16 oz. Tin 2½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily’s Metal No. 5 STANDARD YARD at 62°·16 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.”, and a platinum cylinder marked “No. 3 PC 1844 1 lb”, deposited at the Royal Greenwich Observatory;

d

a bronze bar marked “Copper 16 oz. Tin 2½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily’s Metal No, 4 STANDARD YARD at 61°·98 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.”, and a platinum cylinder marked “No. 4 PC 18441 lb”, immured in the Palace of Westminster;

e

a bronze bar marked “Copper 16 oz. Tin 2½ inc 1. BAILY’S METAL. PARLIAMENTARY COPY (VI) OF THE IMPERIAL STANDARD YARD. 41 & 42 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 49. STANDARD YARD AT 62° FAHT. CAST IN 1878. Troughton & Simms. London. H.J.C.”, and a platinum-iridium cylinder marked “P.C. 5 1879” deposited at the National Weights and Measures Laboratory of F163the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

SCHEDULE 3 Measures and Weights Lawful for Use for Trade

Section 8(1).

Part I Linear Measures

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F60

Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1 omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(a)

F601.. . .

Metric system

2. Measures of—

50 metres	2 metres
30 metres	1·5 metres
20 metres	1 metre
10 metres	0·5 metre
5 metres	1 decimetre
3 metres	1 centimetre

Part II Square Measures

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F61

Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 1 omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(a)

F611.. . .

Metric system

2. Measures of, or any multiple of, 1 square decimetre.

Part III Cubic Measures

Metric system

1. Measures of, or of any multiple of, 0\1 cubic metre.

2. Measures of—

any multiple of 10 litres

10 litres	100 millilitres
5 litres	50 millilitres
2·5 litres	25 millilitres
2 litres	20 millilitres
1 litre	10 millilitres
500 millilitres	5 millilitres
250 millilitres	2 millilitres
200 millilitres	1 millilitre

Part IV Capacity Measures

Imperial system

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F62

Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 1 entries omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(b)

F63

Words in Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 1 inserted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(3)(b)

1. Measures of—

any multiple of 1 gallon

F62. . . F6316 pints	F62. . .
F62. . . F638 pints	F62. . .
F62. . . F634 pints	F62. . .
F632 pints
1 pint	F62. . .
½ pint	F62. . .
F62. . .	F62. . .
1/3pint	F62. . .
F62. . .	F62. . .

Metric system

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F64

Entry in Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 2 substituted (3.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1322, art. 2(b)

F65

Entry in Sch. 3 Pt. IV para. 2 inserted (14.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1883, arts. 1, 2(b)

2.Measures of—

any multiple of 10 litres

10 litres	125 millilitres
5 litres	100 millilitres
	F6470 millilitres
2·5 litres	50 millilitres
2 litres	F6535 millilitres
1 litre	25 millilitres
500 millilitres	20 millilitres
250 millilitres	10 millilitres
200 millilitres	5 millilitres
175 millilitres	2 millilitres
150 millilitres	1 millilitre

Part V Weights

Imperial system

F661

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

Weights of—

500 ounces troy	0·4 ounce troy
400 ounces troy	0·3 ounce troy
300 ounces troy	0·2 ounce troy
200 ounces troy	0·1 ounce troy
100 ounces troy	0·05 ounce troy
50 ounces troy	0·04 ounce troy
40 ounces troy	0·03 ounce troy
30 ounces troy	0·025 ounce troy
20 ounces troy	0·02 ounce troy
10 ounces troy	0·01 ounce troy
5 ounces troy	0·005 ounce troy
4 ounces troy	0·004 ounce troy
3 ounces troy	0·003 ounce troy
2 ounces troy	0·002 ounce troy
1 ounce troy	0·001 ounce troy
0·5 ounce troy

Metric system

3

Weights of—

25 kilograms	3 grams
20 kilograms	2 grams
10 kilograms	1 gram
5 kilograms	500 milligrams
2 kilograms	400 milligrams
1 kilogram	300 milligrams
500 grams	200 milligrams
200 grams	150 milligrams
100 grams	100 milligrams
50 grams	50 milligrams
20 grams	20 milligrams
15 grams	10 milligrams
10 grams	5 milligrams
5 grams	2 milligrams
4 grams	1 milligram

4

Weights of—

500 carats (metric)	1 carat (metric)
200 carats (metric)	0·5 carat (metric)
100 carats (metric)	0·25 carat (metric)
50 carats (metric)	0·2 carat (metric)
20 carats (metric)	0·1 carat (metric)
10 carats (metric)	0·05 carat (metric)
5 carats (metric)	0·02 carat (metric)
2 carats (metric)	0·01 carat (metric)

F67SCHEDULE 3A TO THE 1985 ACT APPROVALS UNDER SECTION 11A

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F67

Sch. 3A inserted (29.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/503, art. 2(15), Sch.

PART I APPROVALS: GENERAL

Fees

1

Where–

a

any person makes an application for an approval, or

b

an approval is to be, or has been, granted to any person,

the Secretary of State may require that person to pay, in respect of any work carried out by or on behalf of the Secretary of State in relation to the application or the approval, such reasonable fee as the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of the Treasury.

Form, effect and conditions of approvals

2

3

Where the Secretary of State grants a new approval under sub-paragraph (1) above, the verifier shall be deemed to have remained approved for the period beginning on the date on which the original approval was withdrawn and ending on the date on which the new approval took effect.

Application for further approval

6

1

This paragraph applies where, not less than three months before the end of the period specified in an approval as the period for which the approval is to continue in force, the verifier applies to the Secretary of State for the grant of a further approval in the same, or substantially the same, terms as those of the existing approval.

2

The existing approval shall remain in force until the Secretary of State gives the verifier notice of the Secretary of State’s decision with respect to the application.

PART IIREQUIREMENTS TO BE MET BY APPROVED VERIFIERS

Maintenance of quality system

7

1

An approved verifier shall maintain in force such systems and procedures (in this Part of this Schedule referred to as his quality system) as will ensure that–

a

any weighing or measuring equipment passed by the verifier as fit for use for trade satisfies any requirements relating to it imposed by or under this Act; and

b

adequate testing procedures are undertaken by the verifier having regard to the nature of weighing or measuring equipment with which the verifier is concerned and, in particular, to whether any such equipment is electronic.

2

An approved verifier shall give the Secretary of State written notice, within five working days of their occurrence, of any modifications to the verifier’s quality system which are liable to affect its appropriateness or effectiveness.

3

An approved verifier shall permit the Secretary of State, at any reasonable time after giving written notice, to carry out such audits and inspections of the verifier’s quality system as the Secretary of State considers necessary to establish that the conditions of the approval have been, and will continue to be, observed.

Preparation etc. of quality system manual

8

1

An approved verifier shall prepare and keep up-to-date a quality system manual, that is to say, a document–

a

showing how his quality system satisfies the requirements of paragraph 7(1) above;

b

setting out the objectives of that system;

c

containing details of his organisational structure, including details of–

i

the persons who have management responsibility for that system, including their names and individual responsibilities;

ii

the persons who are authorised to test, pass or stamp weighing or measuring equipment with which the verifier is concerned, including their names and qualifications;

d

containing details of the equipment and other items required for the testing of weighing or measuring equipment with which the verifier is concerned;

e

containing a description of the regulations made under this Act, and certificates of approval issued under section 12 of this Act, which are applicable to the testing, passing or stamping of weighing or measuring equipment with which the verifier is concerned;

f

containing a description of the verifier’s procedures–

i

for the testing of weighing or measuring equipment;

ii

for ensuring that weighing or measuring equipment passed as fit for use for trade conforms with any such regulations and (where applicable) any such certificates of approval;

iii

for ensuring that weighing or measuring equipment which does not conform with any such regulations, or (where applicable) any such certificates of approval, is prevented from being passed as fit for use for trade;

iv

for ensuring that any persons conducting tests of weighing or measuring equipment have the necessary skills and qualifications to do so;

v

for ensuring that the verifier exercises control over and retains responsibility for the actions of any sub-contractor of his in relation to the testing of weighing and measuring equipment;

vi

for enabling identification of individual items or batches of weighing or measuring equipment;

vii

for the control of the equipment used for the testing of weighing or measuring equipment;

viii

for the control and use of the prescribed stamp;

ix

for the control of documents and data;

x

for undertaking internal reviews and audits of the verifier’s quality system; and

g

containing a description of the verifier’s system of records for showing that any weighing or measuring equipment passed as fit for use for trade conforms with any such regulations and (where applicable) any such certificates of approval.

2

An approved verifier shall, on demand by the Secretary of State, provide him with such copies of or extracts from the verifier’s quality system manual as may be specified or of a description specified in the demand.

Keeping of records

9

An approved verifier shall keep a record of every test carried out by him of equipment to which section 11 of this Act applies.

SCHEDULE 4 Sand and Other Ballast

Section 21.

Without prejudice to section 15 of this Act, no article shall be used for trade as a cubic measure of ballast other than a receptacle (which may, if so desired, form part of a vehicle) which conforms with such requirements as to form, capacity, calibration and other matters as may be prescribed; and any person who uses for trade, or has in his possession for use for trade, as a cubic measure of ballast any article other than such a receptacle shall be guilty of an offence.

5

In measuring any ballast against a calibration mark on such a receptacle as mentioned in paragraph 4 above, the ballast shall be filled into all parts of the receptacle as far as, and be levelled off against, that calibration mark as nearly as the nature of the ballast will permit; and where any ballast is measured for the purposes of trade in such a receptacle, any person who—

a

being the person carrying out the measuring, fails so to level off the ballast when it is loaded into the receptacle, or

b

causes or permits a heaped load to be sent out in the receptacle,

shall be guilty of an offence.

Part II Carriage of Ballast by Road

6

This Part of this Scehdule shall have effect with respect to the carriage of ballast by a road vehicle on a journey any part of which is along a highway.

7

1

If any of the ballast is being carried for delivery to a buyer in pursuance of, or of an agreement for, its sale and paragraph 2 above applies to the sale, the following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect with respect to that ballast.

2

There shall, before the journey begins, be delivered to the person in charge of the vehicle a document signed by or on behalf of the seller (in this paragraph referred to as “the delivery document”) stating—

a

the name and address of the seller,

b

the name of the buyer, and the address of the premises to which the ballast is being delivered,

c

the type of the ballast,

d

subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the quantity of the ballast either by net weight or by volume,

e

sufficient particulars to identify the vehicle, and

f

the place, date and time of the loading of the ballast in the vehicle.

3

Where the quantity of the ballast is stated in the delivery document by volume, the ballast shall be carried on the vehicle only in such a receptacle as is mentioned in paragraph 4 above.

4

The statement referred to in sub-paragraph (2) (d) above shall not be required at any time while the vehicle is travelling between the place where it was loaded and the nearest suitable and available weighing equipment if the whole of the vehicle’s load is being delivered to the same person at the same premises and the delivery document states that the quantity of the ballast is to be expressed by net weight determined by means of that equipment and specifies the place at which the equipment is situated.

5

In any case to which sub-paragraph (4) above applies, the person in charge of the vehicle at the time when the net weight of the ballast is determined shall forthwith add to the delivery document a statement of that net weight, and if he fails so to do he shall be guilty of an offence.

6

If any of the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above is contravened, the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

7

If the vehicle is carrying ballast as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above for delivery to each of two or more persons, sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) above shall apply separately in relation to each of those persons; but this sub-paragraph shall not be construed as prohibiting the use of the same receptacle such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) above for the carriage of ballast for delivery to two or more different persons.

8

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, if all or any of the ballast on the vehicle is being carried in such circumstances that paragraph 7 above does not apply to it, there shall before the journey begins be delivered to the person in charge of the vehicle a document containing a statement to that effect signed by or on behalf of the person causing that ballast to be carried and giving the name and address of the last-mentioned person, and if this paragraph is contravened the last-mentioned person shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply where all the ballast in the vehicle is being carried in such circumstances that paragraph 7 does not apply to it and is being so carried in a container which does not form part of the vehicle.

9

Any document required by paragraph 7 or 8 above shall at all times during the journey be carried by the person for the time being in charge of the vehicle and shall be handed over by him to any other person to whom he hands over the charge of the vehicle in the course of the journey; and in the case of any document such as is mentioned in paragraph 7 above, on the unloading of the ballast to which the document relates at the premises to which that ballast is to be delivered—

a

before any of that ballast is so unloaded, the document shall be handed over to the buyer, or

b

if the document cannot be so handed over by reason of the absence of the buyer, it shall be left at some suitable place at those premises;

and if at any time any of the provisions of this paragraph is contravened without reasonable cause, the person in charge of the vehicle at that time shall be guilty of an offence.

10

In the case of any document such as is mentioned in paragraph 7 above, if at any time during the journey or on unloading at the place of delivery the quantity of the ballast to which the document relates is found to be less than that stated in the document, the statement shall nevertheless be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be correct if, but only if, it is proved that the deficiency is solely attributable to the draining away of normal moisture from, or the consolidation of, the ballast during the journey.

Part III Application to Scotland

11

1

In Scotland, paragraph 2 above and Part II of this Schedule shall have effect only in such areas as the Secretary of State may by order specify.

2

In relation to any area specified by order under sub-paragraph (1) above, a sale of ballast in a quantity both less than F692 tonnes and less than 2 cubic metres shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraph 2 above if the sale is effected, and the ballast is situated, in Scotland.

SCHEDULE 5 Solid Fuel

Part I General

Introductory

1

This Schedule applies to goods of any of the following descriptions (in this Schedule referred to as “solid fuel”), that is to say—

a

coal,

b

coke, and

c

any solid fuel derived from coal or of which coal or coke is a constituent.

Sales by net weight

2

1

Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, solid fuel shall be sold only by net weight.

2

There shall be exempted from the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) above—

a

briquettes in a quantity not exceeding F707.5 kilograms, and

b

any solid fuel pre-packed in a securely closed container marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.

3

In the case of any area in Scotland which the Secretary of State may by order specify for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, solid fuel for delivery in that araea may be sold by volume in a quantity of 0\2 cubic metre or a multiple of 0\2 cubic metre.

Quantities in containers

3 F1571

Solid fuel—

a

if made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, shall be sold only by net weight, and

b

if not so made up, shall be sold only in one of the following quantities by net weight, namely—

i

25 kilograms;

ii

50 kilograms;

iii

any multiple of 50 kilograms.

F1582

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F713

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

This paragraph and paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 below have effect subject to the exemptions in paragraph 7.

Indication of quantity

4

1

This paragraph applies to solid fuel made up in a container for sale, or for delivery after sale, except where it is made up F72. . . in a container which is not securely closed.

2

The solid fuel shall be made up in a container for sale, or for delivery after sale, only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.

Loads on vehicles

F735

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Information about containers F76. . .

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F76

Words in Sch. 5 para. 6 heading omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(5)(e)(i)

6

1

This paragraph applies where solid fuel is carried on a road vehicle on a highway for sale, or for delivery after sale, and is made up F74. . . in containers which are not securely closed or is delivered from the vehicle in such containers F75. . ..

2

There shall be displayed on the vehicle—

a

c

prescribing penalties not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale for any offence under such byelaws.

Damping of fuel

10

Any person who with intent to defraud or deceive damps any solid fuel shall be guilty of an offence.

Sale of fuel from vehicles

11

1

This paragraph applies to any vehicle which is used on highways for carying solid fuel for sale, or for delivery after sale; and in this paragraph “container” means any container in which solid fuel is carried on such a vehicle, or is delivered from such a vehicle.

2

The Secretary of State may by order make provision—

a

for securing the display on any such vehicle of an indication of the quantities in which solid fuel is made up in containers;

b

for requiring all containers carried on or delivered from any one vehicle to be made up in the same quantity, or for regulating in any other way the quantities in which they are made up;

c

for imposing any requirement as to the loading of the vehicle, or the delivery of solid fuel from the vehicle, which appears to the Secretary of State appropriate for securing that purchasers are not misled as to the quantity of fuel they purchase.

3

An order under sub-paragraph (2)

above may—

a

make provision for any of the purposes mentioned in that sub-paragraph by means of amending, or of applying with or without modifications, or of excluding the application in whole or in part of, any of the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule;

b

contain such consequential, incidental or supplementary provision, whether of such kinds as aforesaid or otherwise, as appear to the Secretary of State to be expedient;

c

may in particular make provision, in respect of contraventions of the order for which no penalty is provided by this Act, for the imposition of penalties not exceeding those provided by section 84(6) of this Act for an offence under this Act.

12

An order under section 22 of this act may amend or repeal any of the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule.

Part II Weighing of Solid Fuel at Buyer’s Request

13

If in the case of any solid fuel sold otherwise than by means of a vending machine the buyer so requests—

a

with respect to any of that fuel the delivery of which has not at the time of the request been completed, or

b

if the request is made before the departure from the premises at which the fuel is delivered of the person delivering it, with respect to any of that fuel the delivery of which has been completed but which is still capable of identification,

the seller shall cause the fuel to be weighed by means of suitable weighing equipment in the presence of the buyer and, in the case of any fuel such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, before the delivery of that fuel is completed; and if this paragraph is contravened, the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

14

Where a request under paragraph 13 above is made in respect of the whole load of a vehicle, the requirements of that paragraph shall be deemed to be satisfied, notwithstanding that the weighing is not done in the presence of the buyer, if the seller causes the vehicle to be check-weighed and the statements of the weights found by the person or persons attending to the check-weighing to be delivered to the buyer.

15

Where after any weighing in pursuance of a request under paragraph 13 above the weight of the solid fuel is found to be not less than that marked on any container in which the fuel was made up or than that stated by the seller in any document delivered to the buyer at or before the delivery of the fuel to him, the buyer shall be liable to repay to the seller all costs reasonably incurred by the seller in connection with the weighing.

Part III Carriage of Solid Fuel by Road

16

This Part of this Schedule shall have effect with respect to the carriage by a road vehicle on a journey any part of which is along a highway of any solid fuel required by paragraph 2 above to be sold only by net weight (in this Part of this Schedule referred to as “relevant goods”).

17 C161

If the vehicle is carrying any relevant goods for delivery to a buyer in pursuance of, or of an agreement for, a sale of a quantity exceeding F78110 kilograms, then, subject to sub-paragraph (6) below, there shall before the journey begins be delivered to the person in charge of the vehicle a document signed by or on behalf of the seller (in this paragraph referred to as “the delivery document”) stating—

a

the name and address of the seller,

b

the name of the buyer and the address of the premises to which the goods to which the document relates are being delivered,

c

the type of those goods,

d

subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the aggregate net weight of those goods, and

e

where any of those goods are made up in containers—

i

the number of those containers, and

ii

except where the whole of the relevant goods carried on the vehicle are for delivery to a single buyer, and except where the whole of the vehicle’s load consists of such solid fuel as is mentioned in paragraph 7(a) above, the net weight of the goods in each of those containers;

and if this sub-paragraph is contravened the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Where the whole of the vehicle’s load consists of relevant goods not made up in containers and is being delivered to the same person at the same premises, the statement referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above shall not be required at any time while the vehicle is travelling between the place where it was loaded and the nearest suitable and available weighing equipment if the delivery document states that the quantity of the relevant goods is to be expressed by net weight determined by means of that equipment and specifies the place at which the equipment is situated.

3

In any case to which sub-paragraph (2) above applies, the person in charge of the vehicle at the time when the net weight of the relevant goods is determined shall forthwith add to the delivery document a statement of that net weight, and if he fails so to do he shall be guilty of an offence.

4

Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, if the vehicle is carrying relevant goods to which sub-paragraph (1) above applies for delivery to each of two or more buyers—

a

that sub-paragraph shall apply separately in relation to each of those buyers, and

b

the relevant goods for delivery to each respectively of those buyers shall be carried on the vehicle made up separately in containers or in separate compartments;

and if paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph is contravened the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

5

Sub-paragraph (4)(b) above shall not apply where the vehicle is contructed or adapted for the mechanical making up in containers of the fuel carried thereon and incorporates weighing equipment approved by the Secretary of State for that purpose.

6

Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply to any goods which to the knowledge of the seller are to be loaded into a ship before their delivery to the buyer.

18

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, if all or any of the relevant goods on the vehicle are being carried in such circumstances that paragraph 17(1) above does not apply, there shall, before the journey begins, be delivered to the person in charge of the vehicle a document signed by or on behalf of the person causing the goods to be carried giving the name and address of the last-mentioned person and containing a statement to the effect that all or part of the relevant goods on the vehicle are goods to which paragraph 17(1) above does not apply, and if this paragraph is contravened the last-mentioned person shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply where the total quantity of the relevant goods carried on the vehicle does not exceed F79110 kilograms.

19

Any document required by paragraph 17 or 18 above shall at all times during the journey be carried by the person for the time being in charge of the vehicle and shall be handed over by him to any other person to whom he hands over the charge of the vehicle in the course of the journey; and in the case of any document such as is mentioned in paragraph 17 above, on the unloading of the goods to which the document relates at the premises to which those goods are to be delivered—

a

before any of those goods are so unloaded, the document shall be handed over to the buyer, or

b

if the document cannot be so handed over by reason of the absence of the buyer, it shall be left at some suitable place at those premises;

and if at any time any of the requirements of this paragraph is contravened without reasonable cause, the person in charge of the vehicle at that time shall be guilty of an offence.

Part IV Carriage of Solid Fuel by Rail

20

Where any seller of solid fuel causes that fuel to be loaded into a rail vehicle by way of, or for the purpose of, the delivery of that fuel to, or to a person nominated in that behalf by, the buyer, and the fuel is not carried on the vehicle made up in containers, then, except where at the time of loading it is known to the seller that before the fuel is delivered to the consignee it is to be loaded into a ship, paragraphs 21 to 25 below shall apply in relation to that vehicle.

21

Subject to paragraphs 22 and 28 below, the vehicle shall not be loaded until its tare weight has been determined or redetermined by means of suitable weighing equipment at the place of loading.

22

1

Paragraph 21 above shall not apply to any rail vehicle which forms part of or is intended to form part of a train conveying only fuel destined for a particular generating station, gas works or other industrial undertaking if—

a

the vehicle is loaded by equipment which weighs the fuel and discharges it directly into the vehicle, or

b

the buyer has agreed with the seller that the weight of the load shall be ascertained at the vehicle’s destination, or

c

the buyer has agreed to accept as the tare weight of the vehicle a tare weight ascertained not more than three months before the time of loading and the vehicle has marked upon it in durable lettering a statement of the weight so ascertained and of the date and place at which it was ascertained, or

d

all the vehicles comprised in the train are coupled together in such a manner that they may be weighed while in motion by equipment designed to determine the total weight of the train, and the buyer has agreed with the seller that the total net weight of fuel carried in the train shall be ascertained by deducting the total weight of the train so determined before loading from the total weight thereof so determined when loaded.

2

Nothing in sub-paragraph (1)(c) above shall afford any exemption from the requirements of paragraph 21 above in the case of a vehicle which has undergone repairs or modification or has suffered substantial damage since its tare weight was last ascertained and marked as mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

23 F801

Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph 24 below , as soon as the loading has been completed and the seller has ascertained the weight of the vehicle with its load and the identity of the consignee, the seller shall cause to be attached to the vehicle a document stating—

a

the name of the seller and the place and date of weighing,

b

the name of the consignee and the destination of the vehicle,

c

sufficient particulars to identify the vehicle,

d

the tare weight of the vehicle as determined or redetermined in pursuance of paragraph 21 above or, if by virtue of paragraph 28 below paragraph 21 does not apply to the vehicle, the tare weight of the vehicle expressed to be as estimated by the seller,

e

the weight attributed to the solid fuel in the vehicle by the seller for the purpose of calculating its purchase price, and

f

the type of that fuel.

F812

Subparagraph (1) above shall not apply if, at the time of departure of the vehicle from the place of loading, the seller causes to be transmitted to the buyer, for receipt not later than the time of arrival of the vehicle at the buyer’s premises, the information required by subparagraphs (a) to (f) of subparagraph (1) above:

Provided that where such information is transmitted otherwise than in a legible form—

a

the seller and the buyer have agreed in writing that the information may be so transmitted;

b

the places of loading and destination of the vehicle are suitably equipped for the transmission and receipt of information in such form; and

c

the information is capable of being reproduced in a permanent legible form by the system effecting the transmission, and is so reproduced if required by an inspector, subject to the production, if so requested, of his credentials.

24

1

Paragraph 23 above shall not apply to any vehicle forming part or intended to form part of any such train as is mentioned in paragraph 22 above, but the seller shall F82either (a)before the departure of the train which includes that vehicle deliver to the authority responsible for railway traffic at the place of loading for carriage on that train a document (in this paragraph and paragraph 25 below referred to as “a train bill”) giving the information specified in sub-paragraph (2) below or, in the case of any such train as is mentioned in paragraph 22(1)(d) above, sub-paragraph (3) below. F83or (b) at the time of departure of the train which includes that vehicle transmit to the buyer, for receipt not later than the time of arrival of the train at the buyer’s premises, the information required by subparagraph (2) or, as the case may be, subparagraph (3) below:

F83Provided that where such information is transmitted otherwise than in a legible form—

F83a

the seller and buyer have agreed in writing that the information may be so transmitted;

b

the places of loading and destination of the train are suitably equipped for the transmission and receipt of information in such form; and

a statement that the buyer has agreed that the total net weight of fuel carried in the train shall be ascertained in the manner mentioned in paragraph 22(1)(d) above.

4

If the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) above are contravened, the seller shall be guilty of an offence.

25

1

The following provisions of this paragraph apply—

a

in a case where by virtue of paragraph 24 above a train bill is carried, when the train reaches its destination, and

b

in any other case, when the vehicle in question reaches its destination.

2

The authority responsible for railway traffic at the destination of the train or vehicle, as the case may be, shall—

a

permit the consignee and, subject to the production if so requested of his credentials, any inspector to inspect the document required by paragraph 23 or, as the case may be, 24 above,

b

permit the consignee either to take possession of that document after the train or vehicle is unloaded or to make a copy of the particulars stated therein, and

c

if so requested by the consignee with respect to any such copy which the authority is satisfied is accurate, certify the accuracy thereof,

and if any of the provisions of this sub-paragraph is contravened the authority shall be guilty of an offence.

3

Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) below, any of the following persons, that is to say—

a

any inspector, subject to the production if so requested of his credentials, or

b

the consignee, subject to his undertaking to pay any cost reasonably incurred,

may require the vehicle to be weighed either before or after or both before and after it is unloaded, and the vehicle shall be weighed accordingly unless it is certified by or on behalf of the authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above that in the circumstances of the particular case the carrying out of the weighing would cause undue dislocation of railway traffic at the vehicle’s destination; and any inspector who is present at any such weighing shall if so requested certify the weight found.

4

If when the fuel is unloaded from the vehicle it is weighed accurately with accurate weighing equipment in the presence of an inspector, the inspector shall if so requested certify that it was so weighed and state in his certificate the weight found.

5

Where by virtue of paragraph 24 above a train bill is carried and the buyer has agreed that the weight of the fuel in any vehicle is to be ascertained at the train’s destination, sub-paragraph (3) above shall not apply in relation to that vehicle.

If any seller of solid fuel who uses any place F87. . . for causing solid fuel to be loaded as mentioned in paragraph 20 above makes representations to the Secretary of State that the provision at that place of weighing equipment suitable for determining the tare weight of rail vehicles is not reasonably practicable or would be unjustified on economic grounds and the Secretary of State is satisfied that there are grounds for those representations, the Secretary of State may direct, that subject to such conditions and for such period as may be specified in the directions, paragraph 21 above shall not apply to any vehicle loaded at that place.

F843

The National Coal Board shall cause notice in writing to be given forthwith to the local weights and measures authority within whose area the mine in question is situated of the issue or withdrawal of any certificate such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, and if without reasonable cause they fail so to do they shall be guilty of an offence.

SCHEDULE 6 Miscellaneous Goods other than Foods

Section 21.

when not pre-packed may be sold by volume, and

b

may be pre-packed in a container marked with an indication of quantity by volume,

being in either case the volume of the gas which would be produced from the fuel in question at such temperature and such atmospheric pressure as are specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State with respect to fuel of the type in question or, if no such regulations are in force, as may be made known by the seller to the buyer before he pays for or takes possession of the fuel; and there shall be exempted from all requirements of paragraph 2 above goods of any description in a quantity of less than F89250 grams or of less than F90250 millilitres.

Part II Ready-Mixed Cement Mortar and Ready-Mixed Concrete

4

This Part of the Schedule applies to ready-mixed cement mortar and ready-mixed concrete.

5 F1591

Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, any goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

a

if made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, shall be sold only by volume, and

b

a

in the case of liquid fertilisers, quantity by capacity measurement;

b

in any other case, quantity by net weight or, if the container does not exceed the permitted weight and the gross weight of the goods is not less than F9125 kilograms, quantity either by net weight or by gross weight.

3

In this paragraph, “the permitted weight” means a weight at the rate of F92650 grams per 50 kilograms of the gross weight.

4

There shall be exempted from all requirements of this paragraph any sale of goods with a view to their industrial use.

10

Paragraph 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as if any reference in those paragraphs to ballast included a reference to any goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies.

Part IV Wood Fuel

11

Subject to paragraphs 12 and 13 below—

a

wood fuel which is not made up in a container for sale shall be sold by retail only by net weight;

b

in the case of a sale by retail of wood fuel made up in a container for sale, the quantity by net weight of the fuel sold shall be made known to the buyer before he pays for or takes possession of it.

12

1

) Paragraph 11 above shall not have effect in any area unless the local weights and measures authority for that area so direct by byelaw.

2

Not less than one month before making any byelaw by virtue of this paragraph, the local weights and measures authority shall give public notice of their intention to make it by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the area to which the byelaw is to apply.

3

The local weights and measures authority by whom any byelaw is made by virtue of this paragraph shall give notice of the making of the byelaw to the Secretary of State.

13

There shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraph 11 above any sale of wood fuel in a quantity which does not exceed F937.5 kilograms or which exceeds F94500 kilograms.

14

Paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect as if any reference in those paragraphs to solid fuel included a reference to wood fuel.

F97Part V COSMETIC PRODUCTS

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F97

Sch. 6 Pt. V (paras. 15-16) substituted (31.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1884, art. 2

F9515

In this Part of this Schedule, “cosmetic product” means any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body (that is to say, the epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance, correcting bodily odours, protecting them or keeping them in good condition.

F9616

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, cosmetic products shall be pre— packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by volume.

2

There shall be exempted from the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) above—

a

cosmetic products in quantities of less than 5 grams or 5 millilitres;

b

cosmetic products in sachets or other containers for single use only; and

c

cosmetic products normally sold as a number of items for which particulars of weight or volume are not significant if—

i

the number of items is marked on the package, or

ii

the number of items may readily be seen without opening the package, or

iii

the items are normally sold only individually.

3

Cosmetic products which are not pre-packed shall be sold only by quantity expressed as net weight, volume or number.

Part VI Soap

F9816A

In this Part of this Schedule “soap” does not include any soap which is a cosmetic product as defined in paragraph 15 above.

17

Subject to paragraph 18 below—

a

soap in the form of a cake, tablet or bar shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight,

b

liquid soap shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement, and

c

soap in any other form—

i

unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by net weight, and

ii

shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.

18

There shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part of this Schedule—

a

liquid soap in a quantity of less than F99125 millilitres, and

b

soap in any other form in a quantity of less than F10025 grams.

Part VII Miscellaneous Goods to be Sold by or Marked with Length

19

This Part of this Schedule applies to goods of any of the following descriptions, that is to say, bias binding, elastic, ribbon, tape and sewing thread.

20

Subject to paragraph 21 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

a

unless pre-packed, shall be sold by retail only by length, and

b

shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by length.

21

There shall be exempted from all requirements of paragraph 20 above goods of any description in a quantity of less than F101one metre.

when not pre-packed may be sold by retail by number, and

b

may be pre-packed in or on a container marked with an indication of quantity by number.

Part IX Miscellaneous Goods to be Marked when Pre-Packed with Net Weight

26

This Part of this Schedule applies to—

a

pea or bean seeds in a quantity of less than F106250 grams or of less than F107250 millilitres, and

b

any other goods in a quantity of less than F10830 grams or of less than F10930 millilitres.

Part XIII Miscellaneous Goods to be Marked When Pre-PackedWith Quantity by Number

38

This Part of this Schedule applies—

a

to cheroots, cigarettes and cigars,

b

to postal stationery, that is to say, paper or cards for use in correspondence, and envelopes,

c

to, and to any mixture consisting mainly of, inorganic fertilisers, being such fertilisers or such a mixture made up into pellets or other articles for use as individual items, and

d

to manufactured animal feed in biscuit or cake form pre-packed in a quantity by number of sixteen or less.

39

Subject to paragraphs 40 and 41 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by number.

40

In relation to postal stationery, the reference to number in paragraph 39 above shall be construed as a reference to the number of sheets of paper, cards or envelopes, as the case may be, in the pad, confining band or other form of container; and postal stationery shall be exempted from the requirements of that paragraph if pre-packed as part of a collection of articles made up for sale together and including any article other than postal stationery and blotting or other paper.

41

There shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part of this Schedule any goods in a quantity by number of one.

SCHEDULE 7 Composite Goods and Collections of Articles

Section 21.

1

This paragraph applies to any goods which, not being pre-packed, and not themselves being goods—

a

required by or under Part IV of this Act except this paragraph, to be sold (whether on any sale or on a sale of any particular description) only by quantity expressed in a particular manner, or

b

on a sale of which (whether any sale or a sale of any particular description) the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time, or

c

expressly exempted by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, from all such requirements as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above which would otherwise apply to them,

consist of a mixture constituted wholly or mainly of goods of one or more descriptions to which there applies any such requirement made by reference to any of the following (whether exclusively or otherwise), that is to say, weight, capacity measurement or volume.

2

Subject to paragraph 5 below, goods to which this paragraph applies shall be sold only by net weight or by capacity measurement or by volume.

2

1

This paragraph applies to any goods which, not being aerosol products and not themselves being goods—

a

required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity, or

b

in the case of which when sold pre-packed (whether on any sale or on a sale of any particular description) the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time, or

c

expressly exempted by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, from all such requirements as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above which would otherwise apply to them,

2

Subject to paragraph 5 below, goods to which this paragraph applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement or by volume.

3

1

This paragraph applies to aerosol products containing any goods required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with —

F160a

an indication of the total capacity of the container (indicated in such a way as to avoid giving a false impression of the quantity of goods in the container), and

b

an indication of quantity expressed in a particular manner.

2

Subject to paragraph 5 below, any aerosol product to which this paragraph applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of the quantity by F161net volume of the entire contents of the container.

4

1

This paragraph applies to any collection of two or more items which, not itself being—

a

required by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with particular information, or

b

expressly exempted by or under Part IV of this Act, except this paragraph, from any such requirement which would otherwise apply to it,

contains one or more articles to which any such requirement applies.

2

Any collection to which this paragraph applies shall be pre-packed only if—

a

the container in which the collection is pre-packed is marked with an indication of the quantity of each of any such articles as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above contained in it, or

b

each of any such articles contained in the container is made up in an individual container marked with an indication of quantity,

being in either case the like indication of the quality of each respectively of those articles as would have been required if that article had itself been pre-packed.

5

There shall be exempted from any requirement of paragraph 1, 2 or F1623(2)(b) above food of any description in a quantity of less than five grams or of less than five millilitres and goods of any other description in a quantity of less than F11025 grams or of less than F11125 millilitres.

F147SCHEDULE 8 Powers of Inspectors and Local Weights and MeasuresAuthority Under Part V

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F147

Sch. 8 repealed (6.4.2006) by The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/659), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with reg. 21)

F147 Powers of entry and inspection

F1471

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F1472

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F1473

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F147 Power of seizure

F1474

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F147 Power to require information

F1475

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F147 Purchase of goods

F1476

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F147 Failure to provide assistance or information

F1477

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SCHEDULE 9 . . . F112

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F112

Sch. 9 repealed by S.I. 1987/2187, art. 2(b), Sch. para. 9

SCHEDULE 10 Provisions Relating to Northern Ireland

Section 95.

Part I Provisions of this Act Extending to Northern Ireland

1

The following provisions of this Act shall extend to Northern Ireland—

a

sections 1 and 2,

b

section 3 so far as it relates to the coinage standards,

c

section 92,

d

section 93 so far as it relates to regulations under section 7 of the M15Food Act 1984 which, by virtue of sections 7(3) and 135 of that Act, apply to Northern Ireland,

e

Schedules 1 and 2,

f

so much of any other provision of this Act as relates to the interpretation of the provisoins mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) above or to the making, variation or revocation of any order under this Act which by virtue of this paragraph extends to Northern Ireland,

g

section 95 and this Schedule,

h

paragraph 22 of Schedule 11 and section 96 so far as it relates to that paragraph,

i

paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 and section 97 so far as it relates to that paragraph,

j

section 98(1) and Part I of Schedule 13 so far as they relate to enactments which extend to Northern Ireland,

k

section 98(2) and Part II of Schedule 13 so far as they relate to—

i

regulation 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the M16Units of Measurement Regulations 1980, or

ii

regulation 4 of the M17Units of Measurement Regulations 1985, and

l

section 99.

Part II Standards in Northern Ireland

2

1

) The Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland may by order direct that there shall be standards for Northern Ireland of the yard, pound, metre and kilogram which shall be, and shall be known as, the Northern Ireland primary standards.

2

No order shall be made under this paragraph unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3

For the purposes of providing the Northern Ireland primary standards in pursuance of such an order, the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland shall cause to be made, in such manner as the Department may direct, copies in such form and of such material as the Department may think fit of the United Kingdom primary standards, and those copies shall be the Northern Ireland primary standards.

4

The Secretary of State shall from time to time as the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland may think it expedient to require, and at the expense of the Department, cause any Northern Ireland primary standard to be compared with, and its value redetermined by reference to, the corresponding United Kingdom primary standard in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct.

5

Any Northern Ireland primary standard maintained under this Part of this Schedule shall be in the custody of the Department of Economic Development for Northern Ireland.

SCHEDULE 11 Transitional Provisions and Savings

Section 96(1).

General

1

In this Schedule—

“the 1963 Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1963;
“the commencement of this Act” means the commencement of the provisions of this Act other than section 43.

2

Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document (including this Act and any enactment amended by Schedule 12 to this Act) to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any provision of this Act shall, if and so far as the context permits, be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances and purposes before the commencement of this Act, a reference to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, the corresponding provision repealed by this Act.

3

Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any provision reproduced in this Act shall be construed, so far as is required for retaining for the enactment, instrument or document the same force and effect as it would have had but for the passing of this Act (and subject to any express amendment made by this Act) as being, or as the case may require including, a reference to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, the corresponding provision of this Act.

4

Where a period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act has effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.

Acts passed before 31st July 1963

5

In any Act passed before 31st July 1963—

a

any reference to local authorities for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Acts 1878 to 1936 shall continue to be construed as a reference to local weights and measures authorities, and

b

any reference to an inspector of weights and measures shall continue to be construed as a reference to an inspector within the meaning of this Act.

6

Any local Act passed before 31st July 1963 shall continue to be construed—

a

as not making unlawful the use for trade, as equipment to which section 11 of this Act applies, of any article of which such use is not unlawful under that section, and

b

as not requiring any such article to be stamped otherwise than as required by that section.

7

Where an enactment contained in any local Act passed before 31st July 1963 appears to the Secretary of State to have been superseded by, or to be inconsistent with, any of the provisions of the 1963 Act re-enacted in this Act, or any instrument made under those provisions, the Secretary of State may by order, a draft of which shall be laid before Parliament, specify that enactment for the purposes of this paragraph and, without prejudice to the operation in the meantime of any rule of law relating to the effect on any such enactment of any such provision, any enactment specified in the order shall be repealed as from the date of the making of the order.

Standards, etc.

8

Any standard which immediately before the commencement of this Act was deemed by virtue of subseciton (6) of section 3 of the 1963 Act to be a secondary, tertiary or coinage standard provided under that section shall be deemed to be a secondary, tertiary or coinage standard, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act.

9

A certificate of fitness for use as a local standard issued under section 4(4) of the 1963 Act which was in force both on 4th October 1979 and immediately before the commencement of this Act shall cease to be in force at the expiration of the period of ten years from the date of issue of the certificate.

Stamping of equipment

10

Any equipment to which section 11 of this Act applies which immediately before the commencement of this Act was treated as having been duly stamped under section 11 of the 1963 Act by virtue of subsection (7) of that section shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as having been duly stamped under section 11 of this Act.

Approved patterns of equipment

11

1

Each of the following instruments, namely—

a

a certificate of approval granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act before 4th April 1979 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

b

an authorisation of modifications granted under that section before 4th April 1979 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

c

a certificate which was deemed by virtue of section 12(5) of the 1963 Act to be a certificate of approval granted under section 12 and which was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

shall continue to have effect as if it were a certificate of approval granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act on 4th April 1979 and, in the case of a certificate of approval actually granted subject to a condition relating to a specified period, as if that condition had been imposed under section 12A(1)(b) of the 1963 Act and provided for the certificate to cease to be in force at the end of a period equal to that period and beginning with the day when the certificate was actually granted.

2

The power conferred by section 12(10) of this Act to revoke a certificate of approval of a pattern shall, in the case of a certificate in respect of which an authorisation of modifications has effect by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above as if it were a further certificate of approval, include power to revoke the original certificate as it has effect apart from the modifications without revoking it as it has effect with the modifications.

Weighing equipment passed etc. before 27th April 1978

12

1

Weighing equipment (including weights) which weighs wholly or partly in drams may continue to be used for trade if it was first passed as fit for use for trade and stamped in accordance with the 1963 Act before 27th April 1978.

2

Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be taken as authorising the continued use for trade of the dram except in so far as the weight of the goods in drams or partly in drams is treated as having been made known to a prospective buyer by virtue of sections 45(1)(a) and 46 of this Act.

3

Products and equipment necessary to complete or replace components or parts of equipment the continued use of which is authorised by sub-paragraph (1) above may be manufactured, placed on the market and used after the commencement of this Act, but this sub-paragraph shall not permit the replacement of weights, whether or not the weights form part of other weighing equipment.

(4) Without prejudice to sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above, every pattern of weighing equipment—

a

the certificate of approval in respect of which was, or is deemed to have been, granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act and was in force immediately before 27th April 1978, and

b

which provides for weighing to be made wholly or partly in drams,

(including a pattern modified in accordance with an authorisation for the time being in force under that section) shall continue to be deemed modified to the extent necessary to require equipment of that pattern to weigh in fractions of an ounce in substitution for drams and fractions of a dram.

1

This paragraph applies to any pattern of weighing equipment—

a

the certificate of approval in respect of which was, or is deemed to have been, granted under section 12 of the 1963 Act and was in force immediately before 1st December 1980, and

b

which provides for weighing to be made wholly or partly in grains, F113. . .

including a pattern modified in accordance with an authorisation of the Secretary of State granted or deemed to have been granted under that section before 4th April 1979 and for the time being in force.

2

Without prejudice to paragraph 14 above, every pattern of weighing equipment to which this paragraph applies shall continue to be deemed modified to the extent necessary to require equipment of that pattern—

F114a

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b

to weigh in multiples or fractions of an ounce troy in substitution for grains or fractions thereof and to have its capacity expressed in ounces troy.

Joint local weights and measures authorities in Greater London

18

1

This paragraph applies to any agreement which—

a

was made under section 37 of the 1963 Act before 1st April 1974 by two or more local weights and measures authorities for areas within Greater London, and

b

was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.

2

The repeal by this Act of section 37 of the 1963 Act, and of the provisions enabling an agreement under that section to relate to functions of a local weights and measures authority under the M21Trade Descriptions Act 1968, section 25 of the M22Agriculture Act 1970 and Part II of the M23Fair Trading Act 1973, shall not affect any agreement to which this paragraph applies.

3

The parties to an agreement to which this paragraph applies shall cause notice in writing to be given to the Secretary of State of any variation from time to time made in the agreement and, if the agreement ceases to have effect, of its cessation.

4

Where an agreement to which this paragraph applies has effect in relation to functions of a local weights and measures authority under sections 4, 5 or 72 of this Act, any reference in that section to a local weights and measures authority shall be construed subject to the terms of the agreement.

(5) Where—

a

two or more local weights and measures authorities are parties to an agreement to which this paragraph applies, and

b

the agreement relates to all their functions under this Act and to any functions specified in a notice given to them under section 70(1)(b) of this Act and not withdrawn,

those authorities may make a joint report to the Secretary of State under section 70(1) of this Act in respect of any financial year during the whole of which the agreement was in operation.

Relaxation of Ministerial controls

19

Subsection (3) of section 35 of the M24Local Government Act 1974 (power of Secretary of State to remove or relax control conferred on any Minister etc on functions of local authorities) shall continue to apply to any such control as is mentioned in that subsection which was conferred on the Board of Trade (subsequently becoming exercisable by the Secretary of State) by any enactment contained in the 1963 Act and re-enacted in this Act.

20

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Inspectors

21

1

Any person who immediately before the commencement of section 46 of the 1963 Act, was an inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 43 of the M25Weights and Measures Act 1878 shall, if immediately before the commencement of this Act he was acting as an inspector for the purposes of the 1963 Act, be deemed to have been appointed an inspector under section 72 of this Act, and any certificate of qualification granted to him under section 8 of the M26Weights and Measures Act 1904 shall be deemed to be a certificate granted to him under section 73 of this Act.

2

Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was, with the sanction of a local weights and measures authority, acting for any of the purposes of the 1963 Act by virtue of section 46(2) of that Act from continuing to act, with that sanction, for the corresponding purposes of this Act; and so far as may be necessary for the purposes of his so acting any reference in this Act F146...—

a

to credentials shall, in relation to such a person, be construed as a reference to written authority for him so to act from that authority; and

b

to an inspector shall, in relation to such a person and except in section 79(3), be construed as a reference to that person while so acting.

“Gallon” and “litre”

22

Nothing in the definition of “gallon” or “litre” in Schedule 1 to this Act affects any contract or agreement entered into before 1st November 1976, notwithstanding that it relates to the delivery of goods after that date.

Byelaws

23

Any byelaws made by a local authority for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to this Act which immediately before the commencement of this Act were in force by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the 1963 Act shall notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of that sub-paragraph continue in force by virtue of this paragraph; and any authority which immediately before the commencement of this Act had power to revoke any such byelaws to any extent shall continue to have that power.

24

Any provision contained in a byelaw made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the 1963 Act (including that paragraph as extended to wood fuel by paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 to that Act) which—

a

immediately before 17th July 1978 (the date of the commencement of section 31(3) of the M27Criminal Law Act 1977 and section 289C(3) of the M28Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975) specified £20 as the maximum fine which might be imposed on summary conviction in respect of a contravention of, or an offence under, any byelaw mentioned in that provision, and

b

immediately before the commencement of this Act had effect by virtue of either of those sections as if it specified £50 instead,

shall continue to have effect as if it specified £50.

F11625

In any of the following, namely—

a

any byelaw made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the 1963 Act (including that paragraph as extended to wood fuel by paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 7 to that Act),

b

any byelaw made under paragraph 2 of Part IV of Schedule 7 to that Act, and

c

any byelaw made under any enactment repealed by that Act, where the byelaw is continued in force by virtue of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6 to that Act, references to a ton, half a ton, two hundredweights, a hundredweight, a quarter or a stone (or to the equivalent number of pounds in the case of each of those quantities) shall be construed as references to 1000, 500, 100, 50, 15 or 7.5 kilograms respectively

F11726

Where any byelaw to which paragraph 25 above applies contains a requirement not only to mark a price clearly and legibly but to mark it in figures of at least three inches in height, the reference to three inches shall be construed as a reference to 7.5 centimetres.

SCHEDULE 12 Consequential Amendments

Section 97.

The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928

1

In section 20(1) of the M29Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, for the words “may from time to time prescribe” there shall be substituted the words “may from time to time with the approval of the Treasury determine”.

The Agriculture Act 1967

F1512

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The Trade Descriptions Act 1968

F1533

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F1544

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The Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1972

5

n section 17(5)(b) of the M30Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1972, for the words “Weights and Measures Act 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Weights and Measures Act 1985”

The Fair Trading Act 1973

F1186

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The Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976

7

1

Section 12 of the M31Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following—

d
section 21, 22 or 23 of the 1985 Act;

3

In subsection (9)(c), for the words “the 1963 Act” there shall be substituted the words “the 1985 Act”.

8

In section 14 of the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976, for the definition of “the 1963 Act” there shall be substituted the following—

“the 1985 Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;

9

In Schedule 6 to the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976, for paragraph 5 there shall be substituted the following—

Weights and Measures Act 1985
5
1
This paragraph applies where the relevant requirement took effect under or by virtue of the 1985 Act.
2
The following provisions of that Act—
a
sections 25 to 31 (offences),
b
sections 32 to 37 (liability of third parties and defences),
c
sections 38 to 42 and 44 to 46 (powers of inspectors, etc.), and
d
sections 79 to 83 (further powers of inspectors and prosecution of offences),
shall apply as if the substituted requirement were imposed under Part IV of the Act.

The Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

10

1

The M32Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall be amended as follows.

2

In Article 1(3), for the words from “and Article 54(2)” to the end there shall be substituted the words, “shall come into operation on such date or dates as may be appointed by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) of section 43 of the Act of 1985 for the coming into force of that section”.

3

In Article 2(2)—

a

for the definition of “the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the following—

“the Act of 1985” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985;

b

in the definition of “capacity measurement”, for the words “Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Act of 1985”.

4

In Articles 3(3), 4(6), 10(8)

and 53(1), for the words “Act of 1963”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “Act of 1985”.

5

In Article 8—

a

in paragraph (3), for the words “Schedule 1 to the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 1 to the Act of 1985” and for the words “section 10(6) of the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 10(3) of the Act of 1985”, and

b

in paragraph (5)(a), for the words “which is or on 25th October 1967 was included in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1963”, there shall be substituted the words “which is included in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1985 or was on 25th October 1967 included in Schedule 1 to the Weights and Measures Act 1963”.

6

In Article 12(5), for the words “section 13 of the Act of 1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 14 of the Act of 1985”.

The Local Government Act 1985

11

In paragraph 15 of Schedule 8 to the M33Local Government Act 1985—

a

in sub-paragraph (4), after the words “this paragraph” there shall be inserted the words “and section 69(1)(a) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985”,

b

in sub-paragraph (5), for the words “(1) to (3) above” there shall be substituted the words “(2) and (3) above and the said section 69(1)(a)”, and

c

at the end of sub-paragraph (6), there shall be inserted the words “and the said section 69(1)(a)”.

SCHEDULE 13 Repeals and Revocations

Section 98.

Part I Repeals

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1963 c. 31.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963.	The whole Act.
1968 c. 29.	The Trade Descriptions Act 1968.	In section 26(1), the words from “and section 37” to the end.
1970 c. 40.	The Agriculture Act 1970.	In section 25, in subsection (3), the words from “and section 37” to “that Act” and, in subsection (5), the words from “shall have effect” to “1963 but”.
1972 c. 70.	The Local Government Act 1972.	Section 112(4)(d).
		Section 201.
1973 c. 41.	The Fair Trading Act 1973.	In section 27(1), the words from “and section 37” to the end.
1973 c. 65.	The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.	Section 64(5)(d).
		Section 149.
		In Schedule 25, paragraphs 29, 30 and 31.
1974 c. 7.	The Local Government Act 1974.	In Schedule 6, paragraph 15.
1975 c. 21.	The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.	Section 289C(2)(b).
1976 c. 77.	The Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976.	The whole Act, except sections 12 to 14 and 15(1) to (3) and Schedule 6.
1977 c. 45.	The Criminal Law Act 1977.	Section 31(2)(b).
1979 c. 2.	The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.	In Schedule 4, in paragraph 12, in the Table, the entry relating to the Weights and Measures Act 1963.
1979 c. 4.	The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979.	In Schedule 3, paragraphs 3 and 4.
1979 c. 45.	The Weights and Measures Act 1979.	The whole Act.
1980 c. 43.	The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.	In Schedule 7, paragraphs 188 and 189.
1980 c. 65.
The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.	In section 1(4), the words “weights and measures and to”.	In Schedule 4, paragraphs 2 to 9 and 11 and 12.
1984 c. 30.	The Food Act 1984.	In Schedule 10, paragraphs 4 and 5.
1985 c. 9.	The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985.	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Weights and Measures Act 1979.
1985 c. 51.	The Local Government Act 1985.	In Schedule 8, paragraph 15(1).

Part II Revocations

Number	Title	Extent of revocation
S.I. 1966/238.	The Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) Order 1966.	The whole order.
S.I. 1970/1708.	The Weights and Measures Act (Amendment of Schedules 5 and 7) Order 1970.	The whole order.
S.I. 1974/874.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Dentifrices) Order 1974.	Article 2.
S.I. 1978/484.	The Units of Measurement Regulations 1978.	Regulation 4(2) and (3).
		Regulation 5.
		Regulation 8.
S.I. 1979/955.	The Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Order 1979.	The whole order.
S.I. 1979/1753.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Solid Fuel) Order 1979.	The whole order.
S.I. 1980/1070.	The Units of Measurement Regulations 1980.	In regulation 9(1), 10(1) and 11, the words “or in Part IV of these Regulations”
		Regulation 10(2) to (4).
		In regulation 11, the words “to (3)”.
		Regulation 12.
		Regulation 13.
		Regulation 16.
		Schedule 4.
		In Schedule 5, the amendments of the Weights and Measures Act 1963.
S.I. 1980/1742.	The Units of Measurement (No. 2) Regulations 1980.	Regulations 2 and 3.
S.I. 1983/1077.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 1983.	The whole order.
S.I. 1984/1314.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1984.	Article 2.
S.I. 1984/1315.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Cheese, Fish, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Meat and Poultry) Order 1984.	Article 3.
S.I. 1984/1316.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984.	Articles 3 and 17.
S.I. 1985/435.	The Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Order 1985.	The whole order.
S.I. 1985/777.	The Units of Measurement Regulations 1985.	Regulation 4.

TABLE OF DERIVATIONS

Notes:

1

This Table does not take into account transfers of Ministerial functions under the provisions from which the Act is derived.

2

The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—

1963 =	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31).
1972 c. 70 =	The Local Government Act 1972.
1973 c. 36 =	The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
1973 c. 65 =	The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
1974 c. 7 =	The Local Government Act 1974.
1975 c. 21 =	The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.
1976 =	The Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 (c. 77).
1977 c. 45 =	The Criminal Law Act 1977.
1979 c. 2 =	The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
1979 c. 4 =	The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979.
1979 =	The Weights and Measures Act 1979 (c. 45).
1980 c. 43 =	The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.
1980 c. 65 =	The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
1982 c. 48 =	The Criminal Justice Act 1982.
1984 c. 30 =	The Food Act 1984.
1985 c. 9 =	The Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985.
1985 c. 51 =	The Local Government Act 1985.
S.I. 1966/238 =	The Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) Order 1966.
S.I. 1970/1708 =	The Weights and Measures Act (Amendment of Schedules 5 and 7) Order 1970.
S.I. 1974/874 =	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Dentifrices) Order 1974.
S.I. 1978/484 =	The Units of Measurement Regulations 1978.
S.I. 1979/955 =	The Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Order 1979.
S.I. 1979/1753 =	The Weight and Measures Act 1963 (Solid Fuel) Order 1979.
S.I. 1980/1070 =	The Units of Measurement Regulations 1980.
S.I. 1980/1742 =	The Units of Measurement (No. 2) Regulations 1980.
S.I. 1983/1077 =	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 1983.
S.I. 1984/1316 =	The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984.
S.I. 1985/435 =	The Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Order 1985.
S.I. 1985/777 =	The Units of Measurement Regulations 1985.

Provision	Derivation
1(1)	1963 s. 1(1).
emspX;(2)	1963 s. 1(2).
emsp;(3)	1963 ss. 1(3), 9A(3)(a), (8); 1976 ss. 1(1), 2(1).
emsp;(4)	1963 s. 9A(4); 1976 s. 2(1).
emsp; (5)	1963 s.9A(5); 1976 s. 2(1).
2	1963 s.2.
3	1963 s.3.
4(1)	1963 s.4(1).
emsp; (2)(3)	1963 s. 4(2); 1973 c. 65 Sch. 25 para. 29; 1974 c. 7 Sch. 6 para. 15(1).
emsp; (4)(5)	1963 s. 4(3), (4).
emsp;(6)	1963 s. 4(5); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 1.
emsp; (7)	1963 s.4(5).
emsp; (8)(9)	1963 s.4(6)(7).
emsp;5(1)	1963 s. 5(1); 1980 c. 65 Sch. 4 para. 2.
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 5(1A); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 2.
emsp;(3)(4)	1963 s. 5(2), (2A); 1980 c. 65 Sch. 4 para. 4.
emsp;(5)(6)	1963 s. 5(3).
emsp;(7)	1963 s. 5(1A); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 2.
emsp;(8)	1963 s. 5(3).
emsp;(9)(10)	1963 s. 5(4).
emsp; (11)	1963 s. 5(1A); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 2.
emsp;(6)	1963 s. 6(1); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 3.
7(1)-(4)	1963 s. 9.
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 17.
8(1)	1963 s. 9A(1); 1976 s. 2(1).
emsp; (2)	1963 Sch. 1A Part VI, Sch. 3 Part VI, S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 13(1) Sch. 4; S.I. 1983/1077 art. 2(2).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 10(7); 1976 s. 2(3)(a).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 9A(2); 1976 s. 2(1).
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 9A(7); 1976 s. 2(1); S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 9(1).
emsp;(6)	1963 s. 9A(3)(b)(c); 1976 s. 2(1).
emsp; (7)	1963 s. 9A(5); 1976 s. 2(1).
emsp; (8)	1963 s. 9A(8); 1976 s. 2(1).
9	1963 s. 9B; 1976 s. 2(1).
10(1)-(3)	1963 s. 10(4)-(6).
emsp; (4)(5)	1963 s. 10(7).
11(1)	1963 s. 11(1).
emsp; (2)(3)	1963 s. 11(2).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 11(3); 1979; s. 16(1).
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 11(3); 1980 c. 65 Sch. 4 para. 5.
emsp;(6)(7)	1963 s. 11(3).
emsp; (8)(9)	1963 s. 11(4).
emsp; (10)	1963 s. 11(5).
emsp; (11)(12)	1963 s. 11(5A), (5B); 1979 s. 16(1).
emsp; (13)(14)	1963 s. 11(6); 1979 s. 16(1).
emsp; (15)	1963 s. 11(7).
emsp; (16)	1963 s. 11(9).
12(1)	1963 ss. 12(1), 12A(3); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 12(1A); 1979 s. 17(1).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 12(1).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 12A(3); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 12(2); 1979 s. 17(1).
emsp; (6)(7)	1963 s. 12A(1); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp;(8)	1963 ss. 12(2), 12A(1); 1979 s. 17(1), (3).
emsp;(9)	1963 s. 12A(2); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp; (10)	1963 ss. 12(3), 12A(7); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp; (11)	1963 s. 12A(4), (7); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp; (12)	1963 s. 12(12(4).
13(1)	1963 s. 12(2); 1979 s. 17(1).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 12A(4); 1979 s. 17(3).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 12(3), (3A); 1979 s. 7(1), (3).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 12A(7); 1979 s. 17(3).
14	1963 s. 13.
15(1)	1963 s. 14(1); 1976 s. 5.
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 14(1A); 1979 s. 16(3).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 14(1).
emsp; (4)(5)	1963 s. 14(2), (3).
16(1)	1963 s. 15(1); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 5.
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 15(1); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 5.
emsp;(3)(4)	1963 s. 15(2), (3).
17	1963 s. 16.
18	1963 s. 18.
19	1963 s. 19.
20	1963 s. 20.
21	1963 s. 21(1).
22(1)	1963 s. 21(2); 1976 s. 6(1).
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 21(3).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 21(3A), (3B); 1976 s. 6(2).
emsp;(4)	1963 s. 21(3B); 1976 s. 6(2).
23(1)	1963 s. 21(4); 1976 s. 6(3).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 21(4).
24	1963 s. 21(5); 1979 c. 2 Sch. 4 para. 12.
25(1)	1963 s. 22(1).
emsp; (2)(3)	1963 s. 22(2); 1976 s. 7(1).
emsp;(4)(5)	1963 s. 22(3)(4).
emsp; (6)	1963 s. 22(1)-(4).
emsp;(7)	1979 s. 2(6).
emsp;(8)	1963 s. 22(1)–(4).
26(1)	1963 s. 23(1).
emsp; (2)-(5)	1963 s. 23(2).
emsp;(6)	1963 s. 23(3).
27(1)	1963 s. 23(4).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 23(4); S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
28(1)	1963 s. 24(1).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 24(8); 1979 s. 2(6).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 24(9).
29(1)	1963 s. 24(2).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 24(8); 1979 s. 2(6).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 24(9).
30(1)–(4)	1963 s. 24(3)–(6).
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 24(8); 1979 s. 2(6).
emsp; (6)	1963 s. 24(9).
31(1)	1963 s. 24(7).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 24(8); 1979 s. 2(6).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 24(9).
32	1963 s. 27(2); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 8.
33	1963 s. 25.
34(1)	1963 s. 26(1); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 7.
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 27(1); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 8.
35(1)(2)	1963 s. 26(2).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 26(3).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 26(5).
36	1963 s. 26(6).
37(1)(2)	1963 s. 26(7).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 26(8); 1976 s. 7(2).
emsp;(4)	1963 s. 27(3); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 8.
38(1)(2)	1963 s. 29(1); 1976 s. 7(3).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 29(2); 1976 s. 7(4).
emsp;(4)	1963 s. 29(3); 1984 c. 30 Sch. 10 para. 4.
39	1963 s. 30(1), (2).
40	1963 s. 30(3).
41	1963 s. 31.
42	1963 s. 32.
43(1)	1979 s. 19.
emsp; (2)	1979 s. 24(3)(b).
44	1963 s. 33(1).
45(1)	1963 s. 33(2).
emsp; (2)(3)	1963 s. 33(3).
46	1963 s. 33(4).
47(1)	1979 s. 1(1).
emsp;(2)	1979 s. 15(7).
emsp; (3)(4)	1979 s. 1(2)(3).
48(1)	1979 s. 1(4).
emsp; (2)(3)	1979 s. 1(5).
emsp;(4)	1979 s. 15(6).
49(1)–(3)	1979 s. 1(6)–(8).
emsp; (4)	1979 s. 1(9); 1980 c. 65 Sch. 4 para. 11(2).
50(1)	1979 s. 2(1).
emsp;(2)–(4)	1979 s. 2(4).
emsp;(5)(6)	1979 s. 2(5).
emsp;(7)	1979 s. 2(7).
51(1)	1979 s. 3(4).
emsp; (2)	1979 s. 3(5).
emsp;(3)	1979 s. 3(6).
emsp;(4)	1979 s. 3(7).
52(1)	1979 s. 4(1).
emsp; (2)	1979 s. 4(4).
53	1979 s. 4(2).
54(1)–(3)	1979 s. 5(1)–(3).
emsp; (4)(5)	1979 s. 5(4).
emsp;(6)(7)	1979 s. 5(5),(6).
55	1979 s. 6.
56(1)	1979 s. 7(1).
emsp;(2)	1979 s. 7(6).
57(1)(2)	1979 s. 7(2),(3).
58	1979 s. 7(4).
59(1)–(4)	1979 s. 8.
emsp;(5)	1979 s. 7(6).
60	1979 s. 9.
61(1)	1979 s. 10(1), (3).
emsp; (2)	1979 s. 10(1A), (3); 1985 c. 9 Sch. 2.
emsp;(3)	1979 s. 10(2), (3).
emsp; (4)	1979 s. 10(5).
62(1)–(3)	1979 s. 11(1)–(3).
emsp;(4)	1979 s. 11(5).
63(1)	1979 s. 2(2).
emsp;(2)	1979 s. 2(3).
emsp;(3)	1979 Sch. 1 para. 1.
emsp;(4)(5)	1979 Sch. 1 para. 2.
emsp;(6)	1979 Sch. 1 para. 3.
emsp; (7)	1979 s. 2(2), (3).
64	1979 s. 12(1)(2).
65	1979 s. 13.
66	1979 s. 15(2).
67	1979 s. 15(4), (5).
68	1979 s. 14(1)–(4).
69(1)	1972 c. 70 s. 201(2); 1985 c. 51 Sch. 8 para. 15(1).
emsp; (2)	1972 c. 70 s. 201(2).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 36; 1973 c. 65 s. 149(1).
emsp;(4)	1963 s. 35(3).
emsp; (5)	1972 c. 70 s. 201(8); 1973 c. 65 s. 149(6).
emsp;(6)	1985 c. 51 ss. 1,2.
70(1)	1963 s. 38(1); 1979 s. 4(3), Sch. 5 para. 10.
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 38(1).
emsp; (3)(4)	1963 s. 38(2).
71(1)–(3)	1963 s. 39(1).
emsp; (4)–(6)	1963 s. 39(2).
72	1963 s. 41.
73(1)	1963 s. 42(1).
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 42(1A); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 11.
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 42(2).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 42(3); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 11.
74(1)	1963 s. 43(1).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 43(1); 1980 c. 65 Sch. 4 para. 8.
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 43(1).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 43(2).
75(1)	1963 s. 45(1); 1979 s. 4(3).
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 45(2).
76	1963 s. 47A; 1976 s. 9; 1980 c. 65 Sch. 4 para. 9.
77	1963 s. 44(1); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 12.
78	1963 s. 44(2).
79(1)	1963 s. 48(1).
emsp; (2)	1963 s. 48(2); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 13(1).
emsp; (3)(4)	1963 s. 48(3).
emsp; (5)(6)	1963 s. 48(4).
emsp; (7)	1963 s. 48(5); 1979 Sch. 5 para. 13(2).
emsp; (8)(9)	1963 s. 48(6)(7).
80	1963 s. 49(1)(a); 1979 Sch. 2 para. 6.
81(1)	1963 s.49(1)(b)(c).
emsp; (2)(3)	1963 s. 49(2)(3).
emsp; (4)	Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64) s. 14(2).
82	1963 s. 50; 1979 ss. 3(3), 5(7), 7(3), Sch. 2 para. 6.
83(1)	1963 s. 51(1); 1979 ss. 3(2), 5(7), Sch. 2 para. 6.
emsp;(2)	1979 s. 7(3).
emsp;(3)	1963 s. 51(2); 1979 ss. 3(2), 5(7), Sch. 2 para. 6, Sch. 5 para. 14.
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 51(3).
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 51(4); 1979 ss. 3(2), 5(7), Sch. 2 para. 6, Sch. 5 para. 14.
84(1)(2)	1963 s. 52(1); 1975 c. 21 s. 289G; 1976 s. 2(3)(b); 1979 ss. 17(4), 18(1)(b); 1982 c. 48 ss. 46, 54.
emsp;(3)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 5; S.I. 1985/435.
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 52(3); 1975 c. 21 s. 289G; 1979 ss. 3(1)(a), 18(3); 1982 c. 48 ss. 46, 54.
emsp;(5)	1963 s. 52(3); 1975 c. 21 s. 289B; 1977 c. 45 Sch. 11 para. 5; 1979 ss. 12(3), 18(3); 1980 c. 43 s. 32(2).
emsp; (6)	1963 s. 52(2); 1975 c. 21 s. 289G; 1979 ss. 3(1)(b), 7(3), 18(2); 1982 c. 48 ss. 46, 54.
emsp; (7)	1963 ss. 21, 54(4).
85	1963 s. 53.
86(1)	1963 s. 54(1); 1979 ss. 11(6), 15(2).
emsp;(2)	1963 s. 54(2); 1976 ss. 2(3)(d), 3, Sch. 4 para. 3(1); 1979 s. 15(3).
emsp; (3)	1963 s. 54(2A); 1976 s. 2(4).
emsp; (4)	1979 s. 11(4).
emsp; (5)	1963 s. 54(3); 1976 Sch. 4 para. 3(2); 1979 s. 11(6).
emsp; (6)	1963 s. 54(5); 1979 s. 15(2).
87	1963 s. 55.
88	1963 s. 57; 1979 s. 15(1).
89	1963 s. 62(1).
90	1963 s. 62(3), (6).
91	1963 s. 62(2).
92	1976 s. 1(4).
93	1963 s. 63(4).
94(1)	1963 s. 58(1); 1979 ss. 12(3), 14(1), Sch. 5 para. 15; 1979 c. 4 Sch. 3 para. 3; 1982 c. 48 ss. 74, 75; 1984 c. 30 Sch. 10 para. 4.
emsp; (2)(3)	1963 s. 58(1).
emsp; (4)	1963 s. 58(2).
95–99
Sch. 1	1963 Sch. 1, Sch. 1A; S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 13, Sch. 4; S.I. 1985/777 reg. 4.
Sch. 2	1963 Sch. 2.
Sch. 3	1963 Sch. 3; S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 13, Sch. 4; S.I. 1983/1077 art. 2.
Sch. 4
emsp; para. 1	1963 Sch. 5 para. 1.
2	1963 Sch. 5 para. 2; S.I. 1970/1708 art. 2.
3	1963 Sch. 5 para. 5; S.I. 1970/1708 art. 3; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
4–10	1963 Sch. 5 paras. 4–10.
11	1963 Sch. 5 para. 11; S.I. 1970/1708 art. 4; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
Sch. 5
emsp; para. 1	1963 Sch. 6 para. 1.
2	1963 Sch. 6 para. 2; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
3	1963 Sch. 6 para. 3; 1076 Sch. 4, para. 1; S.I. 1979/1753 art. 2; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
4	1963 Sch. 6 para. 3A; 1976 Sch. 4 para. 1.
5	1963 Sch. 6 para. 3B; 1976 Sch. 4 para. 1; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
6, 7	1963 Sch. 6 paras. 3C, 3D; 1976 Sch. 4 para. 1.
8	1963 Sch. 6 para. 4.
9	1963 Sch. 6 para. 5(1); 1975 c. 21 ss. 289C(2)(3), 289G; 1977 c. 45 s. 31(2)(3); Sch. 11 para. 5; 1980/1070 Sch. 5; 1982 c. 48 ss. 46, 54.
10	1963 Sch. 6 para. 6.
11, 12	1963 Sch. 6 paras. 6A, 6B; 1976/Sch. 4 para. 2.
13–16	1963 Sch. 6 paras. 7–10.
17, 18	1963 Sch. 6 paras. 11, 12; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
19	1963 Sch. 6 para. 13.
20	1963 Sch. 6 para. 14.
21	1963 Sch. 6 para. 15.
22S.I. 1966/238 art. 1; S.I. 1979/955 art. 3.
23	1963 Sch. 6 para. 16.
24(1)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 2; S.I. 1985/435 art. 2.
(2)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 3; S.I. 1979/955 art. 4.
(3)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 3A; S.I. 1979/955 art. 5.
(4)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 5.
25(1)	1963 Sch. 6 para. 17(1); S.I. 1966/238 art. 4.
(2)	1963 Sch. 6 para. 17(2); S.I. 1966/238 art. 4.
(3)(4)	1963 Sch. 6 para. 17(3)(4).
(5)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 4.
(6)	S.I. 1966/238 art. 4; S.I. 1979/955 art. 6.
26	1963 Sch. 6 para. 18.
27	1963 Sch. 6 para. 19.
28(1)	1963 Sch. 6 para. 20(1); S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
(2)	1963 Sch. 6 para. 20(1).
(3)	1963 Sch. 6 para. 20(2).
Sch. 6 emsp;para. 1–3	1963 Sch. 7 Pt. I.
4	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.II para. 1.
5	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.II para. 2; S.I. 1970/1708 art. 5.
6	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.II para. 3.
7	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.II para. 4; S.I. 1970/1708 art. 6.
8–10	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.III; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
11–14	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.IV; S.I. 1980/1070 Sch. 5.
15	1963 Sch. 7 Pt. V para. 1; S.I. 1974/874 art. 2.
16	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.V. para. 2.
17, 18	1963 Sch. 7 Pt. VI.
19–21	1963 Sch. 7 Pt. VII.
22	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.VIII para. 1; 1979 Sch. 5 para. 21.
23–25	1963 Sch. 7 Pt.VIII paras. 2, 3.
26–41	1963 Sch. 7 Pts. IX–XIII.
Sch. 7
emsp;para. 1–4	1963 Sch. 8 paras. 1–4.
5	1963 Sch. 8 para. 5; S.I. 1984/1316 art. 17.
Sch. 8
emsp;para. 1	1979 Sch. 2 para. 1(1).
2, 3	1979 Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3.
4	1979 Sch. 2 para. 4.
5	1979 Sch. 2 para. 1(2).
6, 7	1979 Sch. 2 paras. 5, 6.
Sch. 9	1979 Sch. 3.
Sch. 10
emsp;para. 1	1963 Sch. 10 para. 1; 1976 s. 15(3); 1984 c. 30 Sch. 10 para. 5.
2–5	1963 Sch. 10 paras. 7–10; 1973 c. 36 Sch. 5.
Sch. 11
emsp; para. 1–4—
5	1963 ss. 46(1), 63(1).
6	1963 s. 11(8).
7	1963 s. 63(2).
8	1963 s. 3(6).
9	1979 Sch. 5, para. 1.
10	1963 s. 11(7).
11	1963 s. 12A(5), (6); 1979 s. 17(3).
12(1)	S.I. 1978/484 reg. 4(2).
(2)	S.I. 1978/484 reg. 4(3).
(3)	S.I. 1978/484 reg. 5.
(4)	S.I. 1978/484 reg. 8.
13	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 10(1).
14(1)	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 10(2).
(2)	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 10(3).
(3)	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 10(4).
15	S.I. 1978/484 reg. 4(2); S.I. 1980/1070 regs. 10(2), (3); S.I. 1980/1742 regs. 2, 3.
16	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 11.
17	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 12.
18	1963 ss. 37, 38(1); Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29) s. 26(1); Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40) s. 25(3); 1972 c. 70 s. 201(5); Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41) s. 27(1).
19	1974 c. 7 s. 35(3).
20	1979 s. 7(5).
21	1963 s. 46.
22	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 13(3).
23	1963 Sch. 6 para. 5(2); 1973 c. 65 s. 149(5).
24	1975 c. 21 s. 289C(2)(b), (3); 1977 c. 45 s. 31(2)(b), (3), Sch. 11 para. 4.
25	S.I. 1980/1070 reg. 16; S.I. 1980/1742 reg. 3.
Schs. 12, 13