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The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment) Order 1985

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3.  The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984 is hereby amended as follows:—

(a)after Article 12 there shall be inserted the following Article:—

“12A.  Potatoes, which are not pre-packed shall, if sold by retail, be sold only—

(a)by net weight; or

(b)if the food is sold in a container which does not exceed the appropriate permitted weight specified in the Table in Schedule 1A to this Order, either by net weight or gross weight.”;

(b)in Schedule 1

(i)in respect of coffee extracts and chicory extracts consisting of solid and paste coffee and chicory products in column 2 the imperial units of measurement shall be deleted; and

(ii)in respect of honey, jam and marmalade, jelly preserves, molasses, syrup and treacle in column 2 the words “1 oz” shall be deleted and in column 3 for the words **“½ oz” there shall be substituted the words “50 g”; and

(c)after Schedule 1 there shall be inserted as Schedule 1A the Schedule to this Order.

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