The Price Marking Order 1991

Special provisions relating to unit prices of food sold by reference to metric units of measurement

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, an indication of the unit price of any food required to be indicated under article 4(2)(a) and (b) and article 5(2) and (3) above by reference to a metric unit of measurement shall be accompanied in close proximity by an indication of the unit price by reference to the imperial units of measurement specified in paragraph (2) below.

(2) The imperial units of measurement referred to in paragraph (1) above shall—

(a) in the case of any item of food that is included in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Order, be the pound;

(b) in the case of any item of food that is not included in Part I of Schedule 4 be—

(i) either the pound or ¼lb in cases where the indicated metric unit of measurement of weight is the kilogram or 100 grams, and

(ii) either the gallon or pint in cases where the indicated metric unit of measurement of volume or capacity is the litre or 100 millilitres.

(3) The indication to be made under paragraph (1) of this article by reference to an imperial unit of measurement shall be regarded as being in close proximity to the indication of the unit price by reference to the metric unit of measurement if it be made in close proximity to that indication in whichever manner that latter indication is made in relation to the item of food in question pursuant to article 8(4) below.

(4) In the case of any food sold from bulk, where any item of such food required to be indicated under article 4(1) above on any premises is weighed or measured in metric units, all unit prices of such food so sold on those premises shall (subject to paragraph (5) below) be indicated by reference to metric units of measurement.

(5) Where all or any of the equipment on the premises used for weighing or measuring any food as is referred to in paragraph (4) above is being adapted to measure in metric units of measurement, that paragraph shall not apply for a period of 28 days beginning with the date on which unit prices of any such food are first indicated on such premises by reference to those units.