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The Price Marking Order 2004
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Obligation to indicate unit priceU.K.
5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), (3) and (4) and article 9, where a trader indicates that any product is or may be for sale to a consumer, he shall indicate the unit price of that product in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) only applies in respect of products sold from bulk or required by or under Parts IV or V of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 M1 to be:
(a)marked with an indication of quantity; or
(b)made up in a quantity prescribed by or under that Act.
(3) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to:
(a)any product which falls within Schedule 2;
(b)any product the unit price of which is identical to its selling price;
(c)bread made up in a prescribed quantity which is or may be for sale in a small shop, by an itinerant trader or from a vending machine; or
(d)any product which is pre-packaged in a constant quantity which is or may be for sale in a small shop, by an itinerant trader or from a vending machine.
(4) The requirement in paragraph (1) applies in relation to an advertisement for a product only where the selling price of the product is indicated in the advertisement.
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