The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations 2009

Amendment to the Weights and Measures Act 1985

2.—(1) The Weights and Measures Act 1985(1) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 (sand and other ballast) substitute—

“2.   Subject to paragraphs 3 and 11 below ballast—

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

(b) if not so made up, shall be sold only by volume in a multiple of 0.2 cubic metre or by net weight.”.

(3) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 (solid fuel)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) 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.”; and

(b) omit sub-paragraph (2).

(4) In paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 (miscellaneous goods other than foods), for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) 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) if not so made up, shall be sold only by volume in a multiple of 0.1 cubic metre.”.

(5) In Schedule 7 (composite goods and collections of articles)—

(a) in paragraph 3(2)—

(i) after “marked with” insert—

“(a) 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)”; and

(ii) for “net weight” substitute “net volume”; and

(b) in paragraph 5, for “3” substitute “3(2)(b)”.

(1)

1985 c.72; Schedule 5, paragraph 3(1) and Schedule 7, paragraph 5 were amended by S.I. 1994/2866, article 3.