Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988: (i) by removing the obligations to mark a line of a particular thickness and of a minimum length and at a minimum distance from the brim of line measures (regulation 2(a) and (e)), (ii) by removing the obligation to mark the nominal capacity of brim and line measures in characters of a minimum height (regulation 2(b) and (e)), and (iii) to avoid the duplicate testing of capacity serving measures imported from other member States of the European Community by allowing Weights and Measures Inspectors testing the fitness of such measures for use for trade to accept test reports and results from approved bodies in those States (regulation 2(c) and (d)).

Copies of EN 45001 (BS 7501) referred to in regulation 2(c) may be obtained from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institution (BSI) or by post from BSI at Linford Wood, Milton Keynes MK14 6LE.