{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capacity-serving-measures-intoxicating-liquor-regulations-1988/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capacity-serving-measures-intoxicating-liquor-regulations-1988/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/120",
  "legislation_title": "The Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capacity-serving-measures-intoxicating-liquor-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every capacity serving measure shall have its nominal capacity conspicuously, legibly and durably marked on the outside of the body of the measure (and not on any handle, bottom, rim, edge or stem) in the case of imperial measures in fluid ounces or pints and in the case of metric measures in millilitres or litres, in full or by means of one of the following abbreviations or symbols only —\nfl oz, pt, ml, L or l\n(2) The nominal capacity shall be marked —\n(a) in the case of a brim measure, adjacent to the brim, in characters of a minimum height as set out in column 3 of Table 1 in the Schedule to these Regulations;\n(b) in the case of a line measure, at the line denoting the nominal capacity, in characters of a minimum height as set out in column 4 of Table 2 in the said Schedule.\n(3) Capacity serving measures —\n(a) over 10 fl oz in the case of imperial measures may be subdivided into multiples of ½ pt only;\n(b) over 250 ml in the case of metric measures may be subdivided into multiples of 250 ml only; and\n(c) of a nominal capacity of 1 litre may be subdivided at 700 ml and at no other point;\nand such subdivisions shall be —\n(i) lawful for use for trade; and\n(ii) marked on the measure in the same field of view as the nominal capacity.\n(4) The number of subdivisions shall be marked on the measure, and each subdivision shall be marked with the capacity it defines.\n(5) The marking of the nominal capacity, an indication of the type of measure (brim or line) and the number of subdivisions may be incorporated with the stamp, provided that, in the opinion of the inspector, such marking of additional information is permanent, legible and conspicuous and is not likely to cause confusion in use.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1851",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1851",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1851",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/2060",
      "affecting_title": "The Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/3045",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/85",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/120/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:43.406552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}