{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capacity-serving-measures-intoxicating-liquor-regulations-1988/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capacity-serving-measures-intoxicating-liquor-regulations-1988/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to the following capacity serving measures for use for trade for the purposes of measuring and serving intoxicating liquor for consumption on or off the premises at which it is sold, namely measures of —\nImperial System\nMetric System\n4 fl oz\n100 ml\n5 fl oz (1 gill)\n125 ml\n6 fl oz\n150 ml\n⅓ pt\n175 ml\n8 fl oz\n200 ml\n1/2 pt\n250 ml\n1 pt\n500 ml\n2 pt (1 quart)\n1 l\n4 pt (1/2 gal)\n2 l\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to liquid capacity measures specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 1986 for use only for making up or checking packages in accordance with section 49(1) or (2)(a) of the Act.\n(3) Capacity serving measures to which these Regulations apply are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 11(1) of the Act.\n(4) The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963 are hereby amended in regulation 1(2) by the deletion of sub-paragraph (h) and the substitution therefor of the following sub-paragraph:\n“(h) capacity serving measures to which the Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988 apply.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2049"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1963.1710; regulation 1)2) has been amended by S.I. 1977/1932, 1979/1612, 1983/914 and 1655."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1851",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/120/regulation/3",
    "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."
}