Regulation 36 Instruments using decimal parts of pound

Before 1st January 2000 a person shall not use an instrument having weight scale intervals expressed solely in decimal parts of a pound for the purposes of a sale by retail unless a buyer is presented with a statement in writing of the weight of the goods.

On and after 1st January 2000 a person shall not use for trade an instrument having weight scale intervals expressed in decimal parts of a pound save by way only of a supplementary indication of the weight of the goods.