Regulation 7 Amendment of the Act in 2000

(1)

On 1st January 2000 the Act shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In section 1(6) (inserted in section 1 by regulation 6(2)(c) above) the words after “(supplementary indications)”shall be omitted.

(3)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in Part IV—

(i)

for the heading “ Imperial units”there shall be substituted “ Imperial unit”;and

(ii)

the definition of the fluid ounce shall be omitted;

(b)

in Part V—

(i)

for the heading “ Imperial units”there shall be substituted “ Imperial unit”;

(ii)

the definitions of the pound and the ounce shall be omitted; and

(iii)

for the definition of the ounce troy there shall be substituted—

“OUNCE TROY = 0.031 103 476 8 kilogram.”;

(c)

in Part VI—

(i)

after the definition of the gill there shall be inserted—

“Fluid ounce = 1/20 pint.”; and

(ii)

after the definition of the stone there shall be inserted—

“POUND = 0.453 592 37 kilogram.

Ounce = 1/16 pound.”.

(4)

In Schedule 11 in paragraph 17 the following shall be omitted—

(a)

in sub–paragraph (1)(b) “stones, quarters, hundredweights or tons,”; and

(b)

sub–paragraph (2)(a) and “or”immediately following it.