{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1963-various-foods-amendment-no-2-order-1985/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1980",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1963-various-foods-amendment-no-2-order-1985",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person specified in paragraph (2) below in the cases specified in that paragraph shall not be guilty of an offence under section 22(2) of the Act by reason only of the fact that the foods specified in paragraph (3) below are not pre-packed in accordance with the provisions of the principal Order in question specified in paragraph (3) below as amended by this Order, if the foods would be pre-packed in accordance with those provisions of the principal Order, if they were not amended by this Order.\n(2) The cases and persons referred to in paragraph (1) above are:—\n(a) in the case of foods pre-packed in Great Britain on or before 1st January 1987 and of foods imported pre-packed into Great Britain on or before that date, all persons;\n(b) in the case of foods pre-packed in Great Britain after that date and of foods imported into Great Britain after that date and pre-packed before importation, all persons other than—\n(i) where the foods were pre-packed in Great Britain, the person who pre-packed them and if the pre-packed them on behalf of another person, that other person;\n(ii) where the foods were imported into Great Britain, the person who imported them and if he imported them on behalf of another person, that other person.\n(3) The foods and provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are—\n(a) the foods referred to in Article 4(7)(a) of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Cheese, Fish, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Meat and Poultry) Order 1984 other than cheese and fish pies, puddings and flans, poultry puddings and flans and meat flans; and\n(b) the following foods referred to in the following Articles of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984—\n(i) shortbread referred to in proviso (b) to Article 6(3) of that Order;\n(ii) flour confectionery referred to in Article 14(3)(a) of that Order; and\n(iii) bread referred to in Article 4(1) of that Order and Schedule 1 to that Order.\n(4) Any reference in the preceding provisions of this Article to foods being pre-packed shall include a reference to foods being otherwise made up in a container for sale.\n(5) The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (3) above shall cease to have effect after 30th June 1987.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1980/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:57:40.474740+00:00"
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  "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."
}