Article 2

The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Cheese, Fish, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Meat and Poultry) Order 1984 is hereby amended as follows:—

(a)

in Article 5(4) for the words immediately following “only” onwards there shall be substituted:

“—

(a)

by net weight;

(b)

in the case of countable produce either by net weight or number; or

(c)

if the food is sold in a container which does not exceed the appropriate permitted weight specified in Table A of Schedule 2 to this Order, either by net weight or by gross weight.”

; and

(b)

in Article 5(7)—

(i)

after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(c)

any food in a quantity of more than 5 kg;”

; and

(ii)

the words “or more than 5 kg” shall be deleted.