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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/72",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraphs 3 and 11 below ballast—\n(a) if made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, shall be sold only by volume or by net weight, and\n(b) if not so made up, shall be sold only by volume in a multiple of 0.2 cubic metre or by net weight.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2 substituted (11.4.2009) by The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/663), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:41.980135+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."
}