{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-5/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/72",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Solid fuel—\n(a) if made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, shall be sold only by net weight, and\n(b) if not so made up, shall be sold only in one of the following quantities by net weight, namely—\n(i) 25 kilograms;\n(ii) 50 kilograms;\n(iii) any multiple of 50 kilograms.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) This paragraph and paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 below have effect subject to the exemptions in paragraph 7.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(1) substituted (11.4.2009) by The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/663), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(2) omitted (11.4.2009) by virtue of The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/663), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(3) omitted (1.10.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/2866, art. 3(5)(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}