{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-5/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-5/paragraph-9.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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A local weights and measures authority may make byelaws, subject to the confirmation of the Secretary of State,—\n(a) for securing that on any premises within their area on or from which solid fuel available for purchase in a quantity of 100 kilograms or less is sold or kept or exposed for sale there is displayed a notice specifying the price of the fuel,\n(b) prohibiting the sale on or from any such premises of any such fuel at a higher price than that so displayed in relation to that fuel, and\n(c) prescribing penalties not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale for any offence under such byelaws.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 9(a) substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/5/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}