{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-6/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/6/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 3 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—\n(a) unless pre-packed, shall be sold only by net weight or by capacity measurement,\n(b) shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement, and\n(c) in the case of lubricating oil in a quantity of one litre or less, shall be made up in a container for sale otherwise than by way of pre-packing only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(c) substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2866, reg. 3(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/6/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."
}