{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-food-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-food-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/187",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-food-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Weights and Measures (Various Foods) Order (Northern Ireland) 1988",
  "text": "In article 4—\n(a) in paragraph (2) for “not pre-packed, shall” substitute “sold loose must”; and\n(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), where food to which this article applies (other than cheese and fish) is sold in a relevant manner (as defined in paragraph (3A)), it must be sold only—\n(a) by net weight; or\n(b) if it is sold in a container which does not exceed the permitted weight specified in Table A of Schedule 2, either by net weight or gross weight.\n(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3), food is sold “in a relevant manner” if it is sold—\n(a) pre-packed otherwise than by retail sale;\n(b) loose to a mass caterer; or\n(c) by relevant wholesale.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/187/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:50.026464+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."
}