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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-amendment-order-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-amendment-order-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1883",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-amendment-order-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (“the Act”) and the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988 (“the Order”).\nThe amendment made to the Order provides for a second metric quantity, namely 35 ml, in which gin, rum, vodka and whisky may be sold for consumption on licensed premises.\nThe amendments made to the Act follow from the amendment made to the Order since they enable a capacity measure of 35 ml to be used for the purpose of transactions in those spirits.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1883/note",
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  },
  "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."
}