{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-order-1988/article-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-order-1988/article-3A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2039",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-order-1988",
  "path": "article/3A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the intoxicating liquors specified in column 1 of Schedule A1 to this Order may be pre-packed only if they are made up in one of the quantities specified in column 3, subject to the exceptions specified in column 4.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the intoxicating liquors specified in column 1 of Schedule A1 to this Order when they are sold duty-free for consumption outside the United Kingdom.\n(3) Where two or more pre-packages make up a multi-pack, the quantities specified in column 3 of Schedule A1 to this Order apply to each pre-package.\n(4) For the purposes of this article—\n(a) “pre-package” means a combination of a product and the individual package in which it is pre-packed; and\n(b) “pre-packed” means made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3A inserted (11.4.2009) by The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/663), regs. 1, 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3A(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2039/article/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:32.291862+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."
}