{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-order-1988/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-intoxicating-liquor-order-1988/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where intoxicating liquor or other liquids specified in column 1 of Schedule 1—\n(a) are pre-packed in a closed container for direct sale (within the meaning of Article 2(2)(e) of the FIC Regulation); or\n(b) are, in the case of those specified in Part III of Schedule 1, made up in a closed container for relevant wholesale,\nthe container must, subject to the exemptions specified in column 4 of Schedule 1, be marked with an indication of quantity by volume.\n(2) Intoxicating liquor of any other description shall be pre-packed for direct sale (within the meaning of Article 2(2)(e) of the FIC Regulation) in a closed container in a quantity of 5 ml or more but not exceeding 5 L only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by volume.\n(3) For the purposes of this article—\n(a) “mass caterer” means any establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall), such as restaurants, canteens, schools, hospitals and catering enterprises in which, in the course of a business, food is prepared to be ready for consumption by the final consumer; and\n(b) “relevant wholesale”, in relation to food to which this article applies, means a sale by way of wholesale, but does not include any of the following:\n(i) a sale to a mass caterer;\n(ii) a supply of food that is prepacked food within the meaning of the FIC Regulation intended for sale to the final consumer or to a mass caterer, or any other supply of food that is made up in advance ready for retail sale in an open container; or\n(iii) a supply to which Article 8(8) of the FIC Regulation applies;",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(1) substituted (13.12.2014) by The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2975), regs. 1, 34(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 6(2) inserted (13.12.2014) by The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2975), regs. 1, 34(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 6(3) inserted (13.12.2014) by The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2975), regs. 1, 34(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at 1.1.1989, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2039/article/6",
    "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."
}