Part II AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE ON 1ST OCTOBER 1995

In regulation 3 in paragraph (1) omit “20 gallons if the equipment is constructed to measure in imperial units, or” and “if it is constructed to measure in metric units”.

In regulations 11 and 16 omit “or gallons”.

In regulation 24 in paragraph (1) omit “either” and “or the gallon”.

In regulation 2 for “one quart” substitute “2 pints”.

In regulation 7 in paragraph (a) for the Table substitute—

“

FORM OF INDICATION OF NOMINAL QUANTITY

Nominal Quantity	Abbreviated or permitted alternative
One third pint …	⅓ pt
Half pint …	½ pt
Pint …	pt
Two pints …	2 pt
Quarter litre …	¼ litre (or 25 cl or 250 ml)

”.

In regulation 14 in paragraph (1) in the Table for “⅙ gill”, for “½ gill” in both places where it occurs and for “1 quart” substitute “20 millilitres”, “75 millilitres” and “2 pints”, respectively.

In regulation 2 omit “or imperial” from the definition of “nominal length”.

In regulation 17—

• for paragraph (a) substitute—

  “(a)

  on one or on each graduated side, its nominal length expressed in one only of the following metric units of measurement in full or by means of one of the following abbreviations or symbols only:—

  metre	m
  centimetre	cm
  millimetre	mm;

  ”; and

• in paragraph (c) omit—

  “in metric units or ten feet in imperial units”.

For regulation 24 substitute—

“24

The prescribed limits of error relating to measures of length shall be 0.6 millimetre plus 0.4 millimetre per metre (rounded up to the next whole metre) of nominal length.”.

In regulation 3 in paragraph (2) omit the words after “0.2millimetre”.

For the Tables in Schedule 1 substitute—

“

TABLE 1

LOCAL STANDARD LINEAR MEASURES PRESCRIBED LIMITS OF ERROR

Measure	Limit of Error
1 centimetre	0.05 millimetre
1 decimetre	0.1 millimetre
0.5 metre or 1 metre	0.2 millimetre
over one metre	0.1 millimetre plus 0.1 millimetre per metre of length

TABLE 2

WORKING STANDARD LINEAR MEASURES PRESCRIBED LIMITS OF ERROR

Measure	Limit of Error
Note: Where Regulation 3(2) applies the limits of error in this Table are increased in accordance with that Regulation
1 metre or less	0.5 millilitre
over 1 metre	0.3 millilitre plus 0.2 millimetre per metre of length

”.

In Schedule 2 omit “or 10 feet” in both places where those words occur.

In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit—

“

fluid ounce

fl oz

” and

“

gallon

gal

”.

In regulation 3 in paragraph (1) omit—

• “4 fl oz”, “5 fl oz (1 gill)”,

• “6 fl oz”, “8 fl oz”, “(1 quart)”,

and “(½ gal)”.

In regulation 10

• in paragraph (1) omit “fluid ounces or” and “fl oz”;

• in paragraph (3)(a) for “10 fl oz” substitute “½ pint”.

In the Schedule in Table 2 omit—

“

4 fl oz	5.5
5 fl oz	7
6 fl oz	8.5

”, and

“

8 fl oz

10

”.

In regulation 2 in paragraph (1) omit “20 gallons if it is constructed to measure in imperial units, or” and “if it is constructed to measure in metric units”.

In regulation 17 in paragraph (1)(d) omit “and” after “the stamp” and omit paragraph (1)(e).

In regulation 24 in paragraph (1)(b) for “gallon (or per half a gallon or per litre as the case may be)” substitute “litre”.

In regulation 2 for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

The abbreviations of, and symbols for, units of measurement used in these Regulations refer to the relevant units as follows:

pint	pt
millilitre	ml
litre	l.

”.

In regulation 3 in paragraph (1) under the heading “Method 1” in sub-paragraph (a) for “1 gal” substitute “8 pt”.

In regulation 4 in paragraph (b) in sub-paragraph (i) omit “or 10 gal or less” and in sub-paragraph (ii), “or more than 10 gal”.

In Schedule 3 in the Table headed “WORKING STANDARD CAPACITY MEASURES AND TESTING EQUIPMENT” for the column headed “(a) Imperial” substitute—

“

(a) Imperial

Indicated capacity of or tolerance mark relating to—	Limit of error
⅓ pt or ½ pt	0.8 ml
1 pt	1.0 ml
2 pt	2.0 ml
4 pt	2.0 ml
8 pt	5.0 ml
16 pt	10.0 ml

”.

in the Table headed “GRADUATED MEASURING CYLINDERS” for “¼ gal” and “½ gal” substitute “2 pt” and “4 pt”, respectively.

In Schedule 4 in the Table headed “LOCAL STANDARD CAPACITY MEASURES” for the column headed “(a) Imperial” substitute—

“

(a) Imperial

Local standard of—	Limit of error
⅓ pt or ½ pt	0.4 ml
1 pt	0.5 ml
2 pt	1.0 ml
4 pt	1.0 ml
8 pt	2.5 ml
16 pt	5.0 ml

”.