Article 17 MultipacksI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Nothing in the previous provisions of this Order shall require any container to be marked with any information or to enclose foods of a particular quantity if all the following provisions are satisfied:—

(a)

the contents of the container in which any foods to which the Order applies are pre-packed or F1... made up in the container for F2relevant wholesale consist of two or more packs of goods;

(b)

where the goods in any pack, if sold individually, would be required by the Order to be made up in a specified quantity, the goods in any such pack are so made up;

(c)

where any pack, if sold individually, would be required by the Order to be marked with an indication as to the quantity of the goods, the pack is so marked;

(d)

(i)

the container is marked with a description of the goods in each pack, the total number of packs containing goods of each description and where paragraph (c) above applies with an indication as to the quantity of the goods in each such pack; or

(ii)

where each pack to which paragraph (c) above applies contains the same quantity of identical goods, an indication as to the quantity of the goods in at least one such pack is clearly visible, and the total number of such packs is clearly visible and capable of being easily counted, through the container, or

(iii)

where each pack does not contain goods of the same description or does contain such goods but does not contain them in the same quantity, an indication as to the quantity of any goods in each pack to which paragraph (c) above applies, or if there are two or more identical such packs an indication as to the quantity of the goods in at least one of them, is clearly visible, and the total number of such packs of each description is clearly visible and capable of being easily counted, through the container.

(2)

Where the provisions of both article 4 and paragraph (1) above apply in a particular case, the information permitted by paragraph (1)(d)(i) above to be marked on the container may be given in a document accompanying the container.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in art. 17(1)(a) omitted (13.12.2014) by virtue of The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2975), regs. 1, 30(a)
F2: Words in art. 17(1)(a) substituted (13.12.2014) by The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2975), regs. 1, 30(b)

Commencement

I1: Art. 17 in force at 1.1.1989, see art. 1