# Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Paragraph 3

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), solid fuel—
(a) if made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, shall be sold only by net weight;
(b) if not so made up—
(i) shall be sold only in one of the following quantities by net weight, that is to say, 10, 15, 25, 50 or 62·5 kilograms; and
(ii) except in a case where the provisions of paragraph 5 or of an order under paragraph 7(2)(a) or the provisions of Part III of this Schedule apply, the quantity by net weight of solid fuel shall be made known to the buyer before or at the time when he takes possession of the solid fuel.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where solid fuel of any description made up in containers in any of the following quantities, that is to say,. . . 25, 50 or 62.5 kilogrammes, is carried on a road vehicle on a highway for sale or for delivery after sale, solid fuel of that description so made up in any other of those quantities shall not at the same time be carried on that vehicle; and if this sub-paragraph is contravened the seller shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) There shall be exempted from all the requirements of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) solid fuel made up in a container only for ease of handling as part of the load of a vehicle or ship where the whole of that load so far as it consists of solid fuel is being delivered to—
(a) a single buyer; or
(b) not more than three separate buyers in pursuance of, or of any agreement for, the sale thereof otherwise than by retail.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/231/schedule/5/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-5/paragraph-3
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