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The Weights and Measures (Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/627 · Made 25 March 1988

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Made 25th March 1988

Laid before Parliament 7th April 1988

Coming into force 1st May 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 23(1)(a) and 86(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 72.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st May 1988.

2

The Weights and Measures (Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) Regulations 1987f1 are hereby amended as follows:—

(a)

in Regulation 4, paragraph (2) is deleted;

(b)

in Regulation 5, paragraph (2) is deleted; and

(c)

in Regulation 7(3), subparagraph (b) is deleted.

Signature

John Butcher

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Trade and Industry

25th March 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Weights and Measures (Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) Regulations 1987 by removing the requirement to include the words“metric pack” in any marking.