{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-quantity-marking-and-abbreviations-of-units-regulations-1987/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-quantity-marking-and-abbreviations-of-units-regulations-1987/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1538",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-quantity-marking-and-abbreviations-of-units-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, this Part of these Regulations shall apply in respect of—\n(a) the manner of the marking of any container required by or under Part IV of the Act or section 48(1) or (1A) or 68(1A) to be marked with information as to quantity; and\n(b) the units of measurement to be used in marking any container required by or under Part IV of the Act to be marked with information as to quantity by measurement.\n(2) Regulations 5 and 6 shall not apply in relation to any catchweight product.\n(3) In this regulation “catchweight product” means any product which is not pre-packed according to a pre-determined fixed weight pattern, but is pre-packed in varying quantities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1852",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods and Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/2975",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1538/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:20:48.774062+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."
}