{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-quantity-marking-and-abbreviations-of-units-regulations-1987/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-quantity-marking-and-abbreviations-of-units-regulations-1987/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Imperial and metric units of measurement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 2(2) above and paragraph (2) below, the marking of any container with information as to quantity by measurement shall be in metric units of measurement but may, in addition, be in imperial units.\n(2) In the case of any goods required by or under Part IV of the Act to be pre-packed or otherwise made up in or on a container for sale, or for delivery after sale, only if made up either in specified imperial or metric quantities or in specified imperial quantities only, the marking of quantity shall be in both metric and imperial units.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "replaced (by new reg 6)",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1852",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods and Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1852",
      "affecting_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods and Quantity Marking and Abbreviations of Units) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1538/regulation/6",
    "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."
}