Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Weights and Measures Act 1985

2.  The Weights and Measures Act 1985 shall be amended as follows—

(a)in section 8 (units of measurement, weights and measures lawful for use for trade)(2) in subsection (2)(c) “35,” shall be inserted before “125,”; and

(b)in Schedule 3 (measures and weights lawful for use for trade) in paragraph 2 of Part IV “35 millilitres” shall be inserted between “50 millilitres” and “25 millilitres”.

Amendment of the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988

3.  The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988(3) shall be amended in article 3 in paragraph (1)(a) by the substitution for “and ⅙ gill or 25 ml” of “, ⅙ gill, 25 ml or 35 ml”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (“the Act”) and the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988 (“the Order”).

The amendment made to the Order provides for a second metric quantity, namely 35 ml, in which gin, rum, vodka and whisky may be sold for consumption on licensed premises.

The amendments made to the Act follow from the amendment made to the Order since they enable a capacity measure of 35 ml to be used for the purpose of transactions in those spirits.