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Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976
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1Definitions of units of measurement
(1)At the end of section 1 of the [1963 c. 31.] Weights and Measures Act 1963 ("the 1963 Act") there is inserted the following subsection—
“(3)The Secretary of State may from time to time by order amend Schedule 1 to this Act by adding to, or removing from, Parts I to VA of that Schedule any unit of measurement of length, of area, of volume, of capacity or of mass or weight, as the case may be.”
(2)After Part V of the said Schedule 1 there is inserted the following Part—
“PART VADefinitions of units which may not be used for trade
Measurement of capacity
| Bushel = | 8 gallons |
| Peck = | 2 gallons |
| Fluid drachm = | 1 /8th fluid ounce |
| Minim = | l/60th fluid drachm |
Measurement of mass or weigh
| Pennyweight = | 24 grains |
| Ounce apothecaries = | 480 grains |
| Drachm = | 1/8 ounce apothecaries |
| Scruple = | 1/3 drachm |
| Metric ton = | 1000 kilogrammes."” |
(3)The amendments of the said Schedule 1 made by this section are without prejudice to the power to amend that Schedule in subsection (1) of this section.
(4)Nothing in the 1963 Act, or in any other provision contained in or made under an enactment, prevents the use of " gram " as an alternative way of spelling " gramme ", and the same applies for other units in the metric system which are compounds of " gramme ".
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