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

2.  The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988(1) is hereby amended as follows:—

(a)in article 1(2), by the insertion, after the word “Order”, of the words “except where the context expressly otherwise requires”;

(b)in article 3(1) —

(i)in subparagraph (a), by inserting after the words “1/6 gill” the words “or 25 ml”; and

(ii)by adding, after subparagraph (b), the following proviso:

“Provided that the quantities of 1/4 gill, 1/5 gill and 1/6 gill refer red to in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall not be permitted after 31st December 1994.”;

(c)in article 5(2)(b), by the insertion, before the words “is sold”, of the words “subject to article 5A below,”;

(d)by the insertion, after article 5, of the following article —

“5A.—(1) For the purposes of this article “wine” shall mean only the intoxicating liquor and other liquids specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) When sold in the glass or other vessel from which it is intended to be drunk, wine for consumption on the premises at which it is sold shall, on or after 1st January 1995, be sold only —

(a)in, or in a multiple of, the following quantities, that is to say, 125 ml and 175 ml; and

(b)if a statement in writing of the kind required by subparagraph (c) of article 5(1) above is displayed or otherwise provided as required by that subparagraph.

(3) Nothing in this article shall make unlawful the sale, at the express request of the buyer, of any mixture of liquids containing wine in a quantity not otherwise permitted by this article.”;

(e)in article 7(1), by the omission of the words “or 5(1)(c)” and the substitution of the words “,5(1)(c) or 5A(2)(b)”; and

(f)in Part I of Schedule 1 by —

(i)inserting in the list of prescribed quantities in column (2) the following additional quantities: 4 L, 8 L;

(ii)deleting the footnote (x) in column (2) and substituting therefor the following:

“(x)for consumption on board aircraft, ships and trains, or for sale duty-free”; and

(iii)adding to the list of exceptions in column (3) the following:

“(d)not more than 25 cl, when for consumption on the premises of the seller”.