1994 No. 1851
The Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 4(5) and (6), 5(9), 11(1) and (4), 15(1) and 94(1) of the Weights and Measures Act 19851 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:—
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These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of the Units of Measurement Regulations 19942.
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On the coming into force of these Regulations, the Regulations specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be amended in the manner specified in that Part.
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On 1st October 1995, the Regulations specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations, as amended by paragraph (1) above, shall be amended in the manner specified in that Part.
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On 1st January 2000, the Regulations specified in Part III of the Schedule to these Regulations, as amended by paragraphs (1) and (2) above, shall be amended in the manner specified in that Part.
SCHEDULEAMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACTS 1963 AND 1985
PART IAMENDMENTS TO BE MADE ON THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THESE REGULATIONS
Regulations | Amendments |
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The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 19833 | In regulation 12 in paragraph (1) for “section 1(4) of the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976” and in paragraph (2) for “Regulation 10(2) and (4) of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1980” substitute “section 92 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985” and “paragraph 14(1) and (3) of Schedule 11 to the Weights and Measures Act 1985”, respectively. After regulation 12 insert—
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The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel Delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 19834 | After regulation 11 insert—
After regulation 16 insert—
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The Measuring Equipment (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 19835 | After regulation 7 insert—
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The Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 19866 | After regulation 12 insert—
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The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 19867 | After regulation 17 insert—
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The Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 19888 | In regulation 10 after paragraph (5) add—
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The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 19889 | After regulation 7 insert—
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The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 198810 | In regulation 16 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a) delete the words “or symbol”. After regulation 16 insert—
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PART IIAMENDMENTS TO BE MADE ON 1ST OCTOBER 1995
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The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel Delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 1983 | In regulation 3 in paragraph (1) omit “20 gallons if the equipment is constructed to measure in imperial units, or” and “if it is constructed to measure in metric units”. In regulations 11 and 16 omit “or gallons”. In regulation 24 in paragraph (1) omit “either” and “or the gallon”. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Measuring Equipment (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1983 | In regulation 2 for “one quart” substitute “2 pints”. In regulation 7 in paragraph (a) for the Table substitute—
In regulation 14 in paragraph (1) in the Table for “⅙ gill”, for “½ gill” in both places where it occurs and for “1 quart” substitute “20 millilitres”, “75 millilitres” and “2 pints”, respectively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Measuring Equipment (Measures of Length) Regulations 1986 | In regulation 2 omit “or imperial” from the definition of “nominal length”. In regulation 17—
For regulation 24 substitute—
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The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Linear Measures) Regulations 198611 | In regulation 3 in paragraph (2) omit the words after “0.2millimetre”. For the Tables in Schedule 1 substitute—
In Schedule 2 omit “or 10 feet” in both places where those words occur. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988 | In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit—
In regulation 3 in paragraph (1) omit—
and “(½ gal)”. In regulation 10
In the Schedule in Table 2 omit—
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The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1988 | In regulation 2 in paragraph (1) omit “20 gallons if it is constructed to measure in imperial units, or” and “if it is constructed to measure in metric units”. In regulation 17 in paragraph (1)(d) omit “and” after “the stamp” and omit paragraph (1)(e). In regulation 24 in paragraph (1)(b) for “gallon (or per half a gallon or per litre as the case may be)” substitute “litre”. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Capacity Measures and Testing Equipment) Regulations 199012 | In regulation 2 for paragraph (2) substitute—
In regulation 3 in paragraph (1) under the heading “Method 1” in sub-paragraph (a) for “1 gal” substitute “8 pt”. In regulation 4 in paragraph (b) in sub-paragraph (i) omit “or 10 gal or less” and in sub-paragraph (ii), “or more than 10 gal”. In Schedule 3 in the Table headed “WORKING STANDARD CAPACITY MEASURES AND TESTING EQUIPMENT” for the column headed “(a) Imperial” substitute—
in the Table headed “GRADUATED MEASURING CYLINDERS” for “¼ gal” and “½ gal” substitute “2 pt” and “4 pt”, respectively. In Schedule 4 in the Table headed “LOCAL STANDARD CAPACITY MEASURES” for the column headed “(a) Imperial” substitute—
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PART IIIAMENDMENTS TO BE MADE ON 1ST JANUARY 2000
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The Weighing Equipment (Beltweighers) Regulations 1983 | In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit—
In regulation 12 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a) after “in full” insert “though not in pounds,” and omit “lb,”; and in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or pounds” and “lb”. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Weighing Equipment (Filling and Discontinuous Totalising Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1986 | In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit—
In regulation 12 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a) after “in full” insert “though not in pounds or ounces,” and omit “lb, oz,”; and in sub-paragraph (b) omit “or in pounds or ounces”, “abbreviations or” and “lb, oz,”. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Weights Regulations 1986 | In regulation 5 in paragraph (1) in the Table for paragraphs 3 and 4 substitute—
For Schedule 1 substitute—
In Schedule 3 for—
substitute
and for
substitute—
In Schedule 4 for Table 4 substitute—
and for the title to Table 5 substitute “Grain Weights”. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Weights and Measures (Local and Working Standard Weights and Testing Equipment Regulations 198613 | For Schedule 1 substitute—
In Schedule 2 omit Tables 1 and 2 and for Table 6 substitute—
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The Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations 1988 | In regulation 2 in paragraph (2) omit—
In regulation 14 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “or” and sub-paragraph (a)(ii) and in paragraph (2) omit sub- paragraph (a). In regulation 16 in paragraph (1) in sub-paragraph (b) after “in full” insert “though not in pounds or ounces,” and omit “lb, oz” and in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) for “pounds or” substitute “troy” and omit “lb, oz”. For regulation 18 substitute—
Regulation 29 shall be omitted. In Schedule 2 in paragraph 11 in Note 4 to Table 1, in paragraph 13 in Note 5 to Table 2, in paragraph 15 in Note 1 to Table 3 and in paragraph 17 in Note 1 to Table 4 for “units of the imperial system” and “imperial units” substitute “ounces troy” and in Note 5 to Table 1, Note 6 to Table 2, Note 2 to Table 3 and Note 2 to Table 4 for “imperial” substitute “ounce troy”. |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)