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Weights and Measures (Sale of Goods in Metric Units) Order

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Regulation 1regulation_0

This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Sale of Goods in Metric Units) Order.

Regulation 2regulation_1

This Order shall not apply to the sale of goods —(a)under a tender system;(b)on board a train, ship or aircraft; and(c)which are pre-packed.

Regulation 3regulation_2

—(1) No person shall after the prescribed date —(a)sell or offer for sale any prescribed goods in any weight or measure which is not a weight or measure of the metric system; or(b)sell, advertise or display for sale any prescribed goods at a price other than a price expressed by reference to a prescribed metric quantity specified in the third column of the Schedule.(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to any prescribed goods which are sold, advertised or displayed for sale in lots or by number provided that the price of the goods is not expressed by reference to non-metric units.(3) For the purposes of this Order, “prescribed date” means any of the dates set out in the first column of the Schedule and, in relation to any prescribed date, the “prescribed goods” means the goods set out against that date in the second column of the Schedule.

Subregulation 1regulation_2.subregulation_2

No person shall after the prescribed date —(a)sell or offer for sale any prescribed goods in any weight or measure which is not a weight or measure of the metric system; or(b)sell, advertise or display for sale any prescribed goods at a price other than a price expressed by reference to a prescribed metric quantity specified in the third column of the Schedule.

Subregulation 2regulation_2.subregulation_0

Sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to any prescribed goods which are sold, advertised or displayed for sale in lots or by number provided that the price of the goods is not expressed by reference to non-metric units.

Subregulation 3regulation_2.subregulation_1

For the purposes of this Order, “prescribed date” means any of the dates set out in the first column of the Schedule and, in relation to any prescribed date, the “prescribed goods” means the goods set out against that date in the second column of the Schedule.

Regulation 4regulation_3

No person shall after the prescribed date use for trade or have in his possession for use for trade any weighing or measuring equipment that is not calibrated solely in the metric system for determining the mass or dimensions of any prescribed goods for the purposes of its sale by reference thereto.

Regulation 5regulation_4

The Minister may exempt any goods from all or any of the provisions of this Order.

Regulation 6regulation_5

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph 3 or 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.