
1 
This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1985.
2 
The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Cheese, Fish, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Meat and Poultry) Order 1984 is hereby amended as follows:—
(a) in Article 5(4) for the words immediately following “only” onwards there shall be substituted:“
— 
(a) by net weight;
(b) in the case of countable produce either by net weight or number; or
(c) if the food is sold in a container which does not exceed the appropriate permitted weight specified in Table A of Schedule 2 to this Order, either by net weight or by gross weight.
”; and
(b) in Article 5(7)—
(i) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—“
(c) any food in a quantity of more than 5 kg;”; and
(ii) the words “or more than 5 kg” shall be deleted.
3 
The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984 is hereby amended as follows:—
(a) after Article 12 there shall be inserted the following Article:—“
12A 
Potatoes, which are not pre-packed shall, if sold by retail, be sold only—
(a) by net weight; or
(b) if the food is sold in a container which does not exceed the appropriate permitted weight specified in the Table in Schedule 1A to this Order, either by net weight or gross weight.”;
(b) in Schedule 1
(i) in respect of coffee extracts and chicory extracts consisting of solid and paste coffee and chicory products in column 2 the imperial units of measurement shall be deleted; and
(ii) in respect of honey, jam and marmalade, jelly preserves, molasses, syrup and treacle in column 2 the words “1 oz” shall be deleted and in column 3 for the words **“½ oz” there shall be substituted the words “50 g”; and
(c) after Schedule 1 there shall be inserted as Schedule 1A the Schedule to this Order.
Alexander Fletcher
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Trade and Industry
1st July 1985
SCHEDULE
Article 3(c)

“
SCHEDULE 1A


Gross weight Permitted weight of container
Not exceeding 500 g 5 g
Exceeding 500 g a weight at the rate of 10 g per kg of the gross weight.”
