
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st May 1988.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
(3) The Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1969 is hereby revoked.
2 
Weighing or measuring equipment of any class prescribed under section 11 of the Act shall be treated for the purposes of the Act as duly stamped in Great Britain under that section if —
(i) it has been duly stamped under the Weights and Measures Act (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; or
(ii) falls to be treated for the purposes of that Order as so stamped.
3 
Northern Ireland shall be a designated country for the purposes of sections 7(3), 24(2)(b) and 33(1)(d) of the Act.
John Butcher
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
10th March 1988