Weights and Measures Act 1985

Weights and Measures Act 1985

a UK Act which lays down the legal weights and measures to be used for trading and other purposes. For example, the UK ‘primary standards’ are the yard or metre as the unit of measurement of length, and the pound or kilogram as the unit of measurement of mass or weight.
Collins Dictionary of Business, 3rd ed. © 2002, 2005 C Pass, B Lowes, A Pendleton, L Chadwick, D O’Reilly and M Afferson
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Well, the Weights and Measures Act 1985 law states a pint of beer must be made up of at least 95% fluid.
Served a short measure in a bar? These are your rights; The law is very much on the side of the customer - with the pubs facing punishment if they don't comply
The Sunderland greengrocer was convicted of selling fruit and vegetables using only imperial measurements that did not comply with the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
Law lord to give lecture in Newcastle
Under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 it is illegal to give short weight and suppliers can be fined up to pounds 5000.
Heavy hand on food weights; Worcestershire News WORCESTERSHIRE: Trading standards target company cheats
Investigators monitored five traders according to the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
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THE traders were prosecuted for using imperial-only scales in breach of the amended Weights and Measures Act 1985.
TAKING A POUNDING
They pleaded guilty to some offences and were convicted of others under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 and the Price Marking Act 1979.
BAR'S SHORT SHOCK; Licensee fined for failing to give full measure
Mr Thorburn's defence is that Euro rules should not be allowed to overrule Parliament's Weights and Measures Act 1985. His appeal has raised pounds 100,000.
'Martyr' is to appeal
Sir, - Market trader Mr Thoburn was found guilty on the April 10 of two charges contravening the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
Fixing scales against the EU
Cleveland Meat Company Limited, on Yarm Road, Stockton, was fined pounds 6,000 and ordered to pay pounds 1,122.31 towards prosecution costs by Teesside magistrates after admitting three offences contrary to the Weights and Measures Act 1985.
Abattoir is fined for under paying farmer
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