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TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE-PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATIONS (NO. 29 OF 1991) - REG 14

14. (1) Except for an article specifically provided for by subregulation (2), the measurement marking of an article must be expressed as follows:

        (a)     if the article is ordinarily sold by number—by reference to number;

        (b)     if the article is ordinarily sold by linear or superficial measurement —by reference to that kind of measurement;

        (c)     if the article is a liquid—by reference to volume;

        (d)     if the article is solid (including in the form of powder or flakes), semi-solid or partly solid and partly liquid, and is not included in paragraph (a)—by reference to mass.

(2) The measurement marking of an article of a kind described in Column 1 of Schedule 2 must be expressed by reference to the kind of measurement specified in Column 2 of that Schedule opposite the description of the article.

(3) A measurement marking (other than in terms of number) must be expressed in terms of a permissible unit of measurement specified in Schedule 3.

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