Weights and Measures Act 1975 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Regulation of Certain Transactions in Goods
17. Offences in transactions in particular goods
Feedback & supportSubject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods which, when not prepacked, are required by this Act to be sold only by quantity expressed in a particular manner or only in a particular quantity, any person who —
prepacked
“prepacked” means made up in advance ready for retail sale in or on a container; and on any premises where articles of any description are so made up, or are kept or stored for sale after being so made up, any article of that description found made up in or on a container is deemed to be prepacked unless the contrary is proved; and it is not sufficient proof of the contrary to show that the container has not been marked in accordance with the requirements of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act with respect to the prepacking of such articles;
whether on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, offers or exposes for sale, sells or agrees to sell; or
causes or suffers any other person to offer or expose for sale, sell or agree to sell on the firstmentioned person’s behalf,those goods otherwise than by quantity expressed in that manner or (as the case may be) otherwise than in that quantity, shall be guilty of an offence.
Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods required by this Act to be prepacked, or to be otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, or to be made for sale, only in particular quantities, or to be prepacked, or to be otherwise made up as aforesaid, only if the container is marked with particular information, any person who —
container
“container” includes any form of packaging of goods for sale as a single item, whether by way of wholly or partly enclosing the goods or by way of attaching the goods to, or winding the goods round, some other article, and in particular includes a wrapper or confining band;
whether on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, has in the person’s possession for sale, sells or agrees to sell;
except in the course of carriage of the goods for reward, has in the person’s possession for delivery after sale; or
causes or suffers any other person to have in that other person’s possession for sale or for delivery after sale, sell or agree to sell on behalf of the firstmentioned person,any such goods prepacked, otherwise made up as aforesaid or made otherwise than in that quantity or otherwise than in or on a container so marked (as the case may be), whether the sale is, or is to be, by retail or otherwise, shall be guilty of an offence.
Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any sale where the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required by this Act to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time and that quantity is not so made known, the person by whom, and any other person on whose behalf, the goods were sold shall be guilty of an offence.
Subject to the provisions of this Part, where any goods required by this Act to be sold by means of, or to be offered or exposed for sale in, a vending machine only if certain requirements are complied with are so sold, offered or exposed without those requirements being complied with, the seller or person causing the goods to be so offered or exposed shall be guilty of an offence.