WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
(PRESCRIBED QUANTITIES NO. 1)
(JERSEY) ORDER 1977
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Weights and Measures (Prescribed Quantities No. 1) (Jersey)
Order 1977
Arrangement
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (PRESCRIBED
QUANTITIES NO. 1) (JERSEY) ORDER 1977
Arrangement
Article
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Interpretation ................................................................................................... 5
Application ...................................................................................................... 6
Retail sale of non pre-packed foodstuffs ........................................................ 6
Marking of containers of pre-packed foodstuffs ............................................. 6
Marking of containers of foodstuffs made up in prescribed quantities
by metric units................................................................................................. 7
Prescribed quantities ....................................................................................... 7
Citation ............................................................................................................ 8
Supporting Documents
ENDNOTES
9
Table of Legislation History........................................................................................... 9
Table of Renumbered Provisions ................................................................................... 9
Table of Endnote References ......................................................................................... 9
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Weights and Measures (Prescribed Quantities No. 1) (Jersey)
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Article 1
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (PRESCRIBED
QUANTITIES NO. 1) (JERSEY) ORDER 1977
THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, in
pursuance of Articles 20 and 38 of the Weights and Measures (Jersey)
Law 1967,1 in the terms of a draft approved by the States on the 15th day of
March 1977, orders as follows –
Commencement [see endnotes]
1
Interpretation
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires –
“cereal breakfast foods and oat products” means –
(a)
cereal breakfast foods in flake form, other than cereal biscuit
breakfast foods;
(b)
flour of oats; and
(c)
oatflakes and oatmeal;
“dried fruits” means dried fruits of any one or more of the following
descriptions, that is to say, apples (including dried apple rings), apricots,
currants, dates, figs, muscatels, nectarines, peaches, pears (including
dried pear rings), prunes, raisins, sultanas and dried fruit salad;
“dried vegetables” means dried vegetables of any of the following
descriptions that is to say, beans, lentils and peas (including split peas);
“edible fats” means –
(a)
butter, margarine, any mixture of butter and margarine, and low fat
spreads (butter or margarine substitutes);
(b)
dripping and shredded suet;
(c)
lard and compound cooking fats and substitutes thereof;
(d)
solidified edible oil (except in gel form);
“flour and flour products” means –
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(a)
flour of bean, maize, pea, rice, rye, soya bean or wheat; and
(b)
flour products of any of the following descriptions that is to say –
(i)
cake flour, other than cake mixtures and sponge mixtures,
(ii)
cornflour, other than blancmange powders and custard
powders,
(iii)
self-raising flour.
“Law” means the Weights and Measures (Jersey) Law 1967;2
“pasta” means flour products described in paragraph 1(l)(iii) of Part 8 of
Schedule 3 to the Law as macaroni and similar products;
“tea” includes tea in a tea bag;
“tea bag” means a permeable sealed bag containing tea, which is intended
to be immersed in water in the course of the preparation of tea to drink.
(2)
2
References in this Order to any enactment shall be construed as
references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment or
to any other enactment repealing and re-enacting that enactment with or
without further amendments.
Application
This Order applies to the following foodstuffs –
(a)
cereal breakfast foods and oat products;
(b)
dried fruits;
(c)
dried vegetables;
(d)
edible fats;
(e)
flour and flour products;
(f)
pasta;
(g)
salt;
(h)
sugar;
(i)
tea,
and Parts 8 and 9 of Schedule 3 to the Law shall cease to apply to these
foodstuffs.
3
Retail sale of non pre-packed foodstuffs
Foodstuffs to which this Order applies and which are not pre-packed shall be
sold by retail only by net weight.
4
Marking of containers of pre-packed foodstuffs
(1)
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Subject to paragraph (2), foodstuffs to which this Order applies shall be
pre-packed, or otherwise made up for sale, only if the container is marked
with an indication of quantity by net weight.
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(2)
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Article 5
This Article shall not apply to –
(a)
sugar in a quantity less than 50 g.;
(b)
dried fruits, butter, margarine, any mixture of butter and margarine,
and low fat spreads (butter or margarine substitutes) in a quantity
not exceeding 25 g.; and
(c)
cereal breakfast foods and oat products in a quantity not exceeding
15 g.
Marking of containers of foodstuffs made up in prescribed quantities by
metric units
Where foodstuffs to which this Order applies are required by or under this
Order to be made up in prescribed quantities by metric units, the marking shall
include the words “metric pack” in capital letters, of at least the height referred
to in the Schedule to the Weights and Measures (Marking) (Jersey) Order 1975,3
and within a surrounding line or on a panel which is clearly distinguished in
colour from its surroundings and within which or on which there is no other
written and no pictorial matter.
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Prescribed quantities
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Cereal breakfast foods and oat products, except when made up in a
quantity not exceeding 50 g. or exceeding 10 kg, shall be pre-packed only
if they are made up in one of the following quantities by net weight, that
is to say –
(a)
4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb; or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 375 g., 500 g., 750 g., 1 kg, 1.5 kg, and multiples of
1 kg
Dried fruits, except when made up in a quantity not exceeding 75 g. or
exceeding 10 kg, shall be pre-packed only if they are made up in one of
the following quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(a)
4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb; or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 375 g., 500 g., 1 kg, and multiples of 1 kg
Dried vegetables, except when made up in a quantity not exceeding 100
g. or exceeding 10 kg, shall be pre-packed only if they are made up in one
of the following quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(a)
4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb, or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 375 g., 500 g., 1 kg, and multiples of 1 kg
Edible fats, except when made up –
(a)
in a quantity exceeding 10 kg; and
(b)
in the case of butter, margarine, any mixture of butter and
margarine, and low fat spreads (butter or margarine substitutes), in
a quantity not exceeding 25 g.,
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shall be pre-packed only if they are made up in one of the following
quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
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(i)
2 oz., 4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb,
or
(ii)
50 g., 125 g., 250 g., 500 g., and multiples of 500 g. up to
and including 4 kg, and, thereafter, multiples of 1 kg
Flour and flour products, except when made up in a quantity not
exceeding 50 g. or exceeding 10 kg, shall be pre-packed only if they are
made up in one of the following quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(a)
4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb, or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 500 g., and multiples of 500 g. and, in the case of
cornflour, 375 g. and 750 g.
Pasta, except when made up in a quantity not exceeding 50 g., shall be
pre-packed only if it is made up in one of the following quantities by net
weight, that is to say –
(a)
4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb; or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 375 g., 500 g., and multiples of 500 g.
Salt (other than cut lump salt), except when made up in a quantity not
exceeding 100 g., shall be pre-packed only if it is made up in one of the
following quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(a)
4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb; or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 500 g., 750 g., 1kg, 1.5 kg, and multiples of 1 kg, up
to and including 10 kg, and, also 12.5 kg, 25 kg and 50 kg
Sugar, except when made up in a quantity not exceeding 100 g. or in a
quantity exceeding 5 kg, shall be pre-packed only if it is made up in one
of the following quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(a)
12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, and multiples of 1 lb; or
(b)
125 g., 250 g., 500 g., 750 g., 1 kg, 1.5 kg, 2 kg, 2.5 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg,
or 5 kg
Tea, except when made up in a quantity not exceeding 25 g. or exceeding
5 kg, shall be pre-packed only if it is made up in one of the following
quantities by net weight, that is to say –
(a)
2 oz., 4 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb, 1½ lb, or a multiple of 1 lb, or
(b)
50 g., 125 g., 250 g., 500 g., 750 g., 1 kg, 1.5 kg, 2 kg, 2.5 kg, 3 kg,
4 kg, or 5 kg
Citation
This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Prescribed Quantities
No. 1) (Jersey) Order 1977.
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
Table of Legislation History
Legislation
Weights and Measures
(Prescribed Quantities No. 1)
(Jersey) Order 1977
Year and No
R&O.6394
Commencement
1 January 1977,
1 August 1977 (provisions
relating to flour of oats,
oatflakes and oatmeal),
1 July 1977 (provisions
relating to flour and flour
products), 1 April 1978
(provisions relating to tea)
Table of Renumbered Provisions
Original
2(j)
6(4)(i)
(ii)
(a)
(b)
Current
2(i)
6(4)(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
Table of Endnote References
1
2
3
chapter 05.925
chapter 05.925
chapter 05.925.40
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