Part VI, Section 69 · Weights and Measures Act 1985

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69Local weights and measures authorities.#

(1)In England, the local weights and measures authority shall be—

(a)for each non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district and London borough, the council of that county, district or borough,

(b)for the City of London and the Inner and Middle Temples, the Common Council of the City of London, and

(c)for the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

(2)In Wales, the local weights and measures authority for each county shall be the county council and for each county borough shall be the county borough council.

(3)In Scotland, the local weights and measures authority for the area of each council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 shall be the council for that area.

(4)The Secretary of State, after consultation with any local weights and measures authority appearing to him to be concerned, may by order provide that the area of any local weights and measures authority specified in the order shall, for the purposes of their functions as such an authority, be deemed to include such area consisting of inland waters or of territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to any part of Great Britain as may be so specified, being an area which would otherwise not fall within the area of any local weights and measures authority.

(5)A local weights and measures authority may make, or assist in the making of, arrangements to provide advice to or for the benefit of consumers of goods and services within the area of the authority.

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Defined terms · 35

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approval
means an approval under this section and “the verifier”, in relation to such an approval, shall be construed accordingly.
approved pattern
means a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval under this section is in force.
approved verifier
has the meaning given by section 11(6A) above;
ballast
means any of the following materials, that is to say—
capacity measurement
means measurement in terms of a unit of measurement included in Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act;
certificate of approval
means a certificate of approval of a pattern of weighing or measuring equipment granted under section 12 above;
chief inspector
means a chief inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 72(1) above;
container
means any container in which solid fuel is carried on such a vehicle, or is delivered from such a vehicle.
Cosmetic product
has the same meaning as in Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (recast), as amended from time to time.
Department for Business and Trade standards
means the secondary, tertiary and coinage standards maintained by the Secretary of State under section 3 above;
designated country
means such, if any, of the following, that is to say, Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as the Secretary of State, having regard to the law for the time being in force there, thinks it proper to designate for the purposes of that provision by order.
imperial unit
means any unit of measurement of length, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight.
inspector
means an inspector of weights and measures appointed under section 72(1) above;
intoxicating liquor
means spirits, beer, wine, made-wine or cider as defined in section 1 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;
local standard
means a standard maintained under section 4 above;
mark
includes label;
packaged goods regulations
means the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006;
pre-packed
means made up in advance ready for retail sale in or on a container;
prescribed
means prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations’ • “secondary standard” means a standard maintained under section 3(2) above;
required
means required by or under this Part of this Act.
secondary standard
means a standard maintained under section 3(2) above;
ship
includes any boat and any other description of vessel used in navigation;
stamp
means, subject to section 15A(4) above, a mark for use as evidence of the passing of weighing or measuring equipment as fit for use for trade, whether applied by impressing, casting, engraving, etching, branding, or otherwise, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
tertiary standard
means a standard maintained under section 3(3) above;
testing equipment
means testing equipment maintained under section 5 above;
the 1963 Act
means the Weights and Measures Act 1963;
the commencement of this Act
means the commencement of the provisions of this Act other than section 43.
the FIC Regulation
means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers;
the permitted weight
means a weight at the rate of 650 grams per 50 kilograms of the gross weight.
the specified circumstances
has the same meaning as in the Units of Measurement Regulations 1986, that is to say the circumstances specified in Article 2(a) of Council Directive No. 80/181/EEC as limited by the provisions of Article 2(b) of that Directive.
unit of measurement
means a unit of measurement of length, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight.
United Kingdom primary standard
means a standard maintained under section 2 above;
use for trade
means, subject to subsection (3) below, use in Great Britain in connection with, or with a view to, a transaction falling within subsection (2) below where—
weighing or measuring equipment
means equipment for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the equipment is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that measurement;
working standard
means a standard maintained under section 5 above.