WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Units of Measurement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 1995. Interpretation 2 1 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1981 Order ” means the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 ; “the 1980 Regulations ” means the Units of Measurement Regulations 1980 ; “the 1985 Act ” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985 ; and “the 1986 Regulations ” means the Units of Measurement Regulations 1986 . Amendment of the 1986 Regulations on the coming into operation of these Regulations 3 1 On the coming into operation of these Regulations the 1986 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2 in the definition of “supplementary indication”, after the words “section 8(5A) of the Act” there shall be added the words “or in Article 6(7A) of the Order as the case may require.”. Amendment of the 1981 Order on the coming into c)operation of these Regulations 4 1 On the coming into operation of these Regulation the 1981 Order shall be amended as follows. 2 In Article 6 for paragraph (7) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 7 This Article has effect subject to— a paragraph (7A), and b Articles 7 and 53. 7A Nothing in this Article precludes the use for trade of any supplementary indication; and for this purpose any indication of quantity (“the imperial indication”) is a supplementary indication if— a it is expressed in a unit of measurement other than a metric unit, b it accompanies an indication of quantity expressed in a metric unit (“the metric indication”) and is not itself authorised for use in the circumstances as a primary indication of quantity, and c the metric indication is the more prominent, the imperial indication being, in particular, expressed in characters no larger than the metric indication. . Amendment of the 1985 Act on 1st October 1995 5 1 On 1st October 1995 the 1985 Act shall be amended as follows. 2 In section 1(6) for the words “(which permits the pound to be used for the purposes of the sale of goods loose from bulk).” there shall be substituted the words “or, as the case may require, paragraph 5 of Part VI of Schedule 1 or paragraph 5 of Part VI of Schedule 2 to the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (which permit the pound to be used for the purposes of the sale of goods loose from bulk).”. Amendment of the 1981 Order on 1st October 1995 6 1 On 1st October 1995 the 1981 Order shall be amended as follows. 2 In Article 3 (Northern Ireland local standards) in paragraph (1) for the words “one gallon” there shall be substituted the words “8 pints”. 3 In Article 6 (Units of measurement, weights and measures lawful for use for trade) for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 5 Without prejudice to paragraph (4)(c) an order under paragraph (4) shall not remove the pint from Part IV of Schedule 2. . 4 In sub-paragraph (a) of Article 21(6) (exemption from requirements of Article 21)— a in head (i) for the words “420 pounds” there shall be substituted the words “187.5 kilograms”; and b in head (ii) for the words “5 gallons” there shall be substituted the words “25 litres”. 5 In Schedule 2 (Units of measurement lawful for use for trade)— a in Parts I and II the entries for imperial units shall be omitted; and b in Part IV the gallon, quart and gill shall be omitted. Amendment of the 1980 Regulations in 2000 7 1 On 1st January 2000, the 1980 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 12— a in paragraph (b) the words “stones, quarters, hundredweights or tons” shall be omitted; and b paragraph (i) and the word “and” immediately following it shall be omitted. Amendment of the 1981 Order in 2000 8 1 On 1st January 2000 the 1981 Order shall be amended as follows. 2 In Schedule 2— a In Part IV— i for the heading “Imperial units” there shall be substituted the heading “Imperial unit”; and ii the fluid ounce shall be omitted; and b in Part V— i for the heading “Imperial units” there shall be substituted the heading “Imperial unit”; and ii the pound and the ounce shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on A. L. Brown Assistant Secretary 31st May 1995.