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Weights and Measures (Guernsey and Alderney) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
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A number of the provisions of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”) relating to the regulation of trade and weighing or measuring equipment used for trade do not apply in relation to goods “for despatch to a destination outside Northern Ireland and any designated country”.
This Order—
(a)declares Guernsey and Alderney to be designated countries for the purposes of these provisions and other provisions of the 1981 Order which refer to designated countries; and
(b)provides that any weighing or measuring equipment which would otherwise have to be stamped in accordance with the 1981 Order before it could be used for trade in Northern Ireland is, with the exception of certain non-automatic weighing instruments, to be treated as if it were so stamped when it has been stamped under weights and measures legislation in force in Guernsey and Alderney.
Copies of the Weights and Measures (Guernsey and Alderney) Law 1991 can be obtained by post from Her Majesty’s Greffier, Royal Court House, Guernsey.
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