Price Marking Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

Obligation to indicate unit price

5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), where a trader indicates that any product is or may be for sale to a consumer, he shall indicate the unit price of that product in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply only in respect of any product sold from bulk or required by or under Part V or VI of the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) to be—

(a) marked with an indication of quantity; or

(b) made up in a quantity prescribed by or under that Order.

(3) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any product—

(a) which is listed in Schedule 2;

(b) the unit price of which is identical to its selling price; or

(c) which is pre-packaged in a constant quantity and sold—

(i) in a small shop;

(ii) by an itinerant trader; or

(iii) from a vending machine.

(4) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to an advertisement for a product only where the selling price of a product is indicated in the advertisement.

(1)

S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)