The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Pre-packed Products) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Amendment to the Weights and Measures (Knitting Yarns) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989

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4.—(1) The Weights and Measures (Knitting Yarns) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989(1) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) of Article 2 substitute—

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Order—

(a)knitting yarns made up in advance ready for retail sale in a securely closed container must be sold only by net weight in grams; and

(b)knitting yarns not so made up must be pre-packed only in one of the following quantities by net weight in grams, that is to say 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 1000..

(3) In Article 3, after “packs of knitting yarn,” insert “then, unless the knitting yarn is made up in advance ready for retail sale in a securely closed container,”.