SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6 Miscellaneous Goods other than Foods
Part I Liquid Fuel and Lubricants
1
This Part of this Schedule applies to—
a
liquid fuel, lubricating oil and any mixture of such fuel and oil, and
b
lubricating grease.
2
Subject to paragraph 3 below, goods to which this Part of this Schedule applies—
a
unless pre-packed, shall be sold only by net weight or by capacity measurement,
b
shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement, and
c
in the case of lubricating oil in a quantity of F1one litre or less, shall be made up in a container for sale otherwise than by way of pre-packing only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by capacity measurement.
3
Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 2 above, liquid fuel—
a
when not pre-packed may be sold by volume, and
b
may be pre-packed in a container marked with an indication of quantity by volume,
being in either case the volume of the gas which would be produced from the fuel in question at such temperature and such atmospheric pressure as are specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State with respect to fuel of the type in question or, if no such regulations are in force, as may be made known by the seller to the buyer before he pays for or takes possession of the fuel; and there shall be exempted from all requirements of paragraph 2 above goods of any description in a quantity of less than F2250 grams or of less than F3250 millilitres.