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Markets And Fairs Clauses Act 1847
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Weighing of goods and cartsU.K.
And with respect to weighing goods and carts, be it enacted as follows:
21 Undertakers to provide proper weights and measures for weighing commodities sold at markets and fairs.U.K.
The undertakers shall provide sufficient and proper weighing houses or places for weighing or measuring the commodities sold in the market or fair, and shall keep therein proper weights, scales, and measures, according to the standard weights and measures for the time being, for weighing such commodities as aforesaid, and shall appoint proper persons to attend to the weighing or measuring such commodities at all times during which the market or fair is holden.
22 Articles to be weighed if requested by the buyer. Penalty for refusal.U.K.
Every person selling or offering for sale any articles in the market or fair shall, if required so to do by the buyer, cause the same to be weighed or measured by the weights and scales or measures provided by the undertakers; and any such person who shall refuse, on demand, to cause such articles to be weighed or measured in manner aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale].
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F1Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2U.K.
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F2Ss. 23, 25–30 repealed by Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31), Sch. 9 Pt. II
24 Undertakers to keep proper machines for weighing carts laden with goods.U.K.
The undertakers shall provide sufficient and proper buildings or places for weighing carts in which goods are brought for sale within the market or fair or the prescribed limits, and shall keep therein machines and weights proper for that purpose, and shall from time to time appoint a person in every such building or place to afford the use of such machines to the public by weighing such carts with or without their loading, as may be required.
25—30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3U.K.
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F3Ss. 23, 25–30 repealed by Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31), Sch. 9 Pt. II
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