The Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988

Application

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to the following capacity serving measures for use for trade for the purposes of measuring and serving intoxicating liquor for consumption on or off the premises at which it is sold, namely measures of —

Imperial System	Metric System
4 fl oz	100 ml
5 fl oz (1 gill)	125 ml
6 fl oz	150 ml
⅓ pt	175 ml
8 fl oz	200 ml
1/2 pt	250 ml
1 pt	500 ml
2 pt (1 quart)	1 l
4 pt (1/2 gal)	2 l

(2) These Regulations do not apply to liquid capacity measures specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 1986(1) for use only for making up or checking packages in accordance with section 49(1) or (2)(a) of the Act.

(3) Capacity serving measures to which these Regulations apply are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 11(1) of the Act.

(4) The Weights and Measures Regulations 1963(2) are hereby amended in regulation 1(2) by the deletion of sub-paragraph (h) and the substitution therefor of the following sub-paragraph:

“(h) capacity serving measures to which the Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988 apply.”.

(1)

S.I. 1986/2049

(2)

S.I. 1963.1710; regulation 1)2) has been amended by S.I. 1977/1932, 1979/1612, 1983/914 and 1655.