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The Price Marking Order 1991

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PART IPROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ANY INDICATION OF PRICE OF MOTOR FUEL

1.  In any indication of price—

(a)figures representing whole numbers of the price shall be of the same size, and figures others than fractions in any other information required by this Order to be included in the indication shall not be larger than the figures representing whole numbers;

(b)the overall height of any vulgar fraction shall be the same as that of the figures representing whole numbers;

(c)by reference to the gallon, the figures after the decimal marker of any decimal fraction shall be not less than one half of the height of the figures before the decimal marker;

(d)by reference to the litre, the figures after the decimal marker of any decimal fraction shall be of the same height as the figures before the decimal marker;

(e)vulgar fractions and decimal fractions shall be in the same horizontal line as, and shall be given in characters of the same style, boldness and colour as, the whole numbers and shall be given on a ground of the same colour as that on which the whole numbers are given;

(f)no symbol may be used to indicate the litre other than the symbol “L”.

2.  Every indication of, and statement relating to, the price shall be in respect of the price which is applicable to the sale of the motor fuel at the time it is sold, and where that price differs according to the time it is sold every indication or statement that is required under articles 13, 14 or 16 above shall be varied so as to reflect the appropriate price at that time.

3.  An indicated price shall include taxes and duties.

4.  An indication of price shall show the grade or type of motor fuel to which it relates.

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