Amendment of the Act in 20007

1

On 1st January 2000 the Act shall be amended as follows.

2

In section 1(6) (inserted in section 1 by regulation 6(2)(c) above) the words after “(supplementary indications)”shall be omitted.

3

In Schedule 1—

a

in Part IV—

i

for the heading “ Imperial units”there shall be substituted “ Imperial unit”;and

ii

the definition of the fluid ounce shall be omitted;

b

in Part V—

i

for the heading “ Imperial units”there shall be substituted “ Imperial unit”;

ii

the definitions of the pound and the ounce shall be omitted; and

iii

for the definition of the ounce troy there shall be substituted—

OUNCE TROY = 0.031 103 476 8 kilogram.

c

in Part VI—

i

after the definition of the gill there shall be inserted—

Fluid ounce = 1/20 pint.

ii

after the definition of the stone there shall be inserted—

POUND = 0.453 592 37 kilogram.

Ounce = 1/16 pound.

4

In Schedule 11 in paragraph 17 the following shall be omitted—

a

in sub–paragraph (1)(b) “stones, quarters, hundredweights or tons,”; and

b

sub–paragraph (2)(a) and “or”immediately following it.