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.