The Weights and Measures (Carriage of Solid Fuel by Rail) Order 1987

3.  Paragraph 24 of the said Schedule 5 is hereby amended in subparagraph (1) as follows:

(a) after the words“the seller shall” there shall be inserted the words“either (a)”; and

(b) after the words“subparagraph (3) below” there shall be added the words

“or (b) at the time of departure of the train which includes that vehicle transmit to the buyer, for receipt not later than the time of arrival of the train at the buyer’s premises, the information required by subparagraph (2) or, as the case may be, subparagraph (3) below:

Provided that where such information is transmitted otherwise than in a legible form—

(a) the seller and buyer have agreed in writing that the information may be so transmitted;

(b) the places of loading and destination of the train are suitably equipped for the transmission and receipt of information in such form; and

(c) the information is capable of being reproduced in a permanent legible form by the system effecting the transmission, and is so reproduced if required by an inspector, subject to the production, if so requested, of his credentials.”