SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS TO THE SOFT DRINKS REGULATIONS 1964

Regulation 3

1

In regulation 4(2), for the words “one gallon” there shall be substituted the words “five litres”.

2

In regulation 5(2)(a), for the words “22 1/2 pounds of sugar per 10 gallons” there shall be substituted the words “225 grams of sugar per litre”.

3

In regulation 5(5)—

a

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “7.5 calories per fluid ounce” there shall be substituted the words “264 kilocalories per litre and 1105 kilojoules per litre”;

b

in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “1.5 calories per fluid ounce” there shall be substituted the words “53 kilocalories per litre and 221 kilojoules per litre”.

4

In regulation 10, the second paragraph shall be deleted.

5

For each of the imperial units of measurement referred to in Schedules 2 and 3 to the Regulations and specified in column 1 of the following Table, in each place where they respectively occur in those Schedules, there shall be substituted the corresponding metric unit of measurement in column 2 of the Table

Column 1

Column 2

Imperial Unit of Measurement

Metric Unit of Measurement

Pint

Litre

10 gallons

litre

½ grain

57 mg

5 grains

570 mg

28 grains

40 mg

56 grains

80 mg

80 grains

114 mg

140 grains

200 mg

280 grains

400 mg

1½ lb

15 g

2 lb

20 g

2¼ lb

22.5 g

3 lb

30 g

4½ lb

45 g

7 lb

70 g

10 lb

100 g

11¼ lb

112.5 g

15 lb

150 g

22½ lb

225 g