Jersey R & O 6232

Weights and Measures (Jersey) Law, 1967.

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ABBREVIATION OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT) (JERSEY) ORDER, 1975.

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THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, in pursuance of Article 13 of the Weights and Measures (Jersey) Law, 1967,1 as amended (hereinafter referred to as “the Law”), hereby orders as follows:  -

1.            Each of the units of measurement set out in Column 1 of Parts I and II of the Schedule to this Order may be used for trade in the abbreviated form set out opposite thereto in Column 2 or Column 3 of Part I or Column 2 of Part II of that Schedule and, subject to Article 2 of this Order, no other abbreviation of, or symbol for, any such unit of measurement shall be used.

2.-(1)  The letter “s” may be added to the abbreviations of units of measurement set out in Column 3 of Part 1 and Column 2 of Part II of the Schedule to this Order to denote the plural.

(2)     Article 1 of this Order shall not apply to the use for trade of symbols for, and abbreviations of, units of measurement for the purpose of marking weighing and measuring equipment.

3.             The Weights and Measures (Abbreviations of Units of Measurement) (Jersey) Order, 19682 is hereby revoked.

4.             This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Abbreviation of Units of Measurement) (Jersey) Order, 1975 and shall come into force on the first day of January, 1976.

By Order of the Public Works Committee,

E.J.M. POTTER,

Greffier of the States.

27th November, 1975.

SCHEDULE

(Article 1)

PERMITTED ABBREVIATIONS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT FOR USE FOR TRADE

PART 1

Metric units

PART II

Imperial units