Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1981 No. 231 — creates 67 criminal offences.

Made

18 February 1981

In force from

Not determined

Extent

N.I.

Subject

Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Explanatory note

No explanatory note was published with this instrument, or none was found in its text.

Offences created by this instrument

• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE 6 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Approved patterns of equipment for use for trade article 10(3) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Approved patterns of equipment for use for trade article 10(4) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Provisions supplementary to Article 10 article 11(4)(b) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• General specifications of equipment for use for trade article 12(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• General specifications of equipment for use for trade article 12(4) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Regulations relating to weighing or measuring for trade article 13(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Regulations relating to weighing or measuring for trade article 13(4) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Pre-test stamping by certain manufacturers article 13A(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who in the case of any weighing or measuring equipment used or intended to be used for trade— a not being… article 14(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who uses for trade, sells, or exposes or offers for sale any weighing or measuring equipment which to his… article 14(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If any person uses for trade, or has in his possession for use for trade, any weighing or measuring equipment which is… article 15(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If any fraud is committed in the using of any weighing or measuring equipment for trade, the person committing the… article 15(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Keepers of public equipment to hold certificate article 16(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If any person appointed to attend to weighing or measuring by means of the equipment in question— a without reasonable… article 18(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If in connection with the equipment in question— a any person appointed to attend to weighing or measuring by means of… article 18(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If in the case of a weighing or measuring of any article, vehicle or animal carried out by means of the equipment in… article 18(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• The person making any weighing or measuring equipment available for use by the public shall retain for a period of not… article 18(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Transactions in particular goods article 19(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods which, when not pre-packed, are required by or under… article 20(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods required by or under this Order to be pre-packed, or… article 20(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any sale where the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a… article 20(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, where any goods required by or under this Order to be sold by means of, or to… article 20(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Quantity to be stated in writing in certain cases article 21(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Quantity to be stated in writing in certain cases article 21(5) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(1) · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• Short weight, etc article 22(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(6)(a) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(6)(b) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(7) · Revoked · Objective fault
• Non-compliance with certain requirements of the FIC Regulation article 22A(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Pleading of warranty as defence article 23(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Pleading of warranty as defence article 23(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Check-weighing of certain road vehicles article 28(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Selling by quantity, making quantity known, and weighing in presence article 29(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Selling by quantity, making quantity known, and weighing in presence article 29(1)(b) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Obstruction of inspectors article 42(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Obstruction of inspectors article 42(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any inspector who— a stamps any weighing or measuring equipment in contravention of any provision of this Order or of… article 45(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Any approved verifier who— a stamps any weighing or measuring equipment in contravention of any provision of this… article 45(1A) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Penalties article 47(1) · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• Penalties article 47(5) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Units of measurement, weights and measures lawful for use for trade article 6(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Dual marking and conversion charts article 7(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Multiples and fractions of units article 8(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade article 9(11) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade article 9(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade article 9(8) · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• A person who wilfully obstructs an inspector acting in pursuance of this Schedule or Part VI or who without reasonable… paragraph 6 of SCHEDULE 9 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind

How Parliament handled it

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• Other instruments from 1981