The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988

UK Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2039 — creates 1 criminal offence.

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Made: 16 November 1988
In force from: 1 January 1989
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Alcohol licensing, gambling, smoke-free and public health
Made under: State pursuant to section 86(2) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985

Explanatory note

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This Order consolidates and amends the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1984 as amended and implements Council Directive 88/316/EEC (OJ No. L 143, 10.6.1988, p. 26). Article 4 prescribes a range of quantities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order in which intoxicating liquor and certain other liquids may only be pre-packed. The principal changes introduced by this Order are as follows:— a with effect from 1st January 1992, spirits and liqueurs are added to the list of items to be pre-packed in prescribed quantities except when pre-packed for consumption on board aircraft, ships and trains, or for sale duty-free; and the requirement to quantity mark is extended from 5 L to 10 L with effect from 1st January 1989; b certain wines known as table wines and grape must are excluded from the list of items to be pre-packed in prescribed quantities if made up in securely closed containers before 1st January 1989; and the requirement to quantity mark is extended from 5 L to 10 L; c with effect from 1st January 1991, sparkling wines are added to the list of items to be pre-packed in prescribed quantities except when pre-packed for consumption on board aircraft, ships and trains or for sale duty-free; and the requirement to quantity mark is extended from 5 L to 10 L with effect from 1st January 1989; d the Order takes account of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System of the European Economic Community, known as the “harmonised system” which includes a Combined Nomenclature replacing the previous Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature.

Offences created by this instrument

Without prejudice to the provisions of section 25 of the Act, if article 2(1)(b), 3(1)(b) or 5(1)(c) above is… article 7(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Weights And Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988 Weights And Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988 Lords · Lords Chamber · 14 November 1988
Weights And Measures (Sale Of Wine) Bill Hl Lords · Lords Chamber · 6 December 1989 · Viscount Ullswater
My Lords, I have listened with great interest to the debate which has taken place this evening. I must congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mason, on the tenacity with which over the past five years he has pursued the issue of controls on sales of wine by the glass. I understand that during that period he has asked no fewer than 22 Questions both here in your Lordships' House and in another place. We also had the opportunity to debate this issue very fully some six months ago. It is, of course, a measure of the noble Lord's passionate concern for the issue that he has chosen the highly unusual…
Weights And Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Order 2001 Lords · Lords Chamber · 30 March 2001 · Lord McIntosh of Haringey
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 28th February be approved [10th Report from the Joint Committee]. The noble Lord said: My Lords, this order permits the use of 70m1 capacity measures for use for trade for the purpose of measuring gin, rum, vodka and whisky—collectively defined as "intoxicating liquor". Under the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988, as amended, gin, rum, vodka and whisky, when sold by the glass for consumption on licensed premises, may be sold only in quantities of 25ml or 35ml, or in multiples of 25ml or 35ml. In practice, other…
Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2011 Lords · Grand Committee · 7 September 2011 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox)
My Lords, the order amends the specified quantities which apply to non-prepackaged alcoholic drinks and unwrapped bread. The legislation that is amended by this order comprises Part 4 of Schedule 3 to the Weights and Measures Act 1985, the Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988, the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988 and the Measuring Instruments (Capacity Serving Measures) Regulations 2006. The order does two things: it removes all restrictions on the sizes of unwrapped loaves and it allows greater flexibility over the sizes available for the sale of…
Glass Packaging: Extended Producer Responsibility Commons · Westminster Hall · 14 May 2025 · Alex Mayer
I am absolutely aware of Frugalpac in Ipswich. The east of England, where I am from, is leading the charge. These modern green manufacturing organisations face certain issues. I urge the Minister to talk to other Departments as well, not least about the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988, which I am told makes it illegal to sell 125 ml portions, which is what an average person would normally order as a glass of wine, in this modern packaging. There is stuff to be done, but luckily that is not a DEFRA thing. There will always be a role for glass. It looks pretty—there is a…

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