✨ Weights and Measures Regulations
46 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 1
- No person shall sell by retail or offer for sale by retail or pack for sale by retail any article which by this Part of these regulations is required to be marked with the net weight or measure thereof unless such article is marked in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
SCHEDULE TO PART V.
(1.)
I [or We], [Name of seller of goods], of [Address], do hereby declare that the statement of weight or measure on the goods [mentioned hereunder and] described in invoice No. , made out to [Name of purchaser], of [Address], on the day of , 19 , is a correct statement of the net weight or measure of the said goods.
[Date.] [Signature.]
(2.)
[Where enfacea on Invoice or Delivery-note.]
Weights and/or measures on packages of goods herein described warranted correct under the Weights and Measures Act, 1925. [Signature.]
PART VI.—STANDARDIZATION OF PACKAGES OF CERTAIN GOODS.
Act, Section 39 (r).
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In this Part the term “food” shall have the meaning assigned thereto by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, and bottle shall mean a hollow vessel of blown glass.
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No person shall sell by retail enclosed in a package in any quantity other than 1 oz., 2 oz., 4 oz., 6 oz., 8 oz., 12 oz., 1 lb., 1½ lb., or multiples of 1 lb. net avoirdupois weight, 1 fluid oz., 2 fluid oz., ½ gill, 1 gill, ½ pint, 1 pint, 1½ pint, 1 quart, ½ gallon, 1 gallon, or multiples of 1 gallon net measure—
(a.) Any article of food specified in Table A to this Part :
(b.) Any article specified in Table B to this Part : -
The provisions of this Part shall—
(i.) Not apply to any article weighed or measured at the time of sale in the presence of the purchaser, and where the weight or measure is that asked for by him.
(ii.) Not apply to any article sold in a bottle, except in the case of milk.
(iii.) Not apply to the sale of quantities of less than 1 oz. avoirdupois weight or 1 fluid oz. measurement.
(iv.) Not have effect in respect to the sale of the articles hereunder mentioned until the expiration of the following periods:—Butter, Tea, and Milk, six months from the date of the regulations; Honey and Paints, eighteen months from the date of the regulations; all other articles specified in Table A and Table B to this Part, twelve months from the date of the regulations.
TABLE A.
Articles of food which shall not be sold by retail enclosed in a package other than in one or more of the standard weights and measures specified in Regulation 2 of this Part :—
Butter. Chocolate powder.
Tea. Treacle and golden syrup.
Sugar. Honey (except in the comb).
Coffee. Pepper.
Coffee and chicory. Mustard.
Cocoa and cocoa powder. Milk.
TABLE B.
Articles other than “foods” which shall not be sold by retail enclosed in a package other than in one or more of the standard weights and measures specified in Regulation 2 of this Part :—
- Black japan, including substitutes.
- Brunswick black, including substitutes.
- Candles other than fancy candles.
- Nails, including clout nails, staples, brads, panel-pins, and gimp-pins.
- Paints—including dry colours, ready-mixed paints, enamel and varnish paints, pulp paints, and colours and stainers ground stiff in oil or other liquid (not including paints or colours within the provisions of Regulation 1 of Part V).
- Tobacco.
- Turpentine, including mineral substitutes.
- Varnish, including varnish stains and lacquers.
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