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United Kingdom
There have been many Weights and Measures Acts in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Some other Commonwealth countries, such as India, also use the same terminology for similar pieces of legislation. The English noun commonwealth dates from the fifteenth century. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Legislation (or " Statutory law " is law which has been promulgated (or " Enacted quot by a Legislature or other Governing The terms of the acts are currently enforced by the 200 Trading Standards Offices managed by local authorities around the country. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. Definitions of units of measurements and the provision of the technical equipment relating to weights and measures are in the UK provided by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, an agency of the Department for Trade and Industry. The National Weights and Measures Laboratory (or NWML) is an Executive Agency of UK Government that is responsible for ensuring that measurement within the UK The Department of Trade and Industry was a United Kingdom government department which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business
In the United Kingdom, the current primary legislation is the Weights and Measures Act 1985. The most recent piece of secondary legislation is the Weights and Packaged Goods Regulations 2006. Delegated legislation (also referred to as secondary legislation or subordinate legislation) is Law made by an executive authority under powers given to Many other statutory instruments also govern particular areas of trade. In Law, a Statutory Instrument is a form of delegated or Secondary legislation. A comprehensive list of still relevant Acts and Orders for England and Wales may be found at tradingstandards.gov.uk (Rich Text Format file).
Controversy
Contrary to the claims in the Eurosceptic press, imperial units of measure have not for more than 100 years been the single unit of measurement in the United Kingdom. Euroscepticism Euro (disambiguation --> has become a general term for opposition to the process In fact, as Lord Justice Laws noted in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (the so-called "Metric Martyrs case"), the use of both metric and imperial units of measure has been permitted in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth century onwards. Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws (born 10 May 1945) styled The Rt Hon Thoburn v Sunderland City Council is an important English constitutional law case As Section 1 of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 provided: "[t]he yard or the metre shall be the unit of measurement of length and the pound or the kilogram shall be the unit of measurement of mass by reference to which any measurement involving a measurement of length or mass shall be made in the United Kingdom. "
Furthermore, there is no legislation outlawing the use of imperial units of measure on goods. All that is required is that the equivalent metric units also be displayed. Directive 80/181/EEC (as amended by Directive 89/617/EEC) units of measurement included in Chapter III of its Annex, including the imperial measure, could be used until 31 December 1999. The Units of Measure Directive, sometimes referred to as the Metric Directive and more formally known as "Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the approximation Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) This deadline was later extended and European Commissioner Günter Verheugen confirmed on 11 September 2007 that not only were there no plans to oblige the United Kingdom to abandon the imperial measure, but also that european legislation would be enacted to guarantee the future use of the imperial unit. A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Günter Verheugen (born 28 April 1944 in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician currently serving as European Commissioner Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]
Historic Acts of Parliament
Acts include (note this list may not be complete for very early date):
- False Weights and Scales Act 1770
- Weights and Measures Act 1795
- Weights and Measures Act 1797
- Weights and Measures Act 1815
- Weights and Measures Act 1824
- Weights and Measures Act 1825
- Weights and Measures Act 1834
- Weights and Measures Act 1855
- Weights and Measures Act 1859
- Weights and Measures Act 1878
- Weights and Measures Act 1889
- Weights and Measures Act 1904
- Weights and Measures Act 1926
- Weights and Measures Act 1936
- Weights and Measures Act 1963
- Weights and Measures etc Act 1976
- Weights and Measures Act 1985
Comparable laws in other countries
United States
In the U. S. a regular meeting of the states (the National Conference on Weights and Measures) maintains several handbooks, which are available at the web site of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Most of the states have enacted these handbooks into law.
References
- ^ Verheugen, Günter. "Exclusive: Your pint safe in EU hands", 11 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw
- Official text of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
- Official text of the Weights and Measures &c. Act 1976 (c.77) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
- Confident Consumers - Buying and Selling - Weights and Measures from the Department of Trade and Industry
- A Dictionary of Units from Exeter University
- Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (2002)
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