

On 18/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 18/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 18/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 20/12/2005.

23. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 28, the following section:
28A.
—(1) Any person who offers or exposes for sale by retail by weight, measure or number goods which are not pre-packaged when so offered or exposed for sale shall weigh, measure or count the goods —
(a)
at the time of sale;
(b)
in the presence of the buyer; and
(c)
in the case of goods sold by weight or measure, by means of a suitable weighing or measuring instrument.
(2) Any person who offers or exposes for sale by retail by weight, measure or number goods which are pre-packaged and weighed, measured or counted before they are so offered or exposed for sale at the premises or place where they are so offered or exposed for sale shall, at the request of the buyer, weigh, measure or count the goods —
(a)
in the presence of the buyer; and
(b)
in the case of goods sold by weight or measure, by means of a suitable weighing or measuring instrument.
(3) Every weighing or measuring instrument used to weigh or measure goods for the purposes of this section and any necessary weights or measures shall be so situated that the weighing or measuring of the goods and the recorded or indicated weight or measurement of the goods can be easily seen by the buyer.
(4) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence.”.



