UK Statutory Instrument SI 2006 United Kingdom

Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006

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Enforced by
Trading Standards
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 5 of 14 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 3 carry different penalties and 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person6 Manufacturer3 Trader3 Director or Officer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Duty to comply with the three packers' rules (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Ensure packaged goods meet the 'three packers' rules'Manufacturer
s.005 Duty of packers and importers to mark packages (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Mark packages with quantity and contact detailsManufacturer
s.006 Duty of packers and importers to mark outer containers (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Mark outer containers with quantity, item count, and contact detailsManufacturer

Unlimited fine

s.007 Liability for labelling packages and outer containers (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Comply with packaging duties if you apply quantity markingsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.008 Specific requirements as to quantity marking (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Label packaged goods with accurate weight or volume measurementsTrader
s.009 Packers' and importers' duties as to equipment, checks and documentation (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Use correct equipment and keep records for packaged goodsTrader
s.010 Enforcement by local weights and measures authority (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must enforce weights and measures regulationsLocal authority
s.012 Instructions by inspectors (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Comply with inspector’s written instructions about your packagesTrader
s.013 Offences relating to the making up and marking of packages and outer containers, and record keeping (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with packaging or record‑keeping dutiesAny Person
s.014 Offences relating to the sale of packages (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Sell packaged goods with excessive error or from failed batchAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.015 Offences relating to E-marks (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Use E‑mark on packaging without authorisationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.016 Disclosure of information (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Unlawfully disclose trade secrets or packer identitiesAny Person
s.017 Corporate offence provisions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Director liable for corporation's packaging offenceDirector or Officer
s.018 Penalties for offences (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Breach of packaging regs 12(6), 13(1), 14(1), 14(2) or 15Any Person

Unlimited fine

7 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, revocation and extent (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Scope of application
s.011 Notices to local weights and measures authorities (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Defences (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Trade Descriptions Act (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Transitional provisions (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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26 other schedules
s.003 Tolerable negative error (opens in a new tab)
s.sch002 REQUIREMENTS FOR MEASURING THE ACTUAL CONTENTS OF PACKAGES
s.sch002 REQUIREMENTS FOR CHECKING BATCHES OF PACKAGES (2) The checking of...
s.sch002 CHECKING OF THE ACTUAL CONTENTS OF A PACKAGE
s.sch002 CHECKING OF AVERAGE ACTUAL VOLUME OF THE CONTENTS OF THE...
s.sch005 References to the packer shall be treated as referring to...
s.sch005 In Regulation 19(1), for the words “which was not marked...
s.sch005 Where bread is not made up by means of a...
s.sch005 In Schedule 7— (a) paragraph 5 shall not apply; and...
s.sch005 Where bread is supplied part-baked to a retailer who completes...
s.sch005 Transitional provision
s.sch005 References to the making up or the packing of a...
s.sch005 References to the nominal quantity of a package shall be...
s.sch005 In their application to bread which is sold unwrapped—
s.sch005 Regulation 3(5) shall not apply.
s.sch005 The following provisions of regulations 5 and 6 shall not...
s.sch005 Regulations 5 and 6 shall not apply to bread which...
s.sch005 Regulations 8 and 11 shall not apply.
s.sch005 Regulation 9(1)(b)(ii) (duty to keep records) does not apply to...
s.sch007 Powers of entry and inspection
s.sch007 If a justice of the peace, on sworn information in...
s.sch007 (1) An inspector entering any premises by virtue of paragraph...
s.sch007 Power of seizure
s.sch007 Power to require information
s.sch007 Purchase of goods
s.sch007 Failure to provide assistance or information

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