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Weights and Measures Act 1987

Sale of goods by weight, measure, or number

13: Obligation in respect of invoice or delivery note

You could also call this:

“Seller must give you a note with details when delivering goods sold by weight or measure”

When you buy goods that are sold by weight or measure, and they’re delivered to you somewhere other than the seller’s shop, the person delivering them needs to give you some information. This rule doesn’t apply if the goods are weighed or measured in front of you at your place, if they’re in a package that already shows how much they weigh or how many there are, or if the law says they don’t need to follow this rule.

For all other goods sold by weight or measure and delivered to you, the seller must give you a note or invoice as soon as they can. This note needs to tell you exactly how much the goods weigh or how many there are. It also needs to show the seller’s address, phone numbers, and email address if they have one. The note might need to be written in a certain way if the law says so.

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Part 3 Sale of goods by weight, measure, or number

13Obligation in respect of invoice or delivery note

  1. This section applies to a person who delivers to a purchaser at a place other than the premises of the seller any goods sold by weight or measure other than goods that are—

  2. weighed or measured at the premises of the purchaser in the purchaser's presence; or
    1. enclosed in a package that is marked or labelled with a statement of the net weight or measure of the goods; or
      1. exempted from the provisions of this section by regulations made under section 41(x).

        1. The person must, as soon as practicable, deliver or send to the purchaser an invoice or delivery note that shows, in the form and manner (if any) prescribed by regulations made under section 41(xaa),—

        2. the true net weight or measure of those goods; and
          1. the address, telephone numbers, and email address (if any) of the seller.

            Notes
            • Section 13: replaced, on , by section 10 of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 145).