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Weights and Measures Act 1987

Sale of goods by weight, measure, or number

14: Offences

You could also call this:

“Breaking rules about weighing and measuring things can get you in trouble with the law”

If you break the rules in section 12 or section 13, you are committing an offence. This means you are doing something against the law.

If you are accused of breaking section 13, you can defend yourself. You can do this by proving two things. First, you must show that you didn’t sell the goods to the buyer. Second, you must show that you didn’t know, and couldn’t reasonably have known, that the weight or measure on the invoice or delivery note was wrong.

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

14Offences

  1. Every person who contravenes section 12 or section 13 commits an offence.

  2. It shall be a defence to a charge under this section if, where the charge relates to the contravention of section 13, the person charged proves that—

  3. that person was not the seller of the goods delivered to the purchaser; and
    1. that person neither knew, nor might reasonably have been expected to know, nor had any reason to suspect, that the weight or measure stated on the invoice or delivery note was not the true weight or measure of the goods.

      Compare
      • 1925 No 26 s 18(5)