METRICATION AMENDMENTS (MISCELLANEOUS LICENCES ORDINANCE) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (MISCELLANEOUS LICENCES ORDINANCE) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDENTS (MISCELLANEOUS

LICENCES ORDINANCE) ORDER

(Cap. 214, section 3)


[30 July 1982.]


1. This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments
(Miscellaneous is Ordinance) Order.

2. Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents
submitted under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance on or after the
commencement of this order is prohibited.

3. Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents
submitted under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance until 1 January
1983

(a)where such documents constitute amendments to, or
otherwise relate to., other documents in which non-metric
units have been used; and

(b)where such other documents were submitted before the
commencement of this order, unless such other documents
were resubmitted incorporating the use of metric terms in
place of the non-metric terms previously used.

4. No document shall be submitted under the Miscellaneous
Licences Ordinance containing references to both metric and nonmetric
units.

5. Without prejudice to the paragraph 3 or 6, each of the
enactments specified in the first column of the Schedule is amended by
deleting the expression specified in the second column in relation to that
enactment, and substituting for each expression so deleted the
expression, if any, opposite to it in the third column.

6. In respect of any premises or equipment which on the
commencement of this order is included in any licence, permit or other
authority granted under an enactment specified in the first column of the
Schedule, or in any application for such. the references specified in the
second column shall continue to apply as if they had not been affected
by this order so long as the licence. permit or other authority in which it
is or becomes included. or any renewal thereof, remains in force.

SCHEDULE [paras. 5 & 6.]

[Amendments incorporated]
L.N. 300/82. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 114.) Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used. Prohibition of the use of metric units and non-metric units together. Amendment of specified enactments. Schedule. Saving. Schedule.

L.N. 300/82. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 114.) Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used. Prohibition of the use of metric units and non-metric units together. Amendment of specified enactments. Schedule. Saving. Schedule.

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