METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (DANGEROUS GOODS
ORDINANCE) ORDER

(Cap. 214, section 3)

[1 April 1983.]



1. This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments
(Dangerous Goods Ordinance) Order.

2. Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents
submitted under the Dangerous Goods 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 Dangerous Goods Ordinance until 1 July 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 units in place
of the non-metric units previously used.

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

5. (1) Without prejudice to paragraph 2, 3 or 6, the enactments
specified in the first column of the First Schedule are amended by
deleting, wherever it occurs, the expression specified in the second
column thereof opposite each such enactment and substituting in each
place the expression specified in the third column thereof opposite each
such enactment.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph 2, 3 or 6, the enactments
specified in the first column of the Second Schedule are amended to the
extent and in the manner set out in the second column thereof.

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
First Schedule or the first column of the Second Schedule, or in any
application for such, the references specified in the second column of
those Schedules 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.





FIRST SCHEDULE [paras. 5 and 6.]
[Amendments incorporated]

SECOND SCHEDULE [paras. 5 and 6.]
[Amendments incorporated]
L.N. 119/83. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 295.) Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used. (Cap. 295.) Prohibition of use of metric units and non-metric units together. (Cap. 295.) Amendment of specified enactments. First Schedule. Second Schedule. Saving. First Schedule. Second Schedule.

L.N. 119/83. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 295.) Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used. (Cap. 295.) Prohibition of use of metric units and non-metric units together. (Cap. 295.) Amendment of specified enactments. First Schedule. Second Schedule. Saving. First Schedule. Second Schedule.

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