EU Regulations on Price Display The European Communities (Requirement to Indicate Product Prices) Regulations give effect to an EU Directive on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers. The Regulations apply to most products offered for sale by traders to consumers. Subject to the exceptions specified, where traders indicate that a product is or […]
Foodstuffs Labelling A 2011 EU regulation merged directives on the labelling of foodstuff and nutrition labelling, in order to improve the level of consumer information and protection. The regulation applies to all food business operators at all stages of the food chain. It applies to foodstuffs intended for final customers including those served by or intended to be delivered to […]
Background; Weight The Weights and Measures Act 1878 had laid down the Pound and the Yard measure as the fundamental units of length and of weight. The Imperial Standard Yard and Imperial Standard Weight provided the benchmark from which all other denominations of weight and measure were derived. The imperial reference derived from the Report of the Weights and Measures […]
NSAI; National Metrology Laboratory Measurement functions at National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) are split across two divisions within NSAI; Legal Metrology and National Metrology Laboratory. The National Metrology Laboratory maintains, establishes, and develops the Irish National Measurement Standards for physical quantities. It maintains standards in the area of electricity, frequency, length, acoustics, mass, pressure, force, temperature, humidity and torque. […]
Packaged Goods The Packaged Goods Quantity Control Act and the regulations under it prescribe the packages to which the quantity control system applies. They cover those made otherwise than in the presence of the purchaser and in a manner that none of the contents can be removed without opening the package; have been made up in a predetermined constant quantity; […]
Shops Trading Hours and Other Legal Considerations The Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 regulates shop opening times. The legislation is largely inoperative because the requisite orders that may be made under it are not in force or in other cases, orders have been made which restrict the application of the Act. Working time legislation may effectively determine opening and […]
Common Law Markets and Fairs There continue to exist ancient common law rights to hold a market. The right is a franchise which permits the holding of a market of buyers and sellers of the goods to which the market relates. Many such rights are now held by local authorities and other quasi-public bodies. A fair is a franchise giving […]
Casual Trading Casual trading areas are designated by bye-laws made by the local authority. Casual selling means selling goods at a place including a public road, to which the public has access as of right or any other place that is a casual trading area. Casual trading does not include selling by auction by the holder of an auctioneer’s licence; […]
Occasional Trading Occasional trading means selling goods by retail at a premises or place not being a public road to which persons have a right of access where the persons doing so has been in occupation for less than three months. Occasional trading does not apply in respect of selling by auction by a licensed auctioneer other than a Dutch […]