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The Yardstick 36 - January 2009

The Yardstick 35 - August 2008

The Yardstick 34 - May 2008

18 Oct 2008 Government guidelines to end metric prosecutions "within months" John Denham MP, the Innovation Secretary, is expected to issue new guidance to local authorities that will effectively end prosecutions of traders for using pounds and ounces; please see the below press reports. BWMA welcomes these proposals, and looks forward to seeing the details, as soon as they are published. We will be keeping this space updated over the coming weeks. Sunday Telegraph Daily Mail The Times

EC Metric Directive European Commission metric proposals 12 September 2007 BWMA comment 12 September 2007 BWMA calls for permanent repeal 24 August 2006 British Government calls for indefinite derogation to supplementary indications 20 January 2007 International Coalition against Metric-only Directive 9 November 2006

Local Authorities' doubts over Lord Justice Laws' ruling on Hierarchy of Acts.

	Under Britain's new constitution, ministers may use the 1972 European Communities Act to repeal future legislation. This includes the 1985 Weights and Measures Act that permits pounds and ounces.
	The Metric Martyrs (above) are traders who have been convicted under the 1972 Act for using pounds and ounces, despite lb/oz being legal under the more recent 1985 Act.

Why BWMA says pounds and ounces are still lawful

Steven Thoburn 1964 - 2004 Tribute Page

Signs like these, although commonplace, are illegal.

The illegal metric conversion of Road Signs

Join the Resistance against Metric Signs

Business and Compulsory Metric Conversion

The Retailer's Survival Guide to Metric Law

Dual lb/oz-metric weighing machines and where to get them

Metric promotes Unfair Competition

Large producers use metric to reduce quantities while keeping prices constant

Birds Eye foods downsize to metric packs

The Great Metric Rip-Off

Consumer / Public Surveys

EC directive 99/103 threatens EU/US trade by prohibiting the display of UK/US units on packaging

US metric proposal - quashed! American labelling Canadian labelling

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