Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1991 (NO. 58 OF 1991) - SECT 10

“21. (1) A person shall not sell bread by weight unless by net weight.

“(2) A person shall not deliver to a purchaser bread sold by weight unless he or she delivers, at the same time, an invoice or delivery note showing the net weight of the bread.

“(3) Subsection (2) does not apply where—

        (a)     the delivery takes place at the premises of the seller; or

        (b)     the bread is weighed at the premises of the purchaser.

“(4) A person shall not offer or expose for sale bread enclosed in a package unless the net weight of the bread is written legibly on the outside of the package or on a label attached thereto.

“(5) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a provision of this section is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$5,000;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$25,000.”.