§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Trade what provisions are envisaged concerning the legal requirements with regard to selling petrol by metric quantity; and when these are to come into effect.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimIt has been legal to sell petrol by metric quantity since 1897. On the question of display of prices the Price Marking (Petrol) Order comes into operation on 1 January 1981. It provides that where petrol is dispensed at any garage by reference to metric measure both the cash price per litre and the equivalent price per gallon for each grade sold will have to be indicated in close proximity at the pump. Where there is also a voluntary display of price at the roadside dual price in- 319W formation may alternatively be provided in the form of a chart at the pump: the roadside display will have to show both the metric and imperial cash prices for one grade of petrol (normally four star).