The Trade Descriptions (Place of Production) (Marking) Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1771
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Trade Descriptions (Place of Production) (Marking) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 31st December 1988.

(2) This Order does not apply to—

(a) agricultural, horticultural or fishery produce, whether processed or not;

(b) food, feeding stuffs or ingredients of food or feeding stuffs;

(c) fertilisers;

(d) any article or substance to which any regulations made under section 85 or 86 of the Medicines Act 1968 apply.

Section 2

(1) Subject to article 3 below, where goods are presented in such a way as to indicate that they were manufactured or produced elsewhere than is the case, they shall be marked with or accompanied by a clear, legible and conspicuous statement as to the place where they were manufactured or produced and, where a statement of such place is likely to create the impression that the goods were manufactured or produced in a country other than that in which they were manufactured or produced, the statement shall include a statement of the country where they were manufactured or produced.

(2) In determining for the purposes of this Order whether goods are presented in such a way as to give the indication referred to in paragraph (1) above, regard shall be had to all the circumstances and, without prejudice to the generality of that, to the matters set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 3

(1) The fact that goods are marked with or accompanied by a statement or indication for the purpose of complying with any Community obligation or—

(i) by virtue of any authority given pursuant to any power conferred, or

(ii) for the purpose of complying with any requirement imposed,

by or under any enactment

shall not cause the requirement in article 2(1) to apply.

(2) The fact that

(i) a particular language is used on or in relation to goods, or

(ii) a trade mark (within the meaning of the Trade Marks Act 1938) is so used,

or both those facts, shall not necessarily and without regard to all the other circumstances and matters mentioned in article 2(2) above cause the requirement in article 2(1) above to apply.