The Weights and Measures (Board of Trade Standards: 2½ Litres and 250 Millilitres) Order 1953
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 1st day of August, 1953
Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas in pursuance of the provisions of Section 8 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1878(a), and Section 2 of the Weights and Measures (Metric System) Act, 1897(b), it has been made to appear to the Board of Trade that new denominations of standard measures derived from the iridio-platinum standard kilogram numbered 18 deposited with the Board are required, that is to say, tw...