Trading Standards Service activities are still primarily enforcement of the Weights and Measures Act, but also has the following responsibilities, in whole or in part, as of 31 March 1988;
•
Hampshire Trading Standards Service originated from the initial introduction of the Weights and Measures Act, and is still better known as the Inspectors of Weights and Measures.
The 1985 Act, however, had a broader scope, encompassing all aspects covered by the European Economic Community (EEC) European Commission (EC) directive 80/181/EEC.
Act of Parliament | Act | Statute Law Revision Act 1948 | Statute Law Revision Act 1888 | Act of Congress | Reform Act 1832 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Endangered Species Act | Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Clean Water Act | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | National School Lunch Act | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 | Criminal Justice Act 1988 | Local Government Act 1972 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act | Communications Act 2003 | Statute Law Revision Act 1887 | Consumer Credit Act 1974 | ACT | Stamp Act | Official Secrets Act 1989 | National Firearms Act | act | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 | Statute Law Revision Act 1950 | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | Official Secrets Act 1911 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
The earliest known occurrence of the word "avoirdupois" (or some variant thereof) in England is from a document entitled Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris or Treatise on Weights and Measures.
Charles Moore Watson (1844–1916) proposes an alternate etymology: The Assize of Weights and Measures (also known as Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris), one of the statutes of uncertain date from the reign of either Henry III or Edward I, thus before 1307, specifies "troni ponderacionem"—which the Public Record Commissioners translates as "troy weight".