> > Of Pat Naughtin > > The relevant bit of the Australian law (National Measurement Act 1960) > > reads:
> UK legal handling of non-metric references: > > "In addition, the Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/1804) > provide for the conversion to metric of all references to imperial units > in existing legislation, and in "..any contract, agreement, licence, > authority, undertaking, statement, deed, instrument or document." I was in the Royal Courts of Justice today which contains the High Court and Court of Appeal. The bewigged barristers and judges used metric terms throughout. They quoted rational metric terms in legal texts. For example tariffs for drug dealing were set according to thresholds of 100kg and 500kg. It all seemed very natural. I suspect that many of the drug dealers have also been metricated for some time. -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794
