And what is the point of that, because is not a vending machine a container?
It is not possible for a vending machine to accept a 0·2p piece.
On the window of a vending machine the item for sale is clearly marked.
For example, clause 2 states that it shall be an offence to sell cigarettes from a vending machine to someone under the age of 16.
Since then a few short-term palliatives, such as additional types of automatic vending machine, have been applied to ease the difficulties.
This will include procedures for regular consultation with the vending machine industry for testing vending mechanisms.
But anyway, certain groups such as the vending machine operators would seem to face a manifestly disproportionate burden compared with the rest of the economy.
It would be a nonsense if a dairyman could use half-pints when using bottles in a vending machine, but could not use other half-pints.
