E. Abolishing the acre
In 1979, Council Directive 80/181/EEC of the European Community1, governing standardization on metric units in the European Union, included an exception that permitted Ireland and the United Kingdom to continue using the acre for a limited time. The Council was supposed to set an end date by 31 December 1989. In 1989, the directive was amended to leave the setting of the date to the U.K. and Ireland. Finally in 2007 the exception was allowed to expire2, since Ireland had finished converting its land registration system to meters by the end of 1998, and the U.K. sometime afterwards. Beginning 1 January 2010 the acre could no longer be used in the U.K. for any economic, public health, public safety or adminstrative purpose.
News to me.
Source https://sizes.com/units/acre.htm
In 1979, Council Directive 80/181/EEC of the European Community1, governing standardization on metric units in the European Union, included an exception that permitted Ireland and the United Kingdom to continue using the acre for a limited time. The Council was supposed to set an end date by 31 December 1989. In 1989, the directive was amended to leave the setting of the date to the U.K. and Ireland. Finally in 2007 the exception was allowed to expire2, since Ireland had finished converting its land registration system to meters by the end of 1998, and the U.K. sometime afterwards. Beginning 1 January 2010 the acre could no longer be used in the U.K. for any economic, public health, public safety or adminstrative purpose.
News to me.
Source https://sizes.com/units/acre.htm