Editing Acre (section)

===United Kingdom===
Its use as a primary unit for trade in the United Kingdom ceased to be permitted from 1 October 1995, due to the 1994 amendment of the [[Weights and Measures Act 1985|Weights and Measures Act]],<ref name= UK1994>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2866/schedule/made The Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrication) (Amendment) Order 1994] HM Government, 1995</ref> where it was replaced by the [[hectare]]{{snd}} though its use as a supplementary unit continues to be permitted indefinitely.<ref name="legislation_20093045">{{Cite web| url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3045/pdfs/uksiem_20093045_en.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3045/pdfs/uksiem_20093045_en.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live | year = 2009 | title =  Explanatory memorandum to The weights and measures (metrication amendments) regulations 2009|publisher= [[Legislation.gov.uk]]}}</ref> This was with the exemption of [[land registration]],<ref name= UK1994 /> which records the sale and possession of land;<ref>{{cite web| title=Land Registration Act 2002 | url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/9/contents | website= [[legislation.gov.uk]] | publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] | location=UK | year=2002 | access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> in 2010 [[HM Land Registry]] ended its exemption.<ref name="legislation_20093045"/> The measure is still used to communicate with the public,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://waddesdon.org.uk/about-us/waddesdon-estate/ |publisher=[[Waddesdon Manor]] |title=About us. Waddesdon Estate |quote=By purchasing the adjoining land, the estate has grown from the original 2,700 acres in 1874 to 6,000 acres in 2011.}}</ref> and informally (non-contract) by the farming and property industries.<ref>{{cite web|title= Outlook and historical context|url = https://www.savills.co.uk/research_articles/229130/228020-0A|publisher=[[Savills]]|date= 12 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amount of UK farmland put up for sale shrinks as prices fall|date=13 February 2018|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/bce30bee-1016-11e8-8cb6-b9ccc4c4dbbb |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/bce30bee-1016-11e8-8cb6-b9ccc4c4dbbb |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.farminguk.com/farmsandlandforsale|title=Land for Sale|website=farminguk}}</ref>