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Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)

Chapter II : Legal Metrology Technical Regulations

16. Proposals to introduce or amend legal metrology technical regulations

 

(1) A proposal to introduce or amend a legal metrology technical regulation must be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer in writing and be motivated by the person proposing that declaration or amendment.

 

(2) The National Regulator must, if the proposal referred to in subsection (1) is feasible—
(a) request SABS to draft a SANS that may be applied in respect of the proposal  10 contemplated in subsection (1); and
(b) agree on a time limit with SABS, by which time such SANS must be duly published by SABS.

 

(3)
(a) If a proposal referred to in subsection (1) is feasible and a SANS is published by SABS in terms of subsection (2)(b) or it is not possible to include the contemplated  15 requirements in a SANS, the National Regulator must proceed with the prescribed consultation process.
(b) In the case of a new legal metrology technical regulation the consultation process must include a regulatory risk and impact assessment.