Civil Aviation Act, 2009
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Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)Chapter VII : Manner of Use, Possession of or Sale of Measuring Instruments and Products30. Sale, supply and use of universal measuring instruments |
| (1) |
| (a) | No person may sell, or supply for use, any unverified measuring instrument for any prescribed purpose if such measuring instrument must be verified in terms of the Act, unless he or she has obtained prior permission in writing for such sale or supply from the Chief Executive Officer. |
| (b) | The Chief Executive Officer may issue such permission only if— |
| (i) | he or she is satisfied that the seller or supplier cannot, without undue delay or inconvenience, cause such instrument to be verified before its sale or supply; and |
| (ii) | the seller or supplier furnishes the Chief Executive Officer with a guarantee in a prescribed format and under such conditions as may be prescribed to the effect that the instrument is correct and verifiable under this Act. |
| (c) | The Chief Executive Officer must specify in the permission a date on which the permission expires. |
| (2) | No person may use an unverified measuring instrument unless he or she has obtained the permission of the Chief Executive Officer. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person who has acquired an unverified measuring instrument from a person contemplated in subsection (1)(a) and covered by permission contemplated in subsection (1)(b), may use such measuring instrument but he or she must cause the measuring instrument to be verified before the date on which the permission expires. |
