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

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Legal Metrology Regulations, 2017

Part XI : Measuring instruments and containers used for prescribed purposes

100. Graduated glass measures for pharmaceutical dispensing and comparable measurement

 

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this regulation, a graduated glass measure for pharmaceutical dispensing and comparable measurement must conform to the applicable provisions of regulation 98.

 

(2) A graduated glass measure for pharmaceutical dispensing and comparable measurement may be of inverted conical, of beaker or of cylindrical shape and must have a level base at right angles to the vertical axis of the measure.

 

(3)
(a) The datum levels of a graduated glass measure for pharmaceutical dispensing and comparable measurement must be the respective graduations, which must be clear and distinct and etched or engraved parallel to the base and to one another.
(b) Where back graduations are provided on the glass measure they must correspond to front graduations when the measure is standing on a level plane.
(c) The clear interval between graduations may not be less than 1,5 mm.

 

(4) The denominations of graduated glass measures for pharmaceutical dispensing and comparable measurement must be in accordance with Table 15:

 

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TABLE 15

Total denominations:

1 L or 1 000 mL

50 mL

500 mL

20 mL

250 mL

10 mL

200 mL

5 mL

100 mL



Value of graduations:

0,5 mL, 1 m L, 2 mL, 5 mL, 10 mL, 20 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL

 

(5)
(a) A graduated glass measure for pharmaceutical dispensing and comparable measurement must be placed upon a level plane during its testing for accuracy.
(b) All figured graduations and as many intermediate graduations as the market surveillance inspector or verification officer considers necessary must be tested.

 

(6) The verification mark must be permanently inscribed e.g. etched or sandblasted, near to the mark denoting the total capacity of the measure.