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

Regulations

Purchase

After designation contemplated in regulation 124, the repair body must—

(a)	maintain their accreditation in terms of the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act or maintain requirements set by the National Regulator in the absence of such a recognized accreditation scheme;

(b)	notify the National Regulator in writing of all the repairs undertaken and include the following particulars relating to every measuring instrument in respect of which a certificate of repair has been issued—

(i)	the make, model, approval number, class and measuring capacity of the measuring instrument; and

(ii)	the place where the measuring instrument is used for a prescribed purpose;

(c)	the particulars, which have been furnished under paragraph (b), have to be submitted within five working days after the end of the month in which the repair took place in a format as specified by the National Regulator;

(d)	inform the National Regulator within five working days, and in writing, of any measuring instruments that could not be repaired as well as action taken by the repair body to ensure that the unrepaired measuring instrument is not used for a prescribed purpose;

(e)	have a documented training program in place for the repairers in its employ that is appropriate to the measuring instrument being repaired;

(f)	ensure that market surveillance inspectors have access to their business premises and records in line with section 20 of the Act;

(g)	maintain records of—

(i)	type approval pattern description documentation of instruments for which the repair body will issue a certificate of repair

(ii)	repairs undertaken;

(iii)

list of repairers in employ of the repair body as well as all employment documentation;

(iv)	appointment, qualifications and training records of repairers;

(v)	repairers resignations;

(vi)	protective marks used by the repairers which includes procedures for issuing, loss and withdrawal;

(vii)

repair or maintenance contracts with users of measuring instruments; and

(viii)

Certificates of repair issued for measuring instruments repaired;

(h)	supply the equipment needed for the repairer to undertake their work in line with section 19 of the Act;

(i)	notify the National Regulator in writing of the employment of a repairer or of the termination of the services of a repairer within 14 days of that event taking place; and

(j)	issue users with a certificate of repair in writing in the format specified by the National Regulator as to the compliance of the measuring instrument that has been repaired, and forward a copy of certificate to the National Regulator; and

(k)	ensure that a repairer is physically present whilst performing the test on the measuring instrument and apply the repair and protective marks immediately after the test has taken place.