The following measuring instruments must be subject to type approval in terms of section 22 and the requirements of section 24 of the Act in so far as they apply, irrespective of whether those measuring instruments comply with the description set out in regulation 137—
| (a) |
any measuring instrument, irrespective of whether or not it is used for direct sales to the public, that is used by or supplied to a retail dealer for the purpose of determining the mass, volume, length, area or number of a— |
| (i) |
quantity of goods taken from bulk and measured at the time of sale in the presence of the purchaser or his agent; or |
| (ii) |
quantity of goods prepackaged by him or her for sale on the premises at which the goods are packed or from another premises; |
| (b) |
any weighing instrument used or supplied for the purpose of determining a quantity of goods sold in prepackaged form and having a declared mass of more than 100kg; |
| (c) |
any mass or volume measuring instrument used or supplied for the purpose of determining the quantity of a liquid sold in prepackaged form and having a declared volume of more than 250 L; |
| (d) |
any automatic vending machine used or supplied for use, which itself determines the quantity of goods sold by measure of mass, length, area volume, or number unless such quantity of goods is exempted under the Act from sale by any such physical quantity; |
| (e) |
any non-automatic instrument used in a prepacking- process to determine the quantity of individual non-consumer prepackages as defined in SANS 289 in a measurement unit other than mass or volume or by number, in which case the error on the instrument will apply to the goods in prepackaged form and the requirements of clause 4.5 of SANS 458 need not be complied with. |
Civil Aviation Act, 2009
