Civil Aviation Act, 2009
R 385
Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part XVI : Regulation pertaining to periodic verification145. Requirements |
| (1) | All the measuring instruments, or classes or kinds of measuring instruments set out in column 1 of table 25 must be verified or re-verified by the date specified in column 3, unless they were verified or re-verified before that date and within the period specified in column 2. |
| (2) | The measuring instruments or classes of kinds of measuring instruments referred to in subregulation (1) must be re-verified at intervals not exceeding the intervals specified in column 2 and determined from the date of last verification. |
| (3) | A conventional measuring instrument of volume made of clear glass, a conventional measuring instrument of length made of a material prescribed by regulation, water meters referred to in regulation 114 and lubricating oil dispensers must be verified before being taken into use and thereafter only on the instruction of a market surveillance inspector if he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that it has been altered materially since it was verified or, unless the original mark or verification has been defaced or has become illegible. |
| (4) | Unless mentioned in Table 25, all measuring instruments, or classes or kinds of measuring instruments for which technical regulations or interim requirements exist must be verified before being put into use for the first time, and then at intervals not exceeding 24 months from the date of the last verification, unless stipulated differently in any other regulation or SANS document relating to a specific measuring instrument. |
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TABLE 25 |
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1 |
Liquid fuel dispensers including dispensers for liquid petroleum gas. |
18 months |
31 December 1996 |
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2 |
Liquid meters excluding water meters and lubricating oil dispensers used to dispense into the engines of motor vehicles. |
12 months |
30 June 1996 |
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3 |
Non-automatic weighing instruments including vehicle scales |
24 months |
31 December 1996 |
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4 |
In-motion weighing systems for vehicles |
36 months |
30 June 1998 |
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5 |
Conventional measures of volume excluding glass measures |
24 months |
31 December 1996 |
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6 |
Liquid-measuring devices |
24 months |
31 December 1996 |
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7 |
Vehicle tanks (Fixed value or with removable measuring gauges). |
24 months |
30 June 2008 |
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8 |
Weights for fine and coarse measurements |
24 months |
30 June 2008 |
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9 |
Automatic weighing instruments |
24 months |
30 June 2008 |
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10 |
Length measuring instruments |
24 months |
30 June 2008 |
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11 |
Area measuring instruments |
24 months |
30 June 2008 |
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12 |
Gas Meters including modules of gas meters and domestic gas meters |
12 months |
From the date that this regulation was published |
