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

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Legal Metrology Regulations, 2017

Part VI : Requirements for marking of prepackages and prescribed quantities

21. Goods or articles ordered by purchaser in person

 

(1) Where purchaser or his agent in person orders goods or articles stating the quantity of the goods or articles to be supplied and such goods or articles, after having been taken from bulk and made up in prepackaged form at the time of sale without having been measured or counted in the presence of the purchaser or his agent, are delivered to the purchaser or his agent on the same occasion and on those premises, the goods or articles are not required to be marked with a statement of quantity, provided that—
(a) the quantity of the goods or articles supplied is in accordance with that ordered; or
(b) when of some other quantity, such other quantity is declared to the purchaser or his agent by the seller when being handed over.

 

(2) The requirement contemplated in subregulation (1) does not apply to beverages and other goods with special requirements contained in Annexure E of SANS 289 for measurement at the time of sale, that are supplied from bulk for consumption at the premises of the seller.