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

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Legal Metrology Regulations, 2017

Part VIII : Accuracy of measurement when determining quantity of goods

31. Suitable instruments to be used and made available

 

(1) Any person who—
(a) measures the quantity of goods or articles in the presence of a purchaser; or
(b) in the retail trade, prepacks goods or articles for sale;

must use a measuring instrument suitable for the purpose and must make such instrument available to—

(i) an authorised officer who wishes to check the quantity of prepackaged goods or articles; or
(ii) a purchaser who wishes to measure the quantity of the goods or articles purchased by him or her.

 

(2) This requirement will not apply when a vessel is used for the measurement of liquids in accordance with Regulation 33(1).

 

(3) Any person, other than a person referred to in subregulation (1) or a person packing goods in terms of a registration certificate issued under the quantity mark scheme referred to in Regulation 35, who prepacks goods for sale must—
(a) keep a suitable measuring instrument for the purpose of checking the quantity of such goods; and
(b) make such measuring instrument available to an authorised officer who wishes to check the quantity of such goods.

 

(4) An instrument referred to in subregulations (1) and (3) will be deemed to be suitable if it fulfils the requirements of SANS 458.

 

(5) In addition to the requirements of Item 4(4)(c) of SANS 458 and where a deficiency error is not permitted for prepackages of the goods being measured, for example certain goods sold by number, an instrument used in terms of—
(a) subregulation (1) of this regulations must have a permitted maximum permissible error not exceeding 2% at the point of measurement of such goods; and
(b) subregulation (3) of this regulations must have a permitted maximum permissible error not exceeding 2% at the point of measurement of such goods and must be adjusted at the time of verification to have no negative error.