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Legal
Metrology Act, No. 9 of 2014
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Tsonga
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Tsonga
Long title
To provide for the administration and maintenance of legal metrology technical regulations in order to promote fair trade and to protect public health and safety and the environment; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE | |
| ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| CHAPTER I. APPLICATION, OBJECTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF ACT | |
| 2. | Application
and objects of Act |
| 3. | Administration
of Act |
| 4. | Functions
of National Regulator |
| 5. | Delegation
of functions |
| 6. | Appointment of market surveillance inspectors |
| 7. | Designation
of verification bodies |
| 8. | Appointment
of verification officers |
| 9. | Designation
of repair bodies |
| 10. | Registration
of person responsible for repairs |
| 11. | Registration
of importers, manufacturers and persons who offer for sale
any prescribed measuring instrument, product or service |
| 12. | Advisory Forum |
| 13. | Funds
of National Regulator in respect of legal metrology |
| 14. | Fees
charged by designated bodies |
| CHAPTER II. LEGAL METROLOGY
TECHNICAL REGULATIONS |
|
| 15. | Legal
metrology technical regulations |
| 16. | Proposals to introduce or amend legal metrology technical regulations |
| 17. | Effect
of declaration as legal metrology technical regulation |
| 18. | Measuring
instrument, product or service not conforming to legal metrology
technical regulation |
| CHAPTER III. MEASUREMENT
STANDARDS |
|
| 19. | Measurement
standards used by market surveillance inspectors, verification officers
and persons responsible for repairs |
| CHAPTER IV. MARKET SURVEILLANCE INSPECTIONS | |
| 20. | Powers
of market surveillance inspectors |
| 21. | Market
surveillance inspection offences |
| CHAPTER V. TYPE APPROVAL AND
VERIFICATION OF MEASURING INSTRUMENTS |
|
| 22. | Type
approval of measuring instruments |
| 23. | Type
approval offences |
| 24. | Verification of measuring instruments |
| 25. | Powers
of verification officers |
| 26. | Offences
in connection with verification of instruments |
| CHAPTER VI. REPAIR OF
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS |
|
| 27. | Functions
of persons responsible for repairs |
| 28. | Offences
in respect of repair of measuring instruments |
| CHAPTER VII. MANNER OF USE,
POSSESSION OF OR SALE OF MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND PRODUCTS |
|
| 29. | Restriction on and prohibition of manufacture, import, use or possession of certain measuring instruments |
| 30. | Sale,
supply and use of unverified measuring instruments |
| 31. | Offences
in respect of manufacture or selling of false, defective or inaccurate
measuring instruments |
| 32. | Measuring
instruments to be wholly exposed |
| 33. | Prohibition of false statement as to quantity |
| 34. | Measurement
for prescribed purpose to be effected in terms
of certain measurement units and by means of verified measuring
instruments |
| 35. | Advertisement
of measurable products and services |
| 36. | Manner
of selling products |
| CHAPTER VIII. COMPLIANCE
SCHEMES AND USE OF MARKS |
|
| 37. | Compliance
schemes and use of distinctive marks and verification marks |
| CHAPTER IX. GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS| | |
| 38. | Regulations |
| 39. | Penalties
and effect of conviction of an offence |
| 40. | Disclosure
of certain information |
| 41. | Confidentiality
of certain information |
| 42. | Repeal and amendment of laws and transitional provisions |
| 43. | Short
title and commencement |
| Sch. 1. | SCHEDULE
1. LAWS REPEALED (SECTION 42(1)) [s42(1)] |
| Sch. 2. | SCHEDULE 2. LAW AMENDED (SECTION 42(3)) [s42(3)] |
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