Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)Chapter II : Legal Metrology Technical Regulations16. Proposals to introduce or amend legal metrology technical regulations |
| (1) | A proposal to introduce or amend a legal metrology technical regulation must be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer in writing and be motivated by the person proposing that declaration or amendment. |
| (2) | The National Regulator must, if the proposal referred to in subsection (1) is feasible— |
| (a) | request SABS to draft a SANS that may be applied in respect of the proposal 10 contemplated in subsection (1); and |
| (b) | agree on a time limit with SABS, by which time such SANS must be duly published by SABS. |
| (3) |
| (a) | If a proposal referred to in subsection (1) is feasible and a SANS is published by SABS in terms of subsection (2)(b) or it is not possible to include the contemplated 15 requirements in a SANS, the National Regulator must proceed with the prescribed consultation process. |
| (b) | In the case of a new legal metrology technical regulation the consultation process must include a regulatory risk and impact assessment. |