Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)Chapter V : Type Approval and Verification of Measuring Instruments22. Type approval of measuring instruments |
| (1) | Every type of measuring instrument used for a prescribed purpose is subject to type approval, unless excluded by regulation. |
| (2) |
| (a) | A type of measuring instrument contemplated in subsection (1) that is not excluded must be submitted for type approval in accordance with the prescribed requirements. |
| (b) | If the type of measuring instrument contemplated in paragraph (a) complies with the prescribed requirements or requirements set in subsection (c), the Chief Executive Officer must issue a type approval certificate. |
| (c) | The Chief Executive Officer may, in consultation with the submitter, set requirements and conditions pertaining to the use thereof, for measuring instruments where these are not prescribed, until such time as a legal metrology technical regulation is published in terms of section 15. |
| (d) | The National Regulator may, subject to such conditions, limitations or requirements and for a specified period, permit in writing the use, or supply for use, for a prescribed purpose of a specimen of a model of a measuring instrument referred to in subsection (2)(a) and for a specified number of such specimens, before the Chief Executive Officer has approved thereof in terms of subsection (2)(b). |
| (e) | The measuring instrument contemplated in paragraph (d) is, during the period of the written permission, excluded from the provisions of section 24. |
| (3) | The Chief Executive Officer may withdraw or amend any certificate issued in terms of subsection (2)(b) if the measuring instrument no longer complies with the requirements. |
| (4) | The period of validity of a certificate issued in terms of subsection (2)(b) is as prescribed. |