Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)Chapter V : Type Approval and Verification of Measuring Instruments25. Powers of verification officers |
| (1) | For the purposes of this Act, a verification officer may verify any measuring instrument for which he or she is appointed in terms of this Act. |
| (2) | The Minister may prescribe requirements to restrict verification officers from repairing prescribed measuring instruments. |
| (3) |
| (a) | If a verification officer in the exercise of his or her powers contemplated in subsection (1) finds that the measuring instrument in question does not comply with the requirements of this Act, the verification officer must reject such measuring instrument by defacing the verification mark in the prescribed manner. |
| (b) | A measuring instrument of which the verification mark has been defaced in terms of paragraph (a) must be regarded as unverified. |
| (c) | A verification officer who defaces any verification mark on any measuring instrument in terms of paragraph (a) must, immediately after he or she has defaced the verification mark, issue to the person in charge of the measuring instrument in question a certificate stating the reason for the defacement and a copy of that certificate must be submitted to the National Regulator. |
| (4) | If a verification officer in the exercise of his or her powers contemplated in subsection (1) finds that the measuring instrument in question complies with the requirements of this Act, he or she must— |
| (a) | if a verification mark is prescribed, apply such verification mark in the prescribed manner to the measuring instrument; and |
| (b) | at the same time issue a verification certificate to the person in charge of the measuring instrument. |