Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part XII : Verification and repair bodies120. Verification Certificate |
| (1) | A verification carried out must be accompanied by a verification certificate that details the work undertaken and a statement that the measuring instrument meets all requirements of the relevant technical regulations and can be used for a prescribed purpose. |
| (2) | A verification certificate may only be issued to the user of a measuring instrument by a registered verification officer. |
| (3) | Each verification certificate must include at least the following information— |
| (i) | the title "Verification Certificate"; |
| (ii) | the name, address and designation number of the verification body; |
| (iii) | a unique serial number on all its pages to identify that each page is recognized as a part of the verification certificate; |
| (iv) | page numbers and a clear identifier of the number of pages in the verification certificate, e.g. page 1 of 1 or a statement at the beginning of the certificate "This certificate consists of 1 page" or a statement at the end of the certificate "End of Certificate"; |
| (v) | the name and address of the client; |
| (vi) | the number of the procedure used by the verification body, in terms of their documented management system, to establish whether the measuring instrument is in a verifiable condition; |
| (vii) | a description and unambiguous identification of the measuring instruments verified, including a description and serial number of components that has an influence on the metrological integrity of the measuring instrument and the type approval number of the instrument or components, if the measuring instrument requires type approval in terms of section 22 of the Act; |
| (viii) | a statement that will serve as proof that the measurement standards used are directly related to the reading or obtaining of the results of measurement and are traceable to a national standard. |
| (ix) | The following data must be included as a minimum— |
| (aa) | calibration certificate number of the measurement standards used; |
| (bb) | date of calibration of measurement standards; |
| (cc) | identification of the measurement standards, e.g. serial numbers, description, set number; |
| (dd) | whether the measuring standards are owned by the verification body or are loaned measurement standards; |
| (x) | the latest security intervention value, which must be indicated on the verification certificate, if the measuring instrument being verified is secured by means of a software seal; |
| (xi) | expiry date of the verification certificate, if a verification period has been prescribed for the measuring instrument being verified; |
| (xii) | the initials, surname and signature of the verification officer responsible for the verification, latest security intervention value, serial number of the verification mark, date of verification and a seal number used for identification of the responsible verification officer; |
| (xiii) | the following statement "The measuring instrument(s) was/were tested and found to comply in all respects with the requirements of the Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014) and may be used for a prescribed purpose as intended by the Act."; and |
| (xiv) | a symbol identifying the National Regulator; |
| (4) | No other declarations, identification symbols or statements other than those referred to in subregulation (3) are allowed on a certificate of repair. |