Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part XII : Verification and repair bodies128. Certificate of repair |
| (1) | Repairs must be accompanied by a certificate of repair 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 for a time period of not more than 30 days from the date that the certificate of repair was issued. |
| (2) | A copy of the certificate of repair contemplated in subregulation (1) must be forwarded to the National Regulator within five working days from the date of repair. |
| (3) | A certificate of repair may only be issued to the user of a measuring instrument by a registered repairer. |
| (4) | Each certificate of repair must include at least the following information— |
| (a) | the title "Certificate of repair"; |
| (b) | the name, address and designation number of the repair body; |
| (c) | a unique serial number on all its pages to identify that each page is recognised as a part of the certificate of repair; |
| (d) | page numbers and a clear identifier of the number of pages in the certificate of repair, 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"; |
| (e) | the name and address of the client; |
| (f) | the number of the procedure used by the repair body, in terms of their documented management system, to establish whether the measuring instrument is in a verifiable condition; |
| (g) | a description and unambiguous identification of the measuring instruments repaired, 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; |
| (h) | 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, and the following data must be included as a minimum— |
| (i) | calibration certificate number of the measurement standards used; |
| (ii) | date of calibration of measurement standards; |
| (iii) | identification of the measurement standards, e.g. serial numbers, description, set number; |
| (iv) | whether the measurement standards are owned by the repair body or are loaned measurement standards; |
| (i) | the latest security intervention value, which shall be indicated on the certificate of repair, if the measuring instrument being repaired is secured by means of a software seal; |
| (j) | expiry date of the certificate of repair; |
| (k) | the initials, surname and signature of the person responsible for the repair, date of repair and a number used for identification of the responsible person undertaking the repair and the designated repair body number; |
| (l) | the following statement of guarantee, as contemplated in section 27(3)(b) of the Act, that the instrument is correct and verifiable: "This/ these 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 for a time period of not more than 30 days from the date that the certificate of repair was issued."; and |
| (m) | a symbol identifying the National Regulator; |
| (5) | No other declarations, identification symbols or statements other than those referred to in subregulation (4) are allowed on a certificate of repair. |