Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part XIV : Measuring instruments, vessels or containers exempted from type approval and verification139. Declaration of an instrument as unfit for further use |
| (1) | If the National Regulator is satisfied that any measuring instrument which falls within the meaning of regulation 137, and which is being used is— |
| (a) | either not suitable for or not capable of determining and discharging correct quantities of goods for sale in prepackaged form; or |
| (b) | not being so maintained or operated that it determines and discharges correct quantities of goods for sale in prepackaged form, the National Regulator may declare such measuring instrument as unfit for further use by informing the user thereof in writing to that effect; |
| (2) | In the event the circumstances contemplated in subregulation (1) occur, the user must forthwith— |
| (a) | stop using the instrument in question; or |
| (b) | dismantle and remove the instrument in question from the premises where packing is performed. |
| (3) | This regulation does not apply to a measuring instrument used by a wholesale packer for the purpose of predetermining the quantity of goods measured thereby to an approximate quantity which is thereafter adjusted for correctness by means of a verified measuring instrument by an operator. |