Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part VI : Requirements for marking of prepackages and prescribed quantities22. Non-consumer packages |
| (1) | Any goods or articles— |
| (a) | which are sold by quantity expressed in terms of a measurement unit; or |
| (b) | by number; and |
| (c) | which are required by a purchaser other than a person buying from the retail trade, for his own use and not for resale, may be made up by the manufacturer or packer in non-consumer packages which do not bear a statement of quantity, provided that where such goods or articles are transmitted, conveyed or delivered in bulk to the purchaser and are enclosed in an outer container, such container must bear a statement of the quantity in accordance with SANS 289 unless, when delivered, it is accompanied by a delivery note, invoice or other writing in accordance with the provisions of Regulations 15 to 20. |
| (2) | Non-consumer packages contemplated in subregulation (1) must comply with all requirements pertaining to non-consumer packages contained in SANS 289. |
| (3) | Any person who offers for sale in the retail, a non-consumer package that does not comply with all requirements for consumer packages contained in SANS 289 will be guilty of an offence in terms of the Act. |