Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part VII : Special requirements for sale of goods sold other than in prepackaged form27. Price descriptions |
| (1) | When any articles or goods are offered for sale by means of a price description displayed on or near retail premises for the purpose of drawing the attention of prospective purchasers — |
| (a) | the quantity of such articles or goods when actually sold to a purchaser must, subject to any tolerance that may be prescribed for the measurement of such goods or articles, not be less than that quantity which the purchaser should receive for the amount paid by him or her or demanded from him or her and should be calculated at the price per measurement unit or by number shown on the price description which has been so displayed; unless |
| (b) | the seller has made known to the prospective purchaser before concluding the sale that the price description which has been so displayed will not apply to the prospective transaction. |
| (2) | Any price description displayed or advertised in connection with any article or goods sold by volume, mass, length or area and making reference to quantity must be expressed in terms of a permissible measurement unit only and unless such price description refers to an available prepackaged quantity of such article or goods, it must be in the form of a unit price expressed in Rand or cents per — |
| (a) | millilitre (mL, ml or ml); |
| (b) | litre (L, l, l); |
| (c) | kilolitre (kL, kl, Kl); |
| (d) | cubic metre (m3); |
| (e) | milligram (mg); |
| (f) | gram (g); |
| (g) | kilogram (kg); |
| (h) | metric tonne (t); |
| (i) | millimetre (mm); |
| (j) | metre (m); |
| (k) | square metre (m2); or |
| (l) | hectare (ha), |
as the case may be.
| (3) | In the case of articles or goods sold by mass or volume such unit price may also be expressed in rand or cents per 100 g or 100 mL respectively. |
| (4) | Unwrapped cuts or pieces of meat and meat carcasses must, when displayed for sale on the premises of a retail butcher and having the price thereof marked or displayed thereon, have the net mass as clearly marked or displayed thereon as the price in characters and figures not less than half the height of the characters and figures used for the price. |