Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)

Regulations

Legal Metrology Regulations, 2017

Part VII : Special requirements for sale of goods sold other than in prepackaged form

30. Measurement units in which quantity of certain goods must be expressed

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(1) For the purpose of complying with the relevant provisions of section 34 and 35 of the Act in respect of—
(a) goods or articles sold by quantity expressed in terms of a measurement unit; or
(b) any service rendered, the quantity of which is expressed in any measurement unit;

only an appropriate measurement unit, specified in regulations, issued under the Measurement Units and Measurement Standards Act, 2006 (Act 18 of 2006), must be used, unless—

(i) exemption in writing for deviating from this has been granted under the provisions of the Measurement Units and Measurement Standards Act, 2006 as amended; or
(ii) it is used in connection with a purpose or an article exempted in the regulations made under the Measurement Units and Measurement Standards Act, 2006 as amended.

 

(2) The use of any measurement unit or its symbol in connection with any contract, bargain, sale, purchase or transaction must be—
(a) in accordance with the rules specified in regulations, issued under the Measurement Units and Measurement Standards Act, 2006 (Act 18 of 2006) referred to in subregulation (1); and
(b) expressed in the manner prescribed in SANS 289, unless permission in writing for deviating from this has been granted by the National Regulator.