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

Regulations

Legal Metrology Regulations, 2017

Part XI : Measuring instruments and containers used for prescribed purposes

43. Measurement units, prefixes, symbols and their usage
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(1) Subject to the provisions relating to use of a measurement unit specified in any provision of any technical regulation, the recognised measurement units and prefixes for the purposes of the technical regulations are the measurement units and their multiples and submultiples and prefixes specified in the regulations issued under Measurement Units and Measurement Standards Act, 2006.

 

(2) No recognised measurement unit or multiple or sub-multiple thereof must for the purposes of the technical regulations be designated by any symbol other than a symbol specified in the regulations referred to in subregulation (1), subject to any provision in any technical regulation relating to their usage.