Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973)Chapter II : Standards10. Inspection standards |
| (1) | The director shall provide for use by any inspector such measuring standards (in this Act referred to as inspection standards) as may in the opinion of the director be required by such inspector for the purposes of carrying out his duties and functions under this Act. |
| (2) | The value of an inspection standard shall, with due allowance for the limits of error prescribed by regulation, agree with the value signified by the denomination of such inspection with regional standards and certified accordingly, by the inspector in whose custody the regional standards with which it is so verified are kept in terms of section 9(1). |
| (3) | Any inspection standard for the testing of mass pieces used for any prescribed purpose shall, before being taken into use and thereafter at intervals not exceeding six months, and any other inspection standard shall, before being taken into use and thereafter at intervals not exceeding one year, be verified or reverified with regional standards and certified accordingly by the inspector in whose custody the regional standards with which any such inspection standard is so verified or reverified are kept in terms of section 9(1): Provided that inspection standards of volume made of glass shall be reverified and certified within such intervals as the director may deem fit. |