Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973)Chapter II : Standards11B. Measuring instruments used by verification officers shall be inspected and tested |
| (1) | Every measuring instrument, other than any verification standard, used by any verification officer for the purposes of carrying out his or her duties and functions under this Act, shall be inspected and tested before being taken into use and thereafter at such intervals as may be prescribed by regulation, and a record of each such inspection and testing shall be made and kept by the accredited laboratory responsible for providing such measuring instrument to any verification officer. |
| (2) | No measuring instrument referred to in subsection (1) shall be used for the carrying out of any duty or function under this Act unless it complies at any inspection and test referred to in subsection (1) with such requirements as may, in respect of any such measuring instrument, be prescribed by regulation. |
[Section 11B inserted by section 3 of Act No. 42 of 1994]