Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973)

Chapter I : Administration of Act

2. Director and Deputy Director of Trade Metrology
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(1)The Board shall appoint a Director of Trade Metrology.

[Section 2(1) substituted by section 2(a) of Standards Act No. 8 of 2008]

 

(2)The Board shall appoint a Deputy Director of Trade Metrology, who may, subject to the control and directions of the director or in the absence of the director or if the director is for any other reason unable to perform his duties or if the post of director is temporarily vacant, do anything which may lawfully be done by the director.

[Section 2(2) substituted by section 2(b) of Standards Act No. 8 of 2008]

 

(3)Any person who immediately before the date of commencement of this Act held the post of superintendent of weights and measures referred to in section 2 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1958 (Act No. 13 of 1958), shall on such date be deemed to have been appointed as director in terms of subsection (1).