Singapore legislation
Section 29A
Section 29A
Appointment of Authorised Verifiers
(1)
The Board may appoint any person to be an Authorised Verifier for the purposes of this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act.
(2)
Any person who desires to be appointed as an Authorised Verifier must make an application for appointment to the Board in accordance with regulations made under this Act.
(3)
A person must not —
engage in any work of an Authorised Verifier specified in this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act; or
advertise or hold himself or herself out or conduct himself or herself in any way or by any means as a person who is authorised to act as an Authorised Verifier for any purpose under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act,unless he or she has been appointed by the Board under subsection (1) as an Authorised Verifier.
(4)
An Authorised Verifier must not, for the purposes of section 7A(3)(a), use any working standard or testing instrument which he or she knows or has reason to suspect is false or unjust.
(5)
Any person who contravenes subsection (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(6)
Without limiting section 30, for the purposes of ensuring compliance by an Authorised Verifier with this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, an inspector may —
require the Authorised Verifier to produce within the period that the inspector may specify —
any working standard or testing instrument used by that Authorised Verifier for the purposes of section 7A(3)(a), and may examine and test such standard and instrument; and
any document in the possession or under the control of that Authorised Verifier, and may take copies of or extracts from any such document;
require the Authorised Verifier to furnish, within the period that the inspector may specify, any information or particulars that the inspector may require; and
enter and inspect any premises at which the Authorised Verifier carries out any inspection or testing of any weighing or measuring instrument or the affixing of any stamp or Accuracy Label on such instrument.
(7)
Any Authorised Verifier who fails to comply with any requirement under subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.