Singapore legislation
Section 7A
Section 7A
Inspection and testing by Authorised Verifier
(1)
Any person requiring any weighing or measuring instrument to which section 7 applies to be tested for its fitness for use for trade by an Authorised Verifier must submit the instrument to the Authorised Verifier in the manner that the Authorised Verifier may require.
(2)
An Authorised Verifier may charge any fee that he or she may determine for the testing of any weighing or measuring instrument submitted to him or her under subsection (1).
(3)
On payment of the fee, the Authorised Verifier must inspect the weighing or measuring instrument and —
test the instrument for its fitness for use for trade by means of any method of testing, working standard and testing instrument that may be specified by the Controller; and
subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made under section 10, if the instrument being tested falls within the prescribed maximum permissible error, pass the instrument as being fit for use for trade and affix the instrument with a stamp and an Accuracy Label.
(4)
If any difference arises between an Authorised Verifier and the person who submitted the weighing or measuring instrument being tested with respect to any method of testing, working standard or testing instrument used under subsection (3)(a), that difference may with the consent of that other person, and must at the request of that other person, be referred to the Controller whose decision is final.
(5)
Unless the Board otherwise allows, an Authorised Verifier must not pass, or affix a stamp or an Accuracy Label on, any weighing or measuring instrument submitted to him or her under subsection (1) unless a letter of pattern approval in respect of the pattern of that instrument has been issued by the Controller under section 8.
(6)
Where any weighing or measuring instrument submitted to an Authorised Verifier under subsection (1) is of a pattern in respect of which a letter of pattern approval granted under section 8 is for the time being in force, or of such a pattern modified only in a manner for the time being authorised by the Controller under that section, the Authorised Verifier must not refuse to pass, or affix a stamp or an Accuracy Label on, the instrument on the ground that it is not suitable for use for trade.
(7)
For the purposes of subsection (6), if the Authorised Verifier is of the opinion that the weighing or measuring instrument is intended for use for trade for a particular purpose for which it is not suitable, he or she may refuse to pass it as fit for use for trade, or affix a stamp or an Accuracy Label on it, until the matter has been referred to the Controller whose decision is final.
(8)
Where an Authorised Verifier refuses to pass as fit for use for trade any weighing or measuring instrument, the Authorised Verifier must —
immediately give to the person in charge of that instrument written notice of his or her refusal in the form that the Controller may require; and
as soon as practicable, send a copy of the notice to the Controller.
(9)
Where it is not possible or practicable to give a notice under subsection (8)(a), the Authorised Verifier must attach the notice to the weighing or measuring instrument to which the notice relates.
(10)
Every Authorised Verifier must —
keep a record of —
every inspection and test carried out by him or her under subsection (3); and
every instance in which the Authorised Verifier breaks any stamp affixed on any weighing or measuring instrument; and
submit to the Controller, in the form, comprising the information and within the time that the Controller may require, together with any fee that may be prescribed —
a report on every inspection and test carried out by him or her under subsection (3); and
a report on every instance in which the Authorised Verifier breaks any stamp affixed on any weighing or measuring instrument.
(11)
Any Authorised Verifier who fails to keep any record referred to in subsection (10)(a) shall be guilty of an offence.