Singapore legislation
Section 7B
Section 7B
Inspection and testing by inspector
(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 inspector must submit the instrument to the inspector in the manner that the Controller may direct.
(2)
On payment by the person mentioned in subsection (1) of the prescribed fee, the inspector must inspect the weighing or measuring instrument and —
test the instrument by means of any method of testing, working standard and testing instrument that the inspector considers appropriate or, subject to any condition which may be prescribed, by means of any other instrument which has already been tested and which the inspector considers suitable for the purpose; and
subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made under section 10, if the instrument submitted 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.
(3)
If any difference arises between an inspector and the person who submitted the weighing or measuring instrument for testing with respect to any method of testing, working standard or testing instrument used under subsection (2)(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.
(4)
Unless the Board otherwise allows, an inspector 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.
(5)
Where any weighing or measuring instrument submitted to an inspector 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 inspector 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.
(6)
For the purposes of subsection (5), if the inspector 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.
(7)
Every inspector must keep a record of every inspection and test carried out by him or her under subsection (2).
(8)
Nothing in this section or section 7 requires any inspector to inspect, test or pass any weighing or measuring instrument as fit for use for the purpose of section 7 unless there is no Authorised Verifier able to do so without unreasonable delay.