Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Regulations relating to weighing or measuring equipment for trade
(1)
The Minister may make regulations with respect to —
the materials and principles of construction of weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade;
the inspection, testing, passing as fit for use for trade and stamping of such equipment, including —
the prohibition of the stamping of such equipment in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations;
the circumstances in which an inspector may remove or detain any such equipment for inspection or testing; and
the marking of any such equipment found unfit for use for trade;
the circumstances in which, conditions under which and manner in which stamps may be obliterated or defaced;
the retesting of such equipment passed as fit for use for trade;
the purposes for which particular types of weighing or measuring equipment may be used for trade;
the manner of erection or use of weighing or measuring equipment used for trade;
the abbreviations of or symbols for units of measurement which may be used for trade; and
the manner in which the tare weight of road vehicles, or of road vehicles of any particular class or description, is to be determined,and, subject to subsection (3), if any person contravenes any regulations made by virtue of paragraph (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) he shall be guilty of an offence, and any weighing or measuring equipment in respect of which the contravention was committed shall be liable to be forfeited.
(2)
If any difference arises between an inspector and any other person as to the interpretation of any regulations made under this section or as to the method of testing any weighing or measuring equipment, that difference may with the consent of that other person, and shall at the request of that other person, be referred to the Controller, whose decision shall be final.
(3)
Where in the special circumstances of any particular case it appears to be impracticable or unnecessary that any requirement of any regulations made under this section should be complied with, the Minister may if he thinks fit dispense with the observance of that requirement subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit to impose, and if any person knowingly contravenes any condition imposed with respect to any equipment by virtue of this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.