Regulation 19

If the Controller believes, on reasonable grounds, that any type of weighing or measuring instrument granted pattern approval under regulation 18 is not suitable for use for trade or will facilitate fraud, the Controller may withdraw that approval.

The Controller shall, by notice in writing, inform the holder of a letter of pattern approval in respect of any weighing or measuring instrument of his decision to withdraw the pattern approval in respect of that instrument, and the holder of the letter of pattern approval shall return to the Controller that letter for cancellation within such time as may be specified in the notice.

A holder of a letter of pattern approval who fails to comply with a notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

The pattern approval of a weighing or measuring instrument shall be treated as being withdrawn from the date of the notice referred to in paragraph (2) by the holder of the letter of pattern approval.

As from the date on which a letter of pattern approval has been withdrawn, every weighing or measuring instrument in respect of which the letter of pattern approval was initially granted shall be treated as if it were not affixed with a stamp.