Weights and Measures Act 1975 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
37. Regulations
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The Minister may make regulations generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and, in particular, may make regulations —
to provide for the form and manner of the application for appointment as an Authorised Verifier;
to provide for the qualifications and other requirements for Authorised Verifiers;
to provide for the conditions and duration of appointment of Authorised Verifiers;
to provide for the practice and conduct of Authorised Verifiers, including the carrying out of any work of Authorised Verifiers specified in this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, the use of any means of giving publicity to their practice and the use of titles and qualifications;
to prohibit absolutely or conditionally, or to regulate the manufacture, import or supply of any weighing or measuring instrument, whether in all cases or in any specified case or class of cases and subject to any exceptions that may be made by the regulations;
supply
“supply”, in relation to a weighing or measuring instrument, includes —(a)selling the weighing or measuring instrument, whether by wholesale or retail or otherwise;(b)supplying the weighing or measuring instrument by way of exchange, lease, loan, hire or hire-purchase;(c)supplying the weighing or measuring instrument, whether with or without charge, by way of sample or otherwise;(d)offering or exposing the weighing or measuring instrument for sale or supply; and(e)keeping or having the weighing or measuring instrument for the purpose of selling or supplying it to someone else;
to require the registration of —
any weighing or measuring instrument; and
weighing or measuring instrument
“weighing or measuring instrument” means an instrument for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the instrument is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that measurement, and includes any article used as a weighing or measuring instrument.
any person involved in the manufacture, import or supply of any weighing or measuring instrument,whether in all cases or in any specified case or class of cases and subject to any exceptions that may be made by the regulations;
to provide for the determination of the weighed average quantity of goods for the purposes of section 19, including —
the statistical basis or method by which packages are to be selected for counting, examining, measuring or weighing;
the statistical basis or method by which the minimum number of packages to be selected is to be set;
the circumstances (if any) in which the minimum number of packages to be selected may be varied;
the maximum amount of error allowed in the weight, measure or number of goods in a single selected package; and
the maximum amount of error allowed in the weight, measure or number of goods in a group of selected packages examined at one time;
to prescribe fees and charges for any purpose of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act; and
to prescribe anything which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.