Weights and Measures Act 1975 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Weighing and Measuring for Trade
7A. Inspection and testing by Authorised Verifier
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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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under section 29 and includes any officer duly authorised by the Controller to act on his or her behalf;
Unless the Commission 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.
stamp
“stamp” means a mark referred to in section 7(2)(d)(i) for use as evidence of the passing of any weighing or measuring instrument as fit for use for trade;
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.
Accuracy Label
“Accuracy Label” means a mark referred to in section 7(2)(d)(ii) for use as evidence of the passing of any weighing or measuring instrument as fit for use for trade;
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.
use for trade
“use for trade” means, subject to subsection (2), use in Singapore in connection with, or with a view to, a transaction for —(a)the transferring or rendering of money or money’s worth in consideration of money or money’s worth; or(b)the making of a payment in respect of any toll or duty,where —(c)the transaction is by reference to quantity or is a transaction for the purposes of which there is made or implied a statement of the quantity of goods to which the transaction relates; and(d)the use is for the purpose of the determination or statement of that quantity.(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where —(a)the determination or statement is a determination or statement of the quantity of goods required for despatch to a destination outside Singapore; and(b)no transfer or rendering of money or money’s worth is involved other than the passing of the title to the goods and the consideration therefor.(3) Any weighing or measuring instrument which is made available in Singapore for use by the public, whether on payment or otherwise, is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as weighing or measuring instrument in use for trade, whether or not it would apart from this subsection be so treated. For the purposes of this Act,
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.
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.
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.
Any Authorised Verifier who fails to keep any record referred to in subsection (10)(a) shall be guilty of an offence.