On 22/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 20/12/2005.
10. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:
“(1) The Minister may make regulations with respect to —
(a)
the materials and principles of construction of weighing or measuring instruments for use for trade;
(b)
the inspection, testing and passing as fit for use for trade of weighing or measuring instruments, and stamps and Accuracy Labels and the affixing thereof, including —
(i)
the circumstances in which the affixing of stamps and Accuracy Labels on such instruments are prohibited or are not necessary;
(ii)
prohibiting the affixing of stamps or Accuracy Labels or both on prescribed instruments and requiring them to be affixed elsewhere;
(iii)
the period for which stamps and Accuracy Labels are to remain in force;
(iv)
the circumstances in which an inspector may remove or detain any such instrument for inspection or testing; and
(v)
the marking of any such instrument found unfit for use for trade;
(c)
the circumstances in which, conditions under which and manner in which stamps may be obliterated or defaced and Accuracy Labels cancelled;
(d)
the retesting of weighing or measuring instruments passed as fit for use for trade;
(e)
the purposes for which particular types of weighing or measuring instruments may be used for trade;
(f)
the manner of erection or use of weighing or measuring instruments used for trade;
(g)
the abbreviations of or symbols for units of measurement which may be used for trade; and
(h)
the manner in which the tare weight of road vehicles, or of road vehicles of any particular class or description, is to be determined.
(2) The regulations made under subsection (1) may provide that any contravention thereof is an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $2,000, and that any weighing or measuring instrument in respect of which the contravention was committed shall be liable to be forfeited.”;
(b)
by deleting the word “equipment” wherever it appears in subsection (3) and substituting in each case the word “instrument”; and
(c)
by inserting, immediately after the words “or measuring” in the marginal note, the word “instruments”.