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On 20/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 20/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 20/12/2005.
Repeal and re-enactment of section 37
28.  Section 37 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
Regulations
37.  The Minister may make regulations generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and, in particular, may make regulations —
(a)
to provide for the form and manner of the application for appointment as an Authorised Verifier;
(b)
to provide for the qualifications and other requirements for Authorised Verifiers;
(c)
to provide for the conditions and duration of appointment of Authorised Verifiers;
(d)
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 thereunder, the use of any means of giving publicity to their practice and the use of titles and qualifications;
(e)
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 such exceptions as may be made by the regulations;
(f)
to require the registration of —
(i)
any weighing or measuring instrument; and
(ii)
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 such exceptions as may be made by the regulations;
(g)
to provide for the determination of the weighed average quantity of goods for the purposes of section 19, including —
(i)
the statistical basis or method by which packages are to be selected for counting, examining, measuring or weighing;
(ii)
the statistical basis or method by which the minimum number of packages to be selected is to be set;
(iii)
the circumstances, if any, in which the minimum number of packages to be selected may be varied;
(iv)
the maximum amount of error allowed in the weight, measure or number of goods in a single selected package; and
(v)
the maximum amount of error allowed in the weight, measure or number of goods in a group of selected packages examined at one time;
(h)
to prescribe fees and charges for any purpose of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder; and
(i)
to prescribe anything which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.”.