Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part XI : Measuring instruments and containers used for prescribed purposes89. Conformity to appropriate technical regulations |
| (1) | Except as otherwise provided in any technical regulation and SANS document relating to a measuring instrument of a specific class or kind, or in a certificate issued in terms of section 22 of the Act, any measuring instrument which is required to be of a model approved in terms of section 22 of the Act must conform to any applicable provision of a technical regulation and SANS document consistent with the design of the measuring instrument |
| (2) | Any new installation or any new system of measurement of a design not previously approved, which incorporates any measuring instrument of a model approved in terms of section 22 of the Act together with ancillary equipment which is necessary to the operation of the measuring instrument or which extends the scope of its operation and which may affect its measuring accuracy must, before the measuring instrument and such ancillary equipment are put into use for a prescribed purpose, be referred to the National Regulator for evaluation, testing and approval in terms of section 22 of the Act, unless approval of the ancillary equipment comprising such installation or system was included in the approval of the measuring instrument. |
