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S.I. No. 351 of 1981.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (VERIFICATION AND STAMPING FEES) ORDER, 1981.

S.I. No. 351 of 1981.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (VERIFICATION AND STAMPING FEES) ORDER, 1981.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 9 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1904, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1981.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this Order.

3. The fees specified in the Schedule to this Order shall be paid in respect of the verification and stamping of the weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments specified in that Schedule.

4. The Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping Fees) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 137 of 1978 ) is hereby revoked.

5. This Order shall come into operation on the 20th day of October, 1981.

SCHEDULE

1. On the verification and stamping of an imperial weighing or measuring instrument, the fee shall be that which is prescribed in this Schedule with respect to the equivalent in SI capacity unless a separate fee is specified in the Schedule.

2. Where any instrument has two sets of graduations of different form, double the appropriate fee is payable.

3. Where, in a weighing instrument, two weigh tables or platforms are connected to one steelyard or office mechanism, two separate fees, in accordance with the capacities of the respective weigh tables or platforms are payable.

4. In the case of a weighing or measuring instrument constructed also to calculate and indicate the price in money, an additional fee is payable for the examination of the price-indicating mechanism equal in amount to that charged on the weighing or measuring instrument.

5. Where in an examination for verification and stamping of weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments, such weights, measures or instruments are found to be defective and rejected, a fee shall be payable equal in amount to that chargeable had such weight, measure or instrument been found free of defect.

6. Where any weighing or measuring instrument is required by the Weights and Measures (General) Regulations, 1928 to be verified in situ or where there is compliance with an application for the verification in situ of a weighing or measuring instrument which is not required by the said regulations to be so verified, the appropriate fee shall be payable in addition to the cost of transport of the required standards and the travelling expenses of the inspector between the nearest Weights and Measures Office and the place at which the verification is made.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order was made to set out revised fees for the examination, verification and stamping of weights and measures.