Section 2

“Chief Inspector”, “Deputy Chief Inspector” and “Inspector” means respectively the Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures, the Deputy

Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures and the Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section 26;

“Custodian” means the Custodian of Weights and Measures referred to in section 25;

“instrument for weighing or measuring” means any instrument or machine for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, time, weight, number or any other quantity, and in the case of an instrument for weighing, includes the weights used in connection therewith;

“International System of Units” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the National Measurement System Act 2007 [Act 675];

“licensed company” means the company to which a licence is granted by the Minister under subsection 26A(1);

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for domestic trade and consumer affairs;

“National Measurement Standards” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the National Measurement System Act 2007;

“National Measurement Standards Laboratory” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the National Measurement

System Act 2007;

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“premises” includes any shop or stall, and any vehicle, vessel, building, structure or place, whether opened or closed, used for trade;

“public weighing or measuring instrument” means any instrument for weighing or measuring which is made available for use by the public, and for the use of which a charge is made;

“stamp of verification” means a mark for use as evidence of the approval of any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring as fit for use, whether applied by impression, casting, engraving, etching, branding, affixing or otherwise;

“Working Standards” means the Working Standards of mass and measure referred to in section 9.