South Africa – Regulation on requirements for the registration of importers, manufacturers, persons for selling any prescribed measuring instrument in South Africa Department of Trade and Industry has issued draft regulation on legal metrology specifying requirements for the registration of importers, manufacturers, persons who offer for sale any prescribed measuring instrument, product or service subject to any relevant legal metrology technical regulation to establish the coverage of legal metrology in South Africa, requirements for the development, amendment and adoption of technical regulations as required by sections 15 and 16 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2014, requirements for the measurement standards used by market surveillance inspectors, verification officers and persons responsible for repairs, requirements for the measurement, labelling, and prescribed quantities in pre-packages and general rules for the delivery and sale of goods, requirements for the compliance schemes and distinctive marks that are used by the National Regulator to regulate more effectively in terms of section 37 of the Act, deals with the process to be followed when measuring instruments, products or services that are used for a prescribed purpose in terms of the Legal Metrology Act does not comply with the legal metrology technical regulations, requirements for verification bodies, and repair bodies and the appointment and registration of verification officers and persons responsible for repairs, in terms of the applicable provisions of the Act, requirements for the measuring instruments, vessels and containers, which are exempt from type approval and verification under sections 22 and 24 of the Act, requirements for the verification periods for measuring instruments used for a prescribed purpose. Proposed date of adoption: After all comments are taken into consideration Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months after date of final publication Final date for comments: 60 days from notification |
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