Trade Measures Assize Regulations Act

PART 1

GENERAL

Exemptions from the Act
3. The Provisions of the act shall not apply to -

1. Electricity Meters
2. Gas Meters
3. Taxi Meters
4. Water Meters
5. Person Scales
6. Measures used for the measurement of beer
7. Ohaus counter steelyards
8. Measuring equipment for which a certificate of exemption has been issued by the Superitendent in terms of subsection (4) of section 17 and
9. Egg-grading MAchines

Stamp of Assize
4. The stamp of Assize shall be a stamp incorporating the Zimbabwe bird and a number signifying the year of Assize:

Provided that:-

1. where the size of the stamp makes such identification impracticable, it shall be a number signifying the year of assize enclosed in a circle
2. the stamp to be etched or sand blasted on glass measures of volume shall be:-
   1. the Zimbabwe bird or the letters "RG" enclosed in an ecllipse; or
   2. the Zimbabwe bird and the letters "ZG" enclosed in an ecllipse

Seal of Assize
5 The seal of assize shall be a lead seal bearing, on the obverse side the impression of a Zimbabwe bird, and on the reverse side a number signifying the year of assize enclosed in a circle.

Rejection Mark
6. (1) The rejection mark shall be a mark of six pointed star design.
  (2) For the purpose of section 14 of the Act, the manner in which an inspector shall reject measuring equipment shall be:-

1. if such equipment bears a stamp of assize, by obliterating such stamp with a rejection mark:
2. if such equipment does not bear a stamp of assize, by stamping the rejection mark on a suitable position thereon.

Graduations
7. The graduations on measuring equipment shall -

1. Be indelible, clear and legible;
2. Except in respect of a graduated glass measure of volume be uniformely spaced;
3. in the case of denominated graduations, be distinguished by longer lines than the intermediate graduations.

Improper use of measuring equipment
8. (part 8 has 9 parts)

• (1) No person shall use in trade measuring equipment which is erected upon an unstable or insufficiently strong or stable base or foundation or which is subject to vibration.
• (6) subject to the provisions of section 27 of the Act, where measuring equipment has been sealedby an inspector in terms of these regulations, if such seal or material used in connecting such seal to the equipment has been broken, no person shall use in trade theequipment until it has been reassized.
  
• (7) No person shall use in trade a bulk volume meter for the sale of:-
  1. Paraffin or fuel oil if the meter is marked "For Petrols only"; or
  2. Fuel oil if the meter is marked "For Petrols only" or "For Paraffins only"
  in terms of paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 35.
  
• (8) No person shall use in trade a bulk volume meter for the measurement of petrol or fuel oil delivered direct to the fuel tank of a motor vehicle unless:-
  1. The sale of Petrol or Fuel oil exceeds two hundred litres at any delivery; and
  2. The equipment records by means of a printed statement the volume of product dispensed; and
  3. The written permission of the supretendent has been obtained for such equipment to be so used
• (9) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonement for a period not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonement.

Conditions for refusal to assize
9. An inspector shall refuse to assize a measuring equipment which:-

1. Is not properly constructed, or when, in his opinion, itss material or mode of construction or any part thereof or its nature or condition appears likely to render it unsuitable for use in trade;
2. has unusual or novel features unless it is of a design or patern in respect of which a certificate has been issued in terms of section 12 of the Act.
3. is not sufficiently strong to withstand the wear and tear of ordinary use in trade;
4. is not complete in itself
5. is not in a clean state
6. bears a manufacturer's mark which might be mistaken for the stamp of assize.

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