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mE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REGULATIONS 1926-1951,
AMENDMENT NO. 11
DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 22nd day of December
1975
Present:
HIs EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Weights and Measures Act 1925, His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
REGULATIONS
1. Title and commencement-( 1) These regulations may be cited as
the Weights and Measures Regulations 1926-1951, Amendment No. 11,
and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Weights and
Measures Regulations 1926-1951* (hereinafter referred to as the
principal regulations).
(2) Subject to regulation 6 (3) of these regulations, these regulations
shall come into force on the 1st day of January 1976.
2. Novel appliances-Part rr of the principal regulations is hereby
amended by revoking regulations 3 and 4, and substituting the following
regulations:
"3. Where any weight, measure, or weighing or measuring instrument,
presents novel features or departs significantly from previously approved
detail, it shall not be stamped until it has been approved by the Chief
Inspector.
"4. Where any person desires approval of such weight, measure, or
weighing or measuring instrument, he shall"(a) Submit a sample weight, measure, or weighing or measuring
instrument for examination, and such specifications and
drawings as the Chief Inspector may require; and
*Gazelle, 1927, Vol. I, Jl. 25 (Reprinted with Amendmellts
Amenolment No. 9: S.R. 1971/215
Amendment No. 10: S.R. 1973/40
NOI.
1 to 8: S.R. 1967/S-l)
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"(b) If he claims that a weight, measure, or weighing or measuring
instrument identical in type, material, and design has been
approved by a weights and !lleasures authority outside New
.
Zealand, he shall produce eVIdence to that effect; and
"(c) Pay the examination fee prescribed by regulation 4A of thIS
Part of these regulations.
"4A. (1) Subject to subclauses (2) and (3) of this regulation, the
examination fee shall be the highest of the following fees:
"(a) $5 in the case of a weight, measure of capacity, or measure of
length:
"(b) $10 in the case of" (i) A weighing or measuring instrument which is presented for examination at the office of the Chief Inspector:
"(ii) A farm tank or bulk measure with a capacity
(where metric measurement is used) of more than 225 litres or
(where Imperial measurement is used) of more than 50
gallons:
"(iii) An automatic weighing instrument with a capacity
not exceeding (where metric measurement is used) 15 kg or
(where Imperial measurement is used) 30 lb which is submitted for type approval:
"(c) $20 in the case of"(i) A weighing instrument which is examined at the site
at which the instrument is installed:
"(ii) An automatic weighing instrument with a capacity
exceeding (where metric measurement is used) 15 kg or
(where Imperial measurement is used) 30 lb which is submitted for type approval:
"(d) $30 in the case of"( i) A measuring instrument which measures the delivery
of liquid, if the rate of delivery does not exceed (where
metric measurement is used) 100 litres per minute or (where
Imperial measurement is used) 20 gallons per minute:
"(ii) A linear measuring instrument:
"(e) $50 in the case of"(i) A measuring instrument which measures the delivery
of liquid, if the rate of delivery exceeds (where metric
measurement is used) 100 litres per minute or (where
Imperial measurement is used) 20 galIons per minute:
"( ii) A totalisating instrument.
"(2) If any weighing or measuring instrument submitted for
examination under regulation 4 of this Part of these regulations is also
a device for ticket printing, multi recording, or b:ending or which can
be operated by remote control or has any other special feature the
examinati<?n fee payable under that re&"Ulation s~alI be the appropriate
fee prescrIbed by subclause (1) of thIS regulatIOn plus an additional
sum of $10.
"(3) In the case of each automatic weighing instrument a site
approval fee of $10 shall be payable in addition to the fe~ or fees
payable in accordance with subclauses (1) and (2) of this regulation."
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3. Periodical verification-Part II of the principal regulations is
hereby further amended(a) By omitting from regula,tion 100 the words "or cream", and substituting the words "cream, or oil":
(b) By revoking the second paragraph to regulation 100 and the
proviso to that paragraph.
4. New scale of fees prescribed-The principal regulations are hereby
further amended by revoking Part IV, and substituting the Part IV
set out in the Schedule to these regulations.
5. New Part VII substituted- ( 1) The principal regulations are
hereby amended by revoking Part VII (as amended by regulation 3
of the Weights and Measures Regulations 1926, Amendment No. 6,
and by regulation 8 of the Weights and Measures Regulations
1926-1951, Amendment No. 9), and 5ubstituting the following Part:
"P AR T VII-SALE OF FIREWOOD, COKE, AND COAL
"1. No person shall" (a) Sell firewood, coke, or coal by description which is false as
to the sort of firewood, coke, or coal; or
"(b) Sell, carry for sale, or deliver wet coke or coal with intent
to defraud the purchaser as to the weight of coke or coal
sold or delivered; or
"( c) Being engaged upon a vehicle containing firewood, coke, or
coal for delivery to any purchaser, make a false statement
as to the tare weight of the vehicle.
"2. (1) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall sell by retail
in a package any coal or fuel derived from coal (except coke) in
a quantity other than 10 kg, 20 kg, 25 kg, 40 kg, 50 kg, 60 kg, or 80 kg,
net weight.
"(2) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) of this regulation
it shall be lawful until the 30th day of June 1976 to sell coal and
fuel derived from coal by retail· in packages of k cwt, ! cwt, 1 cwt,
It cwt, or it cwt, net weight.
"3. (1) Every person who uses a vehicle for the purpose of delivering
coke or coal to a purchaser at premises other than those of the seller,
shall, subject to subclauses (2) and (3) of this regulation, carry that
coke or coal in suitable bags or sacks.
"(2) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) of this regulation,
coke or coal may be carried in bulk if"( a) The quantity so carried is not less than 250 kg; and
"(b) The quantity to be delivered to each purchaser is not less
than 250 kg; and
"(c) Where there is more than one purchaser, each purchaser's
quantity is carried in a separate compartment on the vehicle.
"4. (1) Every person who packs coke or coal in bags or sacks for
sale shall provide on his premises a correct stamped weighing machine
capable of weighing the quantities packed.
"(2) When coke or coal is kept or offered for sale in bags or sacks
in a place other than the place at which it is packed the person
keeping or offering such coke or coal for sale shall, on the request
of a purchaser, check weigh the coke or coal.
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"5. Every person who packs coke or coal for sale in bags or sacks
shall"(a) Close each bag or sack immediately after it is packed; and
"(b) Ensure that each bag or sack is clearly labelled with its net
weight in letters and figures not less than 15 mm in height:
"Provided that this regulation shall not apply in respect of coke
or coal which is to be delivered to the purchaser by means of a vehicle
at premises other than those of the seller and which is packed in bags
or sacks of more than 40 kg net weight.
"6. Every person who hawks coke or coal shaIl"( a) Carry it in closed bags or sacks; and
"(b) Ensure that each bag or sack is clearly labelled with its net
weight in letters and figures not less than 15 mm in height.
"7. (1) Every person who, for the purpose of delivering coke or
coal to a purchaser at premises other than those of the seller, carries
it on any vehicle in bags or sacks shall ensure either"( a) That each such bag or sack is clearly labelled with its net
weight in letters and figures not less than 15 mm in height;
or
" (b) That the driver of the vehicle carries with him a properly
completed ticket in the form numbered 1 in the Schedule
to this Part of the regulations or, where all the coke or
coal on the vehicle is for delivery to one purchaser, a
properly completed ticket in the fonn numbered 2 in that
Schedule.
"(2) The driver of the vehicle on which coke or coal is being carried
in accordance with paragraph (b) of subclause (1) of this regulation
or from which any coke or coal which has been so carried is being
unloaded shall produce the completed ticket when required to do
so by an Inspector or by the purchaser or his representative.
"8. (1) Every person who, for the purpose of delivering coke or coal
to one or more purchasers at premises other than those of the seller,
carries it in bulk on any vehicle shall ensure that the driver of the
vehicle carries with him, in respect of the coke or coal to be delivered
to the purchaser or to each purchaser, as the case may require, a
properly completed ticket in the form numbered 2 in the Schedule
to this Part of these regulations.
" (2) The driver of the vehicle on which coke or coal is being carried
in accordance with subclause (1) of this regulation or from which
any coke or coal which has been so carried is being unloaded shall
produce every such ticket when required to do so by an Inspector or
by the purchaser or his representative.
"9. (1) Where an Inspector has reason to believe that any vehicle
is being used for the conveyance of coke or coal for sale he may" (a) Require the driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and to
permit the Inspector to examine the vehicle and its contents;
and
"(b) Direct the driver of the vehicle to drive it to any site or on
to any weighing instrument for the purpose of ascertaining
the weight of the vehicle or the weight of the coke or coal;
and
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" (c) Where the coke or coal is for delivery to more than one
purchaser, direct the driver to indicate the coke or coal
intended for delivery to each purchaser.
"(2) Any driver who refuses to comply with any such requirement
or direction commits an offence against these regulations.
"(3) The cost of any weighing carried out pursuant to subclause (1)
(b) of this regulation, whether carried out by the Inspector himself
or by any other person, shall be paid by the person selling such coke
or coal, and the amount thereof may be determined by the Inspector.
"10. (1) The purchaser of any coke or coal which is being conveyed
on any vehicle may require the driver of the vehicle to drive it to
any site or to any weighing instrument for the purpose of ascertaining
the weight of the vehicle or the weight of the coke or coal.
"(2) Any driver who refuses to comply with any such requirement
commits an offence against these regulations.
"11. (1) Where any weighing is carried out upon the requirement
of a purchaser under regulation 10 hereof, and the weight of the coke
or coal is found to be in accordance with the labels on the bags in
which it is contained or in accordance with the ticket relating thereto
produced by the driver, the purchaser shall pay the driver or seller
reasonable expenses. in respect of such weighing, and the amount of
such expenses shall be determined by an Inspector.
"(2) No expenses shall be payable under subclause (1) of this
clause"(a) Where any contract provides that the purchaser may require
such weighing to be performed without charge; or
"(b) Where such weighing has been performed by the driver on a
machine carried by him pursuant to regulation 13 hereof.
"12. Every weighing of any coke, coal, or vehicle under regulation
9 or regulation 10 hereof shall be conducted in the presence of the
driver of the vehicle or of some other person named by him and
present on his behalf.
"13. Where the coke or coal to be weighed is in bags or sacks and a
correct stamped weighing machine is carried by the driver or the
Inspector, the driver or the Inspector may elect to weigh such coke
or coal on such machine in lieu of proceeding to a weighing instrument
as provided in regulations 9 and 10 hereof.
"14. The term 'purchaser' wherever used in regulations 9 to 11 hereof
shall, where not inconsistent with the context, include the representative
of the purchaser; and the term 'purchaser' wherever used in regulation
11 hereof shall, where not inconsistent with the context, include an
intending purchaser and the representative of an intending purchaser.
"15. Regulations 8, 9 (1) (b), and 10 of these regulations shall not
apply where coke or coal is being delivered in bulk from a railway truck
or ship direct to the purchaser, if either"( a) The whole of the coke or coal in such railway truck or ship is
for delivery to the purchaser, and such purchaser has agreed
to purchase the coke or coal by the railway or ship freight
weights, as the case may be; or
"(b) The seller has agreed with the purchaser to determine the
weight of such coke or coal on a weighing machine provided
by the purchaser.
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"16. Every person commits an offence who contravenes any of the
provisions of regulations 1 to 8 of this Part of these regulations.
"SCHEDULE
TO PART VU
Form 1
Seller-Name:
Date:
Address:
Purchaser-Name:
Address:
PLEASE receive herewith ........................ tonnes (or kilograms) net weight of
[Description of coke or coal] in [Numbu] sacks (bulk).
Form 2
SeIIer-Name:
Date:
Address:
Purchaser-Name:
Address:
PLEASE receive herewith [Description of coke or coal] as shown hereunder in [Number] sacks (bulk):
Tonnes (or Kilograms)
Gross weight (vehicle and load)
Tare weight (vehicle and bags)
Net weight
--------- "
(2) The Weights and Measures Regulations 1926, Amendment No. 6*,
and regulation 8 of the Weights and Measures Regulations 1926-1951,
Amendment No. 9t, are hereby consequentially revoked.
6. New Part VIII substituted- (1) The principal regulations are
hereby amended by revoking Part VIII (as added by regulation 2 of the
Weights and Measures Regulations 1926, Amendment No. 8t), and
substituting the following Part:
"PART VIllI-BREAD
"1. This Part of these regulations shall apply to every loaf of bread
which weighs more than 225 grams.
"2. For the purposes of this Part of these regulations, the term 'loaf'
includes a pre-packed sliced loaf.
"3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of these regulations, no
person whose business or part of whose business is baking bread for sale
or selling bread shall sell or keep for sale any loaf of bread to which
this Part of these regulations applies, unless it"(a) Weighs 1.5 kg, 750 grams, 500 grams, or 350 grams; and
"(b) Has been baked as a single dough unit only.
"(2) For the purposes of this regulation"(a) A loaf which weighs more than 225 grams and not more than
450 grams shall purport to be a 350 gram loaf:
*S.R. 1943/12
tS.R. 1971/215
tS.R. 1951/104
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"(b) A loaf which weighs more than 450 grams and not more than
625 grams shall purport to be a 500 gram loaf:
" (c) A loaf which weighs more than 625 grams and not more than
875 grams shall purport to be a 750 gram loaf:
" (d) A loaf which weighs more than 875 grams shall purport to be
a 1.5 kg loaf.
" (3) Every person commits an offence against this Part of these
regulations who contravenes subclause (1) of this regulation.
"4. Where under any contract for the supply of bread to any person
or body of persons, otherwise than for the purposes of any resale to
which this Part of these regulations applies, the bread is supplied in
quantities of not less than 20 kilograms at anyone time, the loaves may,
by agreement between the seller and the buyer, be of weights other than
those specified in this Part of these regulations if all the loaves of any
one kind of bread so supplied at anyone time are of the same weight.
"5. In determining, for the purposes of any proceedings or intended
proceedings in respect of any offence against this Part of these regulations, the weight of any loaf of bread, there shall be allowed a
deficiency of" (a) 25 grams in the case of a 350 gram loaf; and
" (b) 35 grams in the case of a 500 gram loaf; and
"( c) 50 grams in the case of a 750 gram loaf; and
"( d) 95 grams in the case of a 1.5 kg loafin respect of bread of the kind to which the loaf belongs if the aggregate
weight of that loaf and 8 others of the same kind taken at random
shows no deficiency.
"6. If in any proceedings in respect of an offence against this Part
of these regulations it is alleged that any bread is of a weight less than
that specified or permitted by this Part of these regulations in respect
of bread of the kind to which the allegation relates, it shall be a good
defence to that allegation if the defendant proves that the bread was
baked more than 24 hours before the weighing at which the alleged
deficiency was found.
"7. The fact that any bread is found in any building or place in
which bread is baked or sold or kept for sale, or is found in any vehicle
commonly used for carrying bread for sale, shall be prima facie evidence
that the bread so found is kept for sale within the meaning of this Part
of these regulations."
(2) The Weights and Measures Regulations 1926, Amendment No.
8*, are hereby consequentially revoked.
(3) This regulation shall come into force on a date to be appointed
for the commencement thereof by the Governor-General by Order in
Council.
*S.R. 1951/104
Reg.4
SCHEDULE
NEW PART IV OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
"PART IV
"There shall be paid to the Chief Inspector and to every Inspector
for the various matters set out in the Schedule to this Part the fees
provided for in that Schedule.
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SCHEDULE-continued
"SCHEDULE TO PART IV
Fees for Verifying, Stamping, and Adjusting Weights and Measures and
Weighing and Measuring Instruments
Weights
Verifying and
Stamping
1. AvoirdupoisEach weight of 50 lb or 56 lb
Each weight of 10 Ib or of more than 10 lb but not
more than 28 lb
Each weight of less than 10 lb
2. MetricEach weight of 20 kg
Each weight of 5 kg or of more than 5 kg but not
more than 10 kg
....
Each weight of less than 5 kg
3. Troy and ApothecaryEach weight of more than 50 oz .....
Each weight of 2 oz or of more than 2 oz but not more
than 50 oz
Each weight of less than 2 oz
Measures of Length
4. Each measure, a minimum fee of .....
Plus, for each· Imperial measure that exceeds 1 yard and
for each metric measure that exceeds 1 metre, a fee, for
each complete yard or metre, after the first, of
Measures of Capacity
5. Metric measures of not more than 225 litres capacity and
Imperial measures of not more than 50 gallons
capacity(a) Each metric measure with a capacity of more
than 5 litres but not more than 50 litres and
each Imperial measure with a capacity of more
than 1 gallon but not more than 10 gallons, for
each complete 5 litres and each complete
....
......
gallon respectively
(b) Each metric measure with a capacity of more
than 50 litres and each Imperial measure with
a capacity of more than 10 gallons
Plus, for each complete 5 litres in excess of 50
litres and for each complete gallon in excess
of 10 gallons
......
(c) Each metric measure with a capacity of more
than 500 millilitres but not more than 5 litres
and each Imperial measure with a capacity of
more than 1 pint but not more than 1 gallon
(d) Each metric measure with a capacity of not more
than 500 millilitres and each Imperial measure
with a capacity of not more than 1 pint
(e) Each subdivision of a subdivided measure
30c
16c
lOc
30c
16c
lOc
30c
16c
lOc
16c
lOc
16c
$1.60
10c
16c
10c
4c
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SCHEDULE-continued
Verifying and
Stamping
6. Farm milk and other measuring tanks with a capacity
(where metric measurement is used) of more than 225
litres or (where Imperial measurement is used) of
more than 50 gallons(a) When verified at makers works where special
bulk testing facilities and assistance in testing
are provided(i) Each tank, if the tanks submitted for
testing on the one visit have a total capacity
of at least 13,500 litres or 3,000 gallons, for
every 50 litres or 10 gallons of capacity......
(ii) Each tank in any other case, for every
50 litres or 10 gallons of capacity.
(b) When verified in circumstances other than those
set out in paragraph (a) ef this clause, a
......
minimum, for each tank, of
Plus an additional fee, for each complete
50 litres in excess of 225 litres or for each
complete 10 gallons in excess of 50 gallons, of
(c) Where the level of any tank is tested at the
installation site, the fee for the test shall be
(d) Where the level of any tank is adjusted at the
installation site, the fee for carrying out that
adjustment shall be
7. Bottles which when filled serve as measures of capacity(a) When submitted in lots of 500 or more of the
same type and capacity:
per each 500 ......
(b) For similar lots of less than 500 per 100 or part
thereof
Adjusting Fees and Minimum Charge
8. For adjusting weights and common measures of capacity
fees equivalent to those prescribed for verifying and
stamping will be charged
9. The minimum charge to anyone person for verifying
and stamping weights or measures produced at one
time shall be
Weighing Instruments
10. Weighing instruments (not being automatic weighing
instruments) with a capacity (where metric measurement is used) of more than 1 tonne or (where Imperial
measurement is used) of more than 1 tonEach instrument
Plus for each tonne or ton of capacity up to 10 tonnes
or 10 tons, as the case may require ......
Plus for each tonne or ton of capacity over 10 tonnes
or 10 tons and up to 30 tonnes or 30 tons, as the
case may require
Plus for each tonne or ton of capacity over 30 tonnes
or 30 tons, as the case may require
12c
16c
$3.00
30c
$1.50
$1.50
$1.00
50c
30c
$7.50
60c
46c
30c
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SCHEDULE-continued
Verifying and
Stamping
11. Weighing instruments (not being self-indicating scales or
automatic weighers) with a capacity (where metric
measurement is used) of not more than 1 tonne or
(where Imperial measurement is used) of not more
than 1 ton(a) Not exceeding 3 kg or 7 lb in capacity respectively, each
......
(b) Exceeding 3 kg or 7lb in capacity but not exceeding 15 kg or 30 lb in capacity respectively, each
(c) Exceeding 15 kg or 30 lb in capacity respectively,
a minimum, for each such instrument, of ......
Plus, in the case of any such instrument
with a capacity of more than 50 kg or 1 cwt,
for each additional 50 kg or 1 cwt of capacity
after the first 50 kg or 1 cwt of capacity......
NOTE-The fees prescribed for instruments
to which this clause applies include the stamping of one set of proportional weights where
such are used; duplex or dual sets of such
weights for such instruments will be charged
at one half the rate prescribed for the
instrument.
12. Self-indicating weighing instruments with a capacity
(where metric measurement is used) of not more than
1 tonne or (where Imperial measurement is used) of
not more than 1 ton(a) Not exceeding 2.5 kg or 5lb in capacity respectively, each
.....
(b) Exceeding 2.5 kg or 5 lb but not exceeding 20 kg
or 40 lb in capacity respectively, each
......
(c) Exceeding 20 kg or 40 lb in capacity respectively,
a minimum, for each such instrument, of ......
Plus, in the case of any such instrument
with a capacity of more than 50 kg or 1 cwt,
for each additional 50 kg or 1 cwt of capacity
after the first 50 kg or 1 cwt of capacity
Provided that where any such instrument has a price
computer, printing device, or additional display, the
fee applicable under paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or
paragraph (c) of this clause, as the case may be, shall,
for each such feature or additional display, be increased
by a sum equal in each case to 50 percent of that fee.
13. Personal weighing instruments for the use of which a
charge is made, each
14. Where weighing instruments included in clause 11 or
clause 12 of this Schedule are tested at the Inspector's
office, half the fees listed will be charged for each
machine.
15. Where weighing instruments are graduated in centals
read 'lOOlb' in place of '1 cwt' and '2,000 lb' in place
of '1 ton'.
60c
90c
$1.50
30c
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
30c
$1.50
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Verifying and
Stamping
16. In the cases where a dual form of graduation has
been approved, e.g., avoirdupois and metric, the fee for
each instrument shall be the fee otherwise applicable
plus 50 percent.
17. Automatic weighing, semi-automatic weighing, and
automatic weight totalising instruments(a) Each complete weighing unit with a capacity
(where metric measurement is used) of not
more than 500 g or (where Imperial measurement is used) of not more than 1 lb
Each complete weighing unit with a
capacity (where metric measurement is used)
of more than 500 g but not more than 7 kg or
(where Imperial measurement is used) of
more than 1 lb but not more than 14 lb
Each complete weighing unit with a
capacity (where metric measurement is used)
of more than 7 kg or (where Imperial
measurement is used) of more than 14 lb, a
minimum, for each instrument, of ..... .
Plus, in the case of any such unit with a
capacity of more than 125 kg or 250 lb for
each additional 500 kg or 10 cwt or 1,0001b of
capacity (in the case of an instrument graduated in centals) after the first 125 kg or 250 lb
of capacity
(b) The fee per hour for each Inspector engaged on
testing any automatic weight totalising instrument of the belt weighing type shall be
18. Egg or poultry grading machinesWith not more than 6 weighing stations, each machine
With more than 6 weighing stations, each machine
Measuring Instruments
19. Liquid fuel pumps(a) Without pre-set delivery, remote control, blending
or additional indicating devices, for each meter
(b) When pre-set delivery, remote control, blending or
additional indicating devices are provided, the
fee shall be, for each meter in a pump
Plus 50 cents for each pre-set delivery remote
control, blending device, or additional indicating
device.
(c) Coin operated pumps, in addition to charges under
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause
20. Flowmeters (other than those in liquid fuel pumps) and
drum fillers-(a) Drum filling instruments, each
.....
(b) Flowmeters with a rating not above 450 litres
or 100 gallons per minute, each ......
(c) Flowmeters with a rating above 450 litres or 100
gallons a minute and not above 1,350 litres or
300 ITallons delivery per minute, each
$3.00
$4.50
$6.00
$1.00
$4.50
$3.00
$7.50
$3.00
$3.00
$3.00
$6.00
$6.00
$12.00
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SCHEDULE-continued
Verifying and
Stamping
(d) Flowmeters with a rating above 1,350 litres or
300 gallons delivery per minute, each
$16.00
(e) Oil and low flow domestic fuel oil meters, each ..
$1.50
(f) Where temperature compensating devices and
dual hoses are fitted to any flowmeter, the
above fees shall be increased by 50 percent.
(g) Where additional indicators are fitted to any
flowmeter installation, the fee for each
additional indicator shall be
50c
21. Area and length measuring instruments, for ea.ch
instrument
$3.00
General
22. Where any weight, measure, or weighing or measuring instrument is
rejected as incorrect or otherwise unsuitable, a rejection fee
equivalent to one-half that set out in this Schedule for verifying
and stamping shall be charged.
23. An additional fee of $3.00 shall be charged for the testing of any
printing device associated with the indications of any weighing or
measuring instrument other than a personal weigher or an
instrument to which clause 12 of this Schedule relates.
24. In case of testing or verification of any equipment not specifically
covered in this Schedule, the fee shall be assessed at the rate of
$4.50 per hour for each Inspector involved. This fee will also be
charged in those cases where testing is involved to closer tolerances
than those specified in these regulations or where calibration is
made or where special testing is undertaken on request.
25. For the testing of weights or measures, or weighing or measuring
instruments at premises other than an Inspector's office, owners
shall, when requested, provide cartage for the necessary weights
or other heavy equipment involved, and make available such
equipment as an Inspector may require to perform suitable tests
and the labour required to handle the weights and equipment.
26. For the testing of weighing and measuring instruments (other than
on routine inspection) owners shall pay travelling expenses of the
Inspector, at a rate of 10 cents per kilometre, in addition to other
fees applicable under this Schedule.
27. When, in the carry~ng out of any inspection, any delays arise
in matters associated therewith beyond the control of the Inspector,
the waiting time associated with such delays may be charged at
a rate of $4.50 per hour per Inspector involved.
28. In any case where the Inspector at the request of or by agreement
with the owner, makes an adjustment to any weighing machine or
measuring instrument, a fee for this service shall be payable at the
rate of $4.50 per hour for the time determined by the Inspector as
occupied in making and checking the effect of such adjustment."
P. G. MILLEN,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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Weights and Measures Regulations 1926-1951,
Amendment No. 11
1975/298
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general
effect.
These regulations, which (except for regulation 6) come into force on 1 January
1976, amend the Weights and Measures Regulations 1926-195l.
Reg~lation 2 amends Part II of the principal regulations by substituting new
regulatIOns 3 to 4A relating to novel appliances. The new regulation 4A prescribes
a scale of examination fees for such appliances in substitution for the present
flat fee of $4.20.
Regulation 3 makes annual verification of weighing and measuring instruments
and weights and measures (other than glass measures and bottles used for the
sale of milk, cream, or oil) obligatory throughout New Zealand. At present
annual verifioation is not required in certain areas that are not within 10 miles
of the office of an Inspector.
Regulation 4 prescribes a new and increased scale of fees for verifying, testing,
and adjusting weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments.
Regulation 5 substitutes, in the principal! regulations, a new Part VII relating
to the sale of firewood, coke, and coal. The principal changes in this Part are as
follows-(a) Coal and fuel derived from coal (except coke) is not to be sold by retail
in packages other than 10 kg, 20 kg, 25 kg, 40 kg, 50 kg, 60 kg, or
80 kg, net weight, although sales in the present Imperial sizes will be
lawful until 30 June 1976.
(b) Coke or coal may be carried in bulk for delivery to more than one purchaser
if tihe quantity to be delivered to each purchaser is not less than 250 kg
and each purchaser's quantity is carried in a separate compartment
on the vehicle.
(c) Every person who offers coke or coal for sale in bags or sacks at a place
other than the place where it is packed shall, on the request of a
purchaser, ciheck weigh the coke or coal.
(d) Bags and sacks of coke or coal which contain not more than 40 kg, net
weight, are to be clearly labelled with the net weight in figures and
letters not less than 15 mm in height.
(e) Weights and measurements are now expressed in metric terms ..
Regulation 6 (which comes into force on a date to be appomted by the
Governor-General by Order in Council) substitutes, in the principal regulations,
a new Part VIII rdating to bread. The new Part is expressed in metric terms.
It applies in respect of loaves of bread weighing more than 225 grams. The
principal changes in the Part are as follows:
(a) A loaf of bread weighing more than 225 grams may not be sold unless it(i) Weighs 1.5 kg, 750 grams, 500 grams, or 350 grams; and
(ii) Has been baked as a single dough unit only.
(b) Upper and lower weight limits are specified so that a loaf wh~ch comes
within those limits will purport to be a loaf of the weight m respect
of which those limits are specified.
(c) The term "loaf" includes a pre-packed sliced loaf.
Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936.
Date of notification in Gazette: 23 December 1975.
These regulations are administered in the Department of Labour.