Periodical examination of weights, measure and instruments

(1) The Director shall fix the time and the place for each district or area which a Weights and Measures Inspector shall examine and verify weights and measures and weighing instruments weighing and measuring instruments. (2) Public notice of the time and place fixed under subsection (1) of this section for the examination and 17 verification of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments shall be given by the Director by notice in two consecutive issues of the Gazette, a newspaper in general circulation in Belize, and on a radio and television network operating within Belize. (3) Every Weights and Measures Inspector shall at the time and place fixed under subsection (1) of this section, attend and, (a) examine in the prescribed manner every weight or measure which is produced for that and compare it with a Working Standard of that weight or measure; and (b) examine arid test in the prescribed manner every weighing or measuring instrument which is produced for that (4) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section, shall be deemed to prevent a Weights and Measures Inspector from examining, comparing or testing any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which is produced for examination at any time or place other than the time or place fixed under that subsection. (5) No Weights and Measures Inspector shall examine any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument under this section, except upon payment of the prescribed fee.