Regulations

(1) The Minister may make Regulations for the more effectual working of this Act in respect of the following, (a) the exemption in whole or in part from the provisions of this Act of any undertaking or class of undertaking specified in the Regulations; (b) the verification and stamping of or measuring instruments, including the prohibition of stamping in cases where the nature material or principles of construction of the weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument appears likely to facilitate the perpetration of fraud; (c) the tests to be applied for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy and efficiency of weights, measures, and weighing or measuring instruments; (d) the limits of error to be allowed on verification and to be tolerated either generally or in respect to any trade; (e) the fees that may be paid for examining, verifying or stamping with a stamp of verification any weight, measure, and weighing or (f) the manner in which the value expressed in terms of any weight or measure other than in terms of standard mass or measures may be converted; 33 (g) the enabling of Inspectors to carry out their duties under this Act; (h) the enforcement of the requirements that relate to weighing or measuring equipment for use for purpose of trade; (i) the materials and principles of construction of or measuring equipment which are used for the purpose of trade; (j) the purpose for which particular types of weighing or measuring equipment may be used in trade; (k) the manner for erecting, sitting or using or equipment for the purposes of trade; (l) the quantities in which prescribed pre-packaged goods may be sold; (m) the prescribing of anything that is by this Act authorized or required to be prescribed; and (n) the carrying out of the provisions of this Act. (2) Regulations made by the Minister under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the Regulations.