Trade Metrology Amendment Act

This amendment says no one may act as an inspector unless employed by and acting for the South African Bureau of Standards, a statutory body in section 7(1), or a provincial government.

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 58 of 1996
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
Updated: 1 Nov 1996
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consumer information delegation of functions inspector appointment product disclosure standards compliance

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This amendment says no one may act as an inspector unless employed by and acting for the South African Bureau of Standards, a statutory body in section 7(1), or a provincial government. The Minister may, after consulting the SABS Council, assign specified Act functions in writing to a statutory body or a provincial government, subject to regulatory conditions. The President may disclose information, including a non-complying person’s name and a commodity’s trade name or trade mark, when needed in the public interest and to protect consumers.

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Section 3 of the Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the principal
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AI-assisted research summary: This amendment says no one may act as an inspector unless employed by and acting for the South African Bureau of Standards, a statutory body in section 7(1), or a provincial government.

1. Section 3 of the Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection: 5 "(4) No person shall act as an inspector, unless he or she is employed by and acts on behalf of the South African Bureau of Standards, [or] any statutory body contemplated in section 7(1) or is employed by and acts on 10 behalf of any provincial government.". Amendment of section 7 of Act 77 of 1973, as substituted by section 7 of Act 15 of 1990 and section 5 ofAct 17 of 1993
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Section 7 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection
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AI-assisted research summary: The Minister may, after consulting the SABS Council, assign specified Act functions in writing to a statutory body or a provincial government, subject to regulatory conditions.

2. Section 7 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (l) of the following subsection: · · · 15 .. "( 1) The Minister may, after consultation with the SABS Council, assign in writing to any · statutory body or provincial government the carrying out, subject to. such conditions and requirements as may be prescribed by regulation, of any function specified in this Act.". 4 No. 17534 GOVERNMENTGAZETIE. 1 NOVEMBER 1996 Act No. 58, 1996 . TRADE METROLOGY AMENDMENT ACf, 1996 Insertion of section 45 in Act 77 of 1973 · 3. The following section is hereby inserted in the princip?l Act after section 44: "Disclosure of certain information to protect consumer.. . . .
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I The President rna , if he or she is of the o inion that it is necessa
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AI-assisted research summary: The President may disclose information, including a non-complying person’s name and a commodity’s trade name or trade mark, when needed in the public interest and to protect consumers.

45. I The President rna , if he or she is of the o inion that it is necessa in the public interest and to protect the consumer, reveal in any manner- (a) any information which in his or her opinion is necessary to prevent the public from tieing misled concerning any aspect regulated by this Act; or the name of a person who in his or her opinion does not comply with any provision of this Act. (b) (2) The disclosure referred to in subsection (1) may relate also to the 5 10 trade name and trade mark of a commodity.". Short title and commencement · · · 4. This Act shall be called the Trade MetrologyAmendment Act, ·1996, and shall come into operation on a ·date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette: 15

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