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Weights and Measures Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1605)

Regulations are current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2019-06-17. Previous Versions

PART VSpecifications Relating to Devices (continued)

DIVISION XIIMeasuring and Vehicle Tanks (continued)

Design, Composition and Construction (continued)

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a common manifold connected to a vehicle tank may be split into two sections separated by means of a valve if the valve is designed so that it cannot be left in any open position.

  • (2) A gate valve may be used in place of the valve referred to in subsection (1) if the volume that can be diverted by leaving the gate valve open does not exceed 0.125 per cent of the capacity of the smallest tank connected to the manifold.

 [Revoked, SOR/93-234, s. 2]

 The piping on a vehicle tank restricted for use with bunker oil may be concealed by insulation or by parts of the tank to prevent the bunker oil from congealing.

 Individual compartments on a vehicle tank restricted for use with bunker oil may be connected to a common discharge manifold without any automatic means of preventing flow between the compartments.

Performance

[
  • SOR/2005-297, s. 42(F)
]

 A measuring tank shall be tested and calibrated with a liquid that has a thermal expansion coefficient, volatility and viscosity not greater than those of domestic furnace fuel oil and that will not have a corrosive effect on the tank.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 40

 A measuring tank shall be tested and calibrated when all necessary supports have been installed and it is resting in the position in which it is designed to be used.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 40

 A measuring tank, other than a vehicle tank, shall be calibrated to a valve immediately adjacent to the outlet connection on the tank.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 40

 Unless otherwise authorized by specifications established by the Minister, a measuring tank that has a gauge glass or a slip type gauge shall not be calibrated for a delivery of less than 50 per cent of the measuring tank capacity.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 45
  •  (1) Subject to subsection (5), when a measuring tank is tested for acceptance limits of error using a known test volume determined in relation to a relevant local standard and set out in Column I of an item of a table to subsection (3) or (4), the measuring tank is within the acceptance limits of error in respect of that known test volume if the actual volume of the measuring tank

    • (a) does not exceed the test volume by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column II of that item; and

    • (b) is not less than the test volume by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column II of that item.

  • (2) Subject to subsection (5), when a measuring tank is tested for in-service limits of error using a known test volume determined in relation to a relevant local standard and set out in Column I of an item of a table to subsection (3) or (4), the measuring tank is within the in-service limits of error in respect of that known test volume if the actual volume of the measuring tank

    • (a) does not exceed the test volume by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column III of that item; and

    • (b) is not less than the test volume by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column III of that item.

  • (3) Subject to subsection (5), the limits of error set out in the table to this subsection apply to all measuring tanks that are calibrated in terms of metric units of volume.

    TABLE

    ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn III
    Known Test VolumeAcceptance Limits of ErrorIn-Service Limits of Error
    LitresMillilitresMillilitres
    1  50185185
    2100300300
    3200500500
    4Over 200¼% of known test volume¼% of known test volume
  • (4) Subject to subsection (5), the limits of error set out in the table to this subsection apply to all measuring tanks that are calibrated in terms of Canadian units of volume.

    TABLE

    ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn III
    Known Test VolumeAcceptance Limits of ErrorIn-Service Limits of Error
    GallonsFluid OuncesFluid Ounces
    11066
    2201010
    3502020
    4Over 50¼% of known test volume¼% of known test volume
  • (5) The limits of error for a measuring tank that is designed for use in measuring liquefied gases are twice the applicable limits of error set out in the table to subsection (3) or (4).

  • (6) The limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (3) and (4) refer to the total inaccuracy of measurement by the measuring tank, including errors due to entrapment of air or liquid by parts of the measuring tank or its associated piping, equipment or accessories during filling or emptying.

  • SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
  • SOR/94-691, s. 4(E)
  • SOR/2014-111, ss. 41, 45

 A vehicle tank shall be tested to ensure that air or liquid is not trapped therein in excess of 0.125 per cent of the capacity of the tank under conditions of normal use.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 47(F)

Installation and Use

 A fixed measuring tank shall be installed on substantial supports adequate to ensure that the position of the measuring tank remains constant and level with reference to the levelling ledges.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 45

 A fixed measuring tank shall be level when filled, as shown by the levels installed on the tank or by the levelling ledges, and, when in use, a portable measuring tank or vehicle tank shall be filled and emptied when it is as close to level conditions as possible.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 42

 When a measuring tank is being filled, care shall be taken to minimize the possibility of air being trapped in the piping or entrained in the liquid.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 45

 A measuring tank shall not be used for deliveries of quantities between internal capacity indicators.

  • SOR/2014-111, s. 45

 A vehicle tank not equipped with level gauges shall, when being used to measure, be on a surface that is within three degrees of level.

 A vehicle tank that is equipped with level gauges shall, when being used to measure, be level within the limits marked on the level gauges.

 A vehicle tank shall be supported in a manner that will not distort the tank when the vehicle is driven under conditions of normal use.

 If emergency valves are installed on a vehicle tank calibrated with wet lines, they shall be open when the tank is being filled.

PART VIAuthorization of Use of Units of Measurement

 The units of measurement described in Column I of an item in the following table and defined in Column II of that item may be used for the particular purpose described in Column III of that item:

TABLE

ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn III
Unit of MeasurementDefinitionParticular Purpose
1hectolitre100 litresmeasuring volumes of grain as defined in the Canada Grain Act
2becquerelone nuclear transformation per secondmeasuring activity of radionuclides
3grayone joule per secondmeasuring absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in any medium
4sievertdose equivalent to one joule per kilogrammeasuring the biological effect in tissue of a given absorbed dose, for radiation protection purposes
5nautical mile1852 metresmeasuring distance in marine and air navigation and in defining marine limits
6knot1 nautical mile per hourmeasuring speed in marine and air navigation and in marine and air weather forecasting
7Cord128 cubic feet of stacked roundwood (whole or split, with or without bark) containing wood and airspace with all bolts of similar length piled in a regular manner with their longitudinal axes approximately parallelmeasuring stacked roundwood
8stacked cubic metre1 cubic metre of stacked roundwood (whole or split, with or without bark) containing wood and airspace with all bolts of similar length piled in a regular manner with their longitudinal axes approximately parallelmeasuring stacked roundwood
  • SOR/78-623, s. 1
  • SOR/86-855, s. 1
  • SOR/93-234, s. 2

PART VIIMetric Conversion

[
  • SOR/79-390, s. 1
]

DIVISION 1Retailing of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel

[
  • SOR/79-390, s. 1
]
  •  (1) In this Division, meter means a volumetric liquid measuring machine for use in the retail trade of gasoline or diesel fuel.

  • (2) Subject to subsections (3), (4), (5) and (7), only the unit of measurement set out in column I of an item in the following table shall be used for offering, advertising or displaying gasoline or diesel fuel for retail trade in terms of the price per unit of measurement during the period of time set out in column II of that item:

    TABLE

    ItemColumn IColumn II
    Unit of MeasurementPeriod of Time
    1gallonup to and including December 31, 1978
    2gallon or litrefrom January 1, 1979 to December 31, 1980 inclusive
    3litreon and after January 1, 1981
  • (3) On the coming into force of this Part, any retail outlet may continue to offer, advertise or display gasoline or diesel fuel by the litre if it did so prior to the coming into force of this Part.

  • (4) Up to and including December 31, 1980, where a price per unit of measurement of gasoline or diesel fuel is displayed in a meter, the half-gallon may be the unit of measurement so displayed in the meter if

    • (a) the price of the commodity exceeds 99.9 cents per gallon; and

    • (b) when the monetary value shown on the meter at the end of each transaction is multiplied by a factor of 2, the total price to be paid is in mathematical agreement with the quantity indication and unit price.

  • (5) A retail outlet

    • (a) situated outside a metropolitan government area, city, town or other urban municipality, and

    • (b) serving a sparsely populated area

    may, during 1981 or any year thereafter, continue to

    • (c) offer, advertise or display gasoline or diesel fuel for retail trade by the gallon, or

    • (d) where a price per unit of measurement of gasoline or diesel fuel is displayed in a meter, display in the meter the half-gallon as that unit of measurement provided the conditions of paragraphs (4)(a) and (b) are met

    if, in the preceding year, total retail sales of gasoline and diesel fuel of that retail outlet did not exceed 100,000 gallons.

  • (6) The mathematical agreement requirement of section 140 and the unit price display requirement of section 253 do not apply to a meter where a price per half-gallon is displayed in the meter and the requirements of subsection (4) or (5), whichever is applicable, are met.

  • (7) Where, pursuant to subsection (4) or (5), whichever is applicable, the price displayed in a meter is a price per half-gallon, the gallon shall be the unit of measurement used by that retail outlet for otherwise offering, advertising or displaying gasoline or diesel fuel for retail trade.

  • SOR/78-152, s. 1
  • SOR/79-390, s. 2(E)

DIVISION 2Retailing of Individually Measured Foods and Scale Conversion

  •  (1) In this Division,

    area

    area means a geographic area, as it existed on October 1, 1978, described in column I of an item of the table to section 341 and includes any city, town, municipality or unorganized region geographically situated totally or partially in such area; (régions)

    commodity

    commodity means a commodity in respect of which this Division applies; (marchandise)

    individually measured commodity

    individually measured commodity has the meaning set out in section 45. (marchandise mesurée individuellement)

  • (2) This Division applies in respect of any food that is an individually measured commodity, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, meat, fish, cheese, produce, nuts, candy and confections.

  • SOR/79-390, s. 3
  • SOR/80-83, s. 1
  • SOR/81-495, s. 1
 

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