Weights and Measures Regulations

29 (1) Where a device is inspected as prescribed by subsection 28(1) or following the installation referred to in subsection 28(2) and the inspector determines that the device meets the requirements of the Act and these Regulations, he shall mark the device or the container in which the device is kept when not in use as prescribed by subsections (2), (3) and (4).

(2) A device referred to in subsection (1) shall be marked by means of a steel die or, where it is not practicable to do so, by means of a sticker.

(3) An inspection mark shall be located,

• (a) in the case of a weighing or measuring machine that has a plate or plates permanently affixed to the machine, on the blank area of the plate referred to in subsection 18(2);

• (b) in the case of a weighing or measuring machine that does not have a plate or plates permanently affixed to the machine, on a part of the machine where it will be readily legible to a person using the machine under normal conditions of use;

• (c) in the case of a weight that has a lead plug, on the lead plug; and

• (d) in the case of a weight that does not have a lead plug, on any appropriate part of the weight.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), where a device is so small that it is not practicable to mark it in accordance with that subsection, the inspection mark shall be located on the container in which the device is kept when not in use.