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Weights and Measures Act 1987

System of weights and measures and standards - Standards of weights and measures

7A: Accredited persons' working standards

You could also call this:

“Rules for keeping and checking measurement tools used by certified measurers”

If you are an accredited person, you need to keep certain measurement standards. The Secretary decides which standards you need to keep so you can do your job properly under this Act.

You must check your measurement standards regularly to make sure they are correct. For most standards, you need to check them at least once every 12 months. You can check them against the departmental standards, reference standards, or other approved standards mentioned in section 5(3).

If you have standards made of glass that measure volume, you need to check these less often. You only need to check these glass standards once every 10 years. You can check them against the same types of standards as the other measurements.

When you check your standards, you’re making sure they match up with the official measurements kept by the government. This helps to keep all measurements accurate and consistent across New Zealand.

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Part 1 System of weights and measures and standards
Standards of weights and measures

7AAccredited persons' working standards

  1. Every accredited person shall maintain such standards of measurement as the Secretary considers necessary to enable the accredited person to exercise or perform that accredited person's functions, duties, and powers under this Act.

  2. Every accredited person shall from time to time, at intervals not exceeding 12 months, cause the standards maintained by that person pursuant to subsection (1), except those that are used to determine a measure of volume and are constructed of glass, to be verified by reference to—

  3. the departmental standards; or
    1. any reference standards; or
      1. the standards referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 5(3).

        1. Every accredited person must, at intervals not exceeding 10 years, cause the standards maintained by that person under subsection (1) that are used to determine a measure of volume and are constructed of glass to be verified by reference to—

        2. the departmental standards; or
          1. any reference standards; or
            1. the standards referred to in section 5(3)(a) or (b).

              Notes
              • Section 7A: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 9).
              • Section 7A(2): amended, on (applying only to standards maintained by an accredited person that are verified after that date), by section 4(1) of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 118).
              • Section 7A(2)(b): amended, on , by section 9 of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 145).
              • Section 7A(3): added, on (applying only to standards maintained by an accredited person that are verified after that date), by section 4(2) of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 118).
              • Section 7A(3)(b): amended, on , by section 9 of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 145).