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Government and voting

This page contains different parts of laws about Government and voting.

Important laws about Government and voting

Weights and Measures Act 1987

The government keeps special measuring tools to make sure weights and measures are correct

5: Departmental standards

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules for keeping and checking measurement tools used by certified measurers

7A: Accredited persons' working standards

Weights and Measures Act 1987

What inspectors need to know about their job certificates

27: Certificates of appointment

Weights and Measures Act 1987

How the Secretary allows people to check and approve weights and measures

30A: Appointment of accredited persons

Weights and Measures Act 1987

When and how the government can take away someone's special permission to do certain jobs

30D: Revocation of accreditation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

When an accredited person can be stopped from working for a while

30DA: Suspension of accreditation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Accredited people are not government employees

30J: Application of certain Acts to accredited persons

Weights and Measures Act 1987

What happens when you break weight and measure rules

32A: Infringement offences

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules for giving out and handling fines for breaking weight and measure laws

32B: Procedural requirements relating to infringement notices

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Changes to old rules and laws explained

43: Repeals, revocations, and consequential amendments

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules about fines for breaking weights and measures laws

41B: Regulations relating to infringement fees

Conservation Act 1987

Protecting New Zealand's Special Places and Things

More laws about Government and voting

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