Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Insreument 7 of 1983,Registered designs (Appeals) Rules 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Weights and Measures ( Amendment) Act 2003 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

18.A Metrologist who on test finds an instrument to be just and in compliance with the provisions of this Act and any regulations made under this Act shall stamp or mark it in the prescribed manner and, if appropriate, seal or lock the instrument to prevent its unauthorized adjustment.
(As amended by Act. No. 12 of 2003)
19. (1) A Metrologist who on test finds an instrument to be false, unjust, defective, or not in compliance with the provisions of this Act or any regulations made under this Act shall-
(a) reject it;
(b) mark it with the prescribed mark; and
(c) issue to the person in charge of the instrument a written statement to the effect that it has been rejected:
Provided that the Metrologist may in his direction-
(i) adjust it;
(ii) return it to the owner for adjustment; or
(iii) retain it with a view to proceedings being taken for its forfeiture.
(2) A person who mends or repairs a verified or rejected instrument shall obliterate permanently the verification stamp or the rejection mark on that instrument sna shall, before such instrument is used for trade, cause
it to be verified by a Metrologist within fourteen days of such mending or repair.
(3) Where the Metrologist is unable to verify the repaired or mended instrument submitted to the metrologist under subsection (2) within the period sepcified in that subsection the person who has in their possession or charge the mended or repaired instrument may apply to the metrologist for written authority to use the unverified instrument for trade.
(4) The metrologist may, on application being made under subsection (3) and upon payment of the prescribed fee and submission of a report on the instrument by the applicant, issue a written authority for the use of such unverified instrument for a period of twenty-one days pending verification of such instrument.
(As amended by Act. No. 12 of 2003)
20.A Metrologist shall not stamp with the prescribed stamp of assize or seal any instrument-
(a) which is unjust;
(b) which does not comply with the provisions of this Act or any regulations made under this Act;
(c) which is not of the denomination of a weight or measure specified in Eighth Schedule; or
(d) without testing it by comparison with the appropriate working standards. 

Reference of the measure

Part V sections 18-20 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Weighing Instruments 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries