Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B84: Inspection 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

(2) A Metrologist may at all reasonable times-
(a) enter any place, vehicle, aircraft or ship in or from which he has reasonable cause to believe any articles are sold or kept for delivery and may inspect and weight or measure any article found therein;
(b) order any person carrying or delivering any commodity apparently in the course of trade to stop, and may inspect, weight or measure any such commodity;
(c) for the purpose of paragraph (a) or (b), use any assized instrument at the place or vehicle where the commodity is inspected;
(d) order the seller of any article to produce for inspection and, if he thinks it necessary, seize and detain, any invoice, delivery note or other record kept by the seller relating to the weighing or measuring of the commodity;
(e) seize and detain any commodity in respect of which he has reasonable cause to believe that an offence has been committed under this Act; and
(f) order any person mentioned in paragraph (b) or in charge of any place or vehicle mentioned in paragraph (a) to-
(i) provide labour for the handling and weighing or measurement, in terms of this section, of any commodity;
(ii) give the name and address of his employer, if any.
(2A) A Metrologist may, if required to do so by any person on whose premises or property the metrologist
has entered in exercise of powers under this section, produce to such person a written authority to enter the
premises or property duly issued by the director for purposes of this section. (2B) A Metrologist may when entering upon any place or property be accompanied by such assistants as the metrologist may require and shall
carry such equipment and tools as the metrologist may require for the perfornance of functions under this section.
(3) Where a person has any goods in his possession for sale or delivery he shall, if required by an assizer for the purposes of subsection (v), break open or permit the Metrologist to break open any wrapper or container in which the goods are packed.
(4) Any person who-
(a) fails to comply with any order or requirements under this section;
(b) hinders or obstracts a Metrologist's functions under this section; or
(c) impersonates a Metrologist; commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding
twenty thousand penalty units or in default to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
(As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994 and by Act. No. 12 of 2003) 

Reference of the measure

Part VII section 37 (2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

All products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries