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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987
THEIR TO TRADE
SAID MR HOWARD
TRADERS WILL BR EXPECTED TO ENSURE WEIGHING EQUIPMENT IS ACCURATE AND THAT THE GOODS THEY WISH IN ARE PROPERLY MARKED BY THE TIME THE LAW COMES INTO FORCE.
HE NOTED THAT IT IS NOT THE INTENTION TO TAKE ON TRADERS WHO MAY BE IN IGNORANCE OF THE NEW LAW.
PUNITIVE ACTION
EVIDENCE EARLIER
"WHERE THERE IS GENUINE BRROR, A WARNING WILL BE GIVEN INITIALLY. BUT THERE WILL BE NO QUARTER GIVEN WHERE THERE IS OF DELIBERATE FRAUD AND
TRADER PAYS NO
ΤΟ HEED WARNINGS TO RECTIFY THE ACCURACY OF HIS EQUIPMENT AND GOODS".
WHERE A
DEPARTMENT,
HAVE
THE
IS
EXCISE MR HOWARD SAID OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND
RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS, WILL ALSO IN ADDITION TO ACTING IN
ON TRADERS'
TO PREMISES
VERIFY POWERS TO CONDUCT SPOT CHECKS ACCURACY OF THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TO TAKE ACTION WHERE THE EQUIPMENT FOUND TO BE INACCURATE OR INEFFECTIVE.
IS ACCURATE
"A TRADER WHO WISHES TO ENSURE THAT HIS EQUIPMENT AND EFFECTIVE
OR THE CAN APPROACH ACCREDITED LABORATORIES,
SUPPLIED
WITH THE MANUFACTURER OR IMPORTER WHO
EQUIPMENT INDEED, ANY SERVICE PROVIDING COMPETENT CALIBRATION FACILITIES."
HIM
MR HOWARD POINTED OUT THAT THE LAW REQUIRES GOODS BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE IN THE COURSE OF TRADE WEIGHT OR MEASURE UNLESS EXEMPTED BY REGULATION.
OR,
SALE THE SHOULD BB BY
OF
ALL
NET
OR
"IN THE
OF CASE
BY PRE-PACKED GOODS, SUPPLIED
WRIGHT THE GOODS MUST BE GENERALLY MEASURE, THE NET WEIGHT OR MEASURE OF MARKED ON THE CONTAINER, " HE SAID.
"GOODS SUPPLIED OTHERWISE
PRE-PACKED FORM MUST BE FULL VIEW OF WEIGHED AND MEASURED BY THE SELLER IN THE PRESENCE AND THE PURCHASER.
THAN
IN
WILL "THE SUPPLY OF GOODS OF A QUANTITY LESS THAN THAT CLAIMED
MATERIALLY FALSE BE AN OFFENCE; SO WILL THE GIVING OF ANY INDICATION OR MISLEADING AS TO THE QUANTITY OF GOODS.
FOR
"HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE DIFFICULTY EXPRESSED BY THE TRADE FOOD MANUFACTURERS TO INDICATE EXACT WEIGHTS, IT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW, ΤΟ THREE PER CENT ON BY ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL, A TOLERANCE OF UP NET WEIGHTS OR MEASURES FOR MOST COMMODITIES EXCEPT PRECIOUS METALS."
A
CONSTITUTE UNITS OF PRACTICE
MR HOWARD POINTED OUT THAT THE LEGISLATION WILL NOT
AUTHORISED SINCE BARRIER TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE MEASUREMENT ARE BASED ON
RECOMMENDED INTERNATIONALLY GOODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR EXPORT OR RE-EXPORT ARE EXEMPTED.
"THE IMPORT OF GOODS IN UNITS OTHER THAN NO OFFENCE UNLESS THE GOODS ARE TO BE SOLD HERE.
AND
AUTHORISED THOSE
IS
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