Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

32.   Inspectors not to derive profit from selling etc. of weights and measures

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    (1)   An inspector shall not derive any profit from or be employed in the making or selling of weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments.

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    (2)   An inspector shall not repair, alter or adjust any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument.

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    (3)   Despite subsection (2) where the Director is satisfied that it is desirable that an inspector should be allowed to adjust weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments within the area of any district as the case may be, the Director may, if he or she thinks fit, authorise that inspector to act in that area as an adjuster of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments.

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    (4)   Where there is an adjustment the weight or measuring instrument shall be immediately verified by another inspector in the presence of that inspector who has been authorised to be an adjuster.

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    (5)   An inspector who is authorised under subsection (3) to act as an adjuster of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments shall not adjust any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument except upon payment of the prescribed fee for such adjustment.