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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- :&t;;Prcb- “Bureau” means the Bureau of Standards established by the Standards Act; “container” includes any form of packaging of goods for sale as single item, whether by way of wholly or partly enclosing the goods or by way of attach- ing the goods to, or winding the goods round, some other article, and in particular includes a wrapper or confining band; “inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector of weights and measures under this Act; “mark” includes label; “occupier”, in relation to any stall, vehicle, vessel or aircraft or in relation to the use of any place for any purpose, means the person for the time being in charge of the stall, vehicle, vessel or aircraft or, as the case may be, the person for the time being using that place for that purpose; “premises” includes any place and any stall, vehicle, vessel or aircraft; “pre-packed” means made up in advance ready for retail sale in or on a container; and on any pre- mises where articles of any description are so made up, or are kept or stored for sale after being so ______ me inclusion of rhis page is authorized by L.N. 961 19981 4 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES made up, any articles of that description found made up in or on a container shall be deemed to be pre-packed unless the contrary is proved; and it shall not be sufficient proof of the contrary to show that the container has not been marked in accordance with the requirements of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder; “stamp” means a mark for use as evidence of the passing of weighing or measuring equipment as fit for use for trade, whether applied by impressing, casting, engraving, etching, branding, transfer or by any other means; “trade” includes any transaction for the transferring or rendering of money or money’s worth in con- sideration of money or money’s worth; “weighing or measuring equipment” means equipment for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the equipment is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other infurmation deter- mined by reference It0 that measurement. PART II. Units and Standards of Measurement Units of 211996 3.-(1) Subject to section SA, the yard or the metre shall be the unit of measurement of length and the pound or the kilogram shall be the unit of measurement of mass by refer- ence to which any measurement involving a measurement of length or mass shall be made in Jamaica; and (a) the yard shall be 0.9144 metre exactly; (6) the pound shall be 0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly. rneasurc- rnent. s. 2. First Schedule. (2) The First Schedule shall have effect for defining for the purposes of measurements falling to be made in Jamaica the units of measurement set out in that Schedule; and for the purposes of any measurement of weight falling to be so made, the weight of anything may be expressed, / inclusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 961 19981 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES by reference to the units of measurement set out in Part Y of that Schedule, in the same terms as its mass. (3) The Minister may from time to time by order amend the First Schedule by adding to or removing from it any unit of measurement. 4.-(1) The Minister shall cause to be maintained, in Jamaican feference accordance with the provisions of this section, standards stand=&. which shall be known collectively as the Jamaican reference standards. (2) The Jamaican reference standards shall consist of such of the measures and weights set out in the Second Second Schedule as the Minister considers to be proper and suffi- cient; and a reference standard of any linear or capacity measure may, as the Minister thinks fit- (a) be provided either as a separate standard or by means of divisions marked on a standard of larger measure; and (b) either be marked in whole or in part with sub- divisions representing any smaller unit of measure- ment or multiples or fractions of such a unit or have no such marking. (3) The Jamaican reference standards shall be de- posited at such places and shall be placed in the custody of such persons as the Minister shall direct. (4) Before being brought into use each Jamaican reference standard shall have its value determined in such manner as the Minister shall direct. (5) The value of each Jamaican reference standard shall, at intervals not exceeding ten years, be redetermined in such manner as the Minister shall direct. Schedule. (6) Where it is proposed to send any Jamaican refer- ace standard out of 'Jamaica temporarily, the Minister shall cause to be provided, as a temporary reference stan- ihdusion d this page is apthorbtd by LN. 31/1m e WEIGHTS AND MEASURES dard, an appropriate measure or weight of the denomination of that Jamaican reference standard and shall by order declare that measure or weight to be a temporary Jamaican reference standard. (7) The Minister may from time to time by order amend the Second Schedule by adding to it or removing from it any measure or weight. Workins andtesting ingeqdp- m a t 5 4 1 ) The Bureau shall provide for use by inspectors, and shall maintain or from time to time replace, such standards (in this Act referred to as working standards) of such of the measures and weights set out in the Second Schedule, such testing equipment, and such stamping equip ment, as the Bureau may from time to time approve or 'require as being proper and sufficient for the efficient dischafge by inspectors of their functions under this Act. (2) Working standards and testing and stamping equipment provided under this section shall be of material and form approved by the Bureau and except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of their use elsewhere, shall be kept under such control as the Bureau may from time to time direct or approve; and a working standard of a linear, cubic or capacity measure may- (a) be provided either as a separate standard or by means of divisions marked on a standard of a larger measure; and (21) either be marked in whole or in part with sub- divisions representing any smaller unit of measure- ment or multiples or fractions of such a unit or have no such markings. (3) Working standards shall from time to time be tested by comparison with Jamaican reference standards or other working standards more recently tested and shall, if necessary, be adjusted to within such limits of error as may be prescribed. standards and stamp- 1 frap inclusion of this page iS authorited by W. 31/1977J 7 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (4) Testing equipment provided under subsection (1) shall be tested and adjusted in accordance with such pro- visions as may be prescribed. SA. The Minister may by order published in the Gazette- Power Minister of to notwithstanding anything to ,the contrary, amend p rovide for metric con- 2/ 1996 any reference to measurement in imperial units in version. any enactment to the corresponding measurement S. 3. in metric units; declare, in respect of any industry operating in Jamaica and specified in the Order, the date on or before which the units of measurement used in that industry shall be converted to metric units. PART In. Weighing and Measuring Equipment for use for