Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) The regulations
may make provision —
(a) for
and in relation to the period for which the verification, re-verification,
certification or re-certification of measuring instruments or classes of
measuring instruments is to have effect; or
(b) for
the verification, re-verification, certification or re-certification of
particular classes of measuring instruments to have effect for an indefinite
period.
(2) The references in
subsection (1)(b) to
"re-verification" and "re-certification" are to a re-verification or
re-certification that is in fact carried out even though under regulations
referred to in that subsection the verification or certification of the
measuring instrument concerned had effect for an indefinite period.
(3) The regulations
may provide for different periods in respect of measuring instruments that are
in use in different areas of the State.
(4) Unless
subsection (5) applies, the verification, re-verification, certification
or re-certification of a measuring instrument has effect until —
(a) the
expiry of the prescribed period applicable to the instrument; or
(b) the
inspector’s mark or the licensee’s mark is obliterated from the
instrument under —
(i)
section 27 or 28; or
(ii)
section 18 of the Administration Act,
whichever first
occurs.
(5) If regulations
referred to in subsection (1)(b) apply to a measuring instrument the
verification, re-verification, certification or re-certification of the
instrument has effect until the inspector’s mark or the licensee’s
mark is obliterated from the instrument —
(a)
under —
(i)
section 27 or 28; or
(ii)
section 18 of the Administration Act;
or
(b) in
the course of the measuring instrument being re-verified or re-certified as
mentioned in subsection (2).