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Metrology Act 1996
Short title, commencement and scope.
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Metrology Act, 1996.
(2) Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister shall by order appoint.
(3) The Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980, and this Act may be cited together as the Metrology Acts, 1980 to 1996, and shall be construed together as one Act.
(4) Without prejudice to section 18, this Act applies to measurements made and to instruments used for the purpose of trade and any other use which the Minister prescribes.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E1
Power pursuant to subs. (4) exercised (10.10.2019) by Legal Metrology (Prescribed Instruments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 505 of 2019).
E2
Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (12.05.1997) by Metrology Act 1996 (Commencement and Establishment Day) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 177 of 1997).
2. The 12th day of May, 1997, is hereby appointed as the day—
(a) on which the Metrology Act, 1996 (No. 27 of 1996), shall come into operation, and
(b) to be the establishment day for the purpose of Part II of that Act.