South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

TRADE MEASUREMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 9

9—Supplying incorrect measuring instrument

        (1)         For the purposes of this section, a measuring instrument is unacceptable for trade use if it is incorrect or is not of an approved pattern.

        (2)         If a measuring instrument that is unacceptable for trade use is used for trade, a person who sold, leased, hired or lent it to the person who used it for trade is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (3)         It is a defence in proceedings for an offence against this section if it is established—

            (a)         that the measuring instrument was not unacceptable for trade use when the defendant parted with possession of it; or

            (b)         that the defendant did not know and had no reason to suspect that the measuring instrument would be used for trade; or

            (c)         that the person who purchased the measuring instrument or took it on lease, hire or loan was informed in writing at the time that the measuring instrument was unacceptable for trade use.