Power to obliterate stamps on instruments which are unfit for use for trade for a particular purpose
15. An inspector may obliterate the stamp on any automatic catchweighing instrument if—
(a)it is in use for trade for a particular purpose and—
(i)is used in such a way as not to meet the requirements of regulation 5; or
(ii)in the opinion of the inspector, is otherwise unsuitable for use for that purpose; or
(b)it is in use for trade in circumstances where the instrument is subject to any extraordinary environmental or operating conditions which, in the opinion of the inspector—
(i)prevent the instrument operating consistently and correctly; or
(ii)are likely prematurely to degrade the metrological characteristics of the instrument.