Part III Public Weighing or Measuring Equipment
18 Keepers of public equipment to hold certificate.
1
No person shall attend to any weighing or measuring by means of weighing or measuring equipment available for use by the public, being a weighing or measuring demanded by a member of the public and for which a charge is made, other than a weighing or measuring of a person, unless he holds a certificate from a chief inspector that he has sufficient knowledge for the proper performance of his duties.
2
Any person refused such a certificate by a chief inspector may appeal against the refusal to the Secretary of State, who may if he thinks fit direct the chief inspector to grant the certificate.
3
Any person who contravenes, or who causes or permits any other person to contravene, subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence.