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Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847
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Meters and weighersU.K.
And with respect to the appointment of meters and weighers, and their duties, be it enacted as follows:
81 Power to appoint meters and weighers.U.K.
Where under the special Act the undertakers shall have the appointment of meters and weighers, the undertakers may appoint and licence a sufficient number of persons to be meters and weighers within the limits of the harbour, dock, and pier, and remove any such persons at their pleasure, and may make regulations for their government, and fix reasonable rates to be paid or other remuneration to be made to them for weighing and measuring goods.
82 Licensed meters and weighers only to be employed.U.K.
When a sufficient number of meters and weighers have been appointed by the undertakers, under the powers of this and the special Act, the master of any vessel, or the owner of any goods shipped, unshipped, or delivered within or upon the harbour, or dock, or pier, shall not employ any person other than a weigher or meter licensed by the undertakers, or appointed by the Commissioners of her Majesty’s [F1Customs and Excise], to weigh or measure the same; and if in such case any person other than a meter or weigher licensed by the undertakers, or a meter or weigher appointed by the Commissioners of her Majesty’s [F1Customs and Excise], shall weigh or measure any such goods as aforesaid, such person, as well as the person by whom he shall be employed, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F2level 1 on the standard scale], and the weighing or measurement of any such goods by any such person shall be deemed illegal.
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F1Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1909/197, (Rev. V, p. 465; 1909, p. 239) art. 10
F2Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
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