Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 402

Testing of portable weighing devices

402. Testing of portable weighing devices



(1) For the purposes of section 82 of the Act, a portable weighing device is
tested in the prescribed manner if-

   (a)  the load applied for the purposes of testing a portable weighing
        device is one tonne or more for a single device and 2 tonnes or more
        for a pair of devices; and

   (b)  the Engineering Department is satisfied that the device operates
        within the limits of error in regulation 403; and

   (c)  in the case of portable weighing devices tested in pairs-

   (i)  each device so tested is used only with the other device with which it
        was tested; and

   (ii) the prescribed limit of error is calculated on the sum of the readings
        of the two devices; and

   (iii) the devices so tested are either passed or failed together; and

   (d)  the Engineering Department keeps full and accurate records of all
        portable weighing devices tested, including-

   (i)  the identification number of each device; and

   (ii) the date on which the test was carried out; and

   (iii) the results of the test; and

   (e)  the records of the test are signed by the person in the Engineering
        Department who carried out the test.

(2) A portable weighing device must be tested by the Engineering Department-

   (a)  before it is first used; and

   (b)  at least once every 12 months after it is first used.