Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 404

Sealing of portable weighing devices

404. Sealing of portable weighing devices



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

   (a)  the device has been tested in accordance with regulations 402 and 403
        and the device has satisfied the test requirements; and

   (b)  the device is sealed by the person in the Engineering Department who
        carried out the test; and

   (c)  the device is sealed with a seal which effectively prevents
        interference with the mechanism or circuitry of the device without
        breaking the seal; and

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

   (i)  the identification number of each device sealed; and

   (ii) the date on which the device was sealed; and

   (iii) the manner in which the device was sealed; and

   (e)  the records in paragraph (d) are signed by the person in the
        Engineering Department who sealed the device.

(2) If at any time after a portable weighing device is sealed a repair,
alteration or adjustment (other than setting the reading to zero) is made to
its mechanism or circuitry, the device must be tested again in accordance with
regulation 402 and sealed again in accordance with this regulation.