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Weights and Measures Regulations — 2.1
2.1 The following definitions apply in this Part and in Schedule I. downstream petroleum trade means the trade of refined petroleum products and liquid alternative fuels between petroleum refineries, gas processing facilities, wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers. ( commerce pétrolier aval ) fishing products means finfish, shellfish, marine vegetation and marine animals, including seals but no other furry marine animals, that are obtained from ocean or inland waters or aquaculture farms, and the products and by-products of their processing. ( produits de la pêche ) forestry products means (a) trees, logs and firewood; (b) wood by-products other than methyl alcohol and wood resins; and (c) paper, other than recycled paper in its untreated form. ( produits forestiers ) grain and field crop products and services means (a) cereal grains, oil seeds, grain corn, wheat, forage, hay, dry field peas, beans and seeds for those crops; (b) feed grains and other animal foods processed by feed mills; and (c) grain storage services offered in grain elevators. ( grains, grandes cultures et services connexes ) mining products means metal and non-metal ores, refined ores and their transformed products, as well as refined precious metals and precious stones, but does not include scrap metal, products produced from the subsequent refining of precious metals and precious stones and, if used for construction, sand, gravel, stone and concrete products. ( produits miniers ) retail food trade means the retail trade of food by retail food stores, including grocery stores, supermarkets, delicatessens, ethnic food stores, natural food stores, butcher shops, farmers’ markets, fish and seafood retailers, fruit and vegetable retailers, coffee retailers and specialty candy and nuts retailers. ( commerce au détail des aliments ) retail petroleum trade means the retail trade of liquid refined petroleum products and liquid alternative fuels. ( commerce pétrolier au détail ) SOR/2014-111, s. 2
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downstream petroleum trade means the trade of refined petroleum products and liquid alternative fuels between petroleum refineries, gas processing facilities, wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers. ( commerce pétrolier aval )
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fishing products means finfish, shellfish, marine vegetation and marine animals, including seals but no other furry marine animals, that are obtained from ocean or inland waters or aquaculture farms, and the products and by-products of their processing. ( produits de la pêche )
Weights and Measures Regulations — (a)
forestry products means (a) trees, logs and firewood; (b) wood by-products other than methyl alcohol and wood resins; and (c) paper, other than recycled paper in its untreated form. ( produits forestiers )
Weights and Measures Regulations — (a)
grain and field crop products and services means (a) cereal grains, oil seeds, grain corn, wheat, forage, hay, dry field peas, beans and seeds for those crops; (b) feed grains and other animal foods processed by feed mills; and (c) grain storage services offered in grain elevators. ( grains, grandes cultures et services connexes )
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mining products means metal and non-metal ores, refined ores and their transformed products, as well as refined precious metals and precious stones, but does not include scrap metal, products produced from the subsequent refining of precious metals and precious stones and, if used for construction, sand, gravel, stone and concrete products. ( produits miniers )
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retail food trade means the retail trade of food by retail food stores, including grocery stores, supermarkets, delicatessens, ethnic food stores, natural food stores, butcher shops, farmers’ markets, fish and seafood retailers, fruit and vegetable retailers, coffee retailers and specialty candy and nuts retailers. ( commerce au détail des aliments )
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retail petroleum trade means the retail trade of liquid refined petroleum products and liquid alternative fuels. ( commerce pétrolier au détail )
Weights and Measures Regulations — 3
3 (1) A class, type or design of device is exempt from the Act where the class, type or design is (a) subject to verification pursuant to the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act ; or (b) designed for use and used only in laboratories or in scientific study and not approved pursuant to section 3 of the Act. (2) A device is exempt from the Act if it is used exclusively for (a) gauging and strapping tanker ship holds or tanks that have a capacity of more than 55,000 litres and that are used in the downstream petroleum trade; or (b) gauging ship holds that are used in the wholesale trade of mining products. SOR/80-429, s. 1; SOR/93-234, s. 2; SOR/2014-111, s. 3
Weights and Measures Regulations — 4
4 (1) The following classes or types of devices are exempt from section 8 and subsection 15(1) of the Act: (a) water meters; (b) parking meters; (c) taxi meters; (d) odometers of motor vehicles; (e) coin-operated machines for weighing persons; (f) payment-operated machines that dispense a predetermined quantity of liquid and that do not register by a mechanical or an electrical indicator the quantity of liquid dispensed; (g) clocks, watches, chronometers and other time measuring devices; (h) milk measuring tanks for farm use; (i) measuring tanks mounted on railway cars; (j) measuring tanks that have a capacity in excess of 55 000 L or 12,000 gallons; (k) meters for the measurement of grease and other commodities having flow properties similar to grease; (l) static measures that are used as containers in which a commodity is sold or offered for sale; (m) packing devices; (n) weighing machines designed for use in laboratories, scientific study or weighing precious metals and that are used for weighing precious metals or other commodities of comparable value, if they conform to applicable specifications for performance, installation and use established by these Regulations and if, prior to December 31, 1981, they are examined and certified as meeting such specifications; (o) linear static measures; and (p) devices used in the downstream petroleum trade to measure liquids carried in a permanent closed piping system, either to or from a place where they are processed, treated or stored, other than to a place where the product is consumed or processed and is no longer considered a hydrocarbon. (2) A device is exempt from section 8 and subsection 15(1) of the Act if it is used exclusively to weigh or measure (a) standard quantity commodities; or (b) crude petroleum products. SOR/80-429, s. 2; SOR/90-118, s. 3; SOR/93-234, s. 2(F); SOR/2005-297, ss. 2, 41(F); SOR/2014-111, ss. 5, 45, 46, 48(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 5
5 A measuring tank is exempt from paragraph 8(a) and subsection 15(1) of the Act if it conforms to applicable specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance set out in Divisions I, V, X and XII of Part V and any additional specifications established under section 13. SOR/90-118, s. 4; SOR/2014-111, s. 6
Weights and Measures Regulations — 6
6 A device is exempt from paragraph 8(b) and subsection 15(1) of the Act if it is used exclusively in the wholesale trade of gold, silver or diamonds, after initial refining. SOR/90-118, s. 4; SOR/2014-111, s. 6
Weights and Measures Regulations — 6.1
6.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a meter register approved under section 3 of the Act that has no means, or has means that are not in use, of automatic temperature, pressure or density compensation is exempt from paragraph 8(b), subsection 15(1) and paragraph 26(1)(c) of the Act if it is installed as a replacement register on a volumetric liquid meter that has previously been examined and certified for the purposes of paragraph 8(b) of the Act. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a register that is altered to operate with automatic temperature, pressure or density compensation. SOR/2014-111, s. 6
Weights and Measures Regulations — 7
7 (1) Subject to subsection (2), section 8, subsection 15(1), section 23, paragraph 24(b) and section 33 of the Act do not apply in respect of a trade transaction if the parties give written notice to the Minister that (a) a device approved for use in trade or approved for use in the particular manner or for the particular purpose contemplated by them is not available to them for use in their intended trade transaction; (b) they wish to use in their intended trade transaction a device other than one referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) it would be impractical or unreasonably expensive to obtain approval for the class, type or design of device that they wish to use in their intended trade transaction or to comply with the examination requirement under paragraph 8(b) or subsection 15(1) of the Act. (2) A trade transaction referred to in subsection (1) is not exempt from the provisions of the Act referred to in that subsection unless (a) the parties referred to in subsection (1) furnish to the Minister such information as the Minister requires relating to the device that the parties wish to use; (b) the device that the parties wish to use conforms to all requirements of the Act and these Regulations, except the specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance; (c) the parties have entered into a written contract not exceeding three years in duration respecting the use of the device that the parties wish to use in the intended trade transaction showing (i) the limits of error applicable to the device and to the commodities to be measured by the device, (ii) the means to be used for calibrating the device, and (iii) the intervals at which that device will be calibrated; (d) the parties have forwarded to the Minister a true copy of the part of the contract dealing with the use of the device; and (e) the device that the parties wish to use measures within the limits of error referred to in subparagraph (c)(i). SOR/89-570, s. 6(F); SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F); SOR/2014-111, s. 8
Weights and Measures Regulations — 8
8 (1) Subject to section 10, a device that has been examined and certified under a previous enactment but not approved pursuant to section 3 of the Act is exempt from paragraph 8(a) of the Act. (2) Subject to section 10, a device or class, type or design of device that has been approved for use in trade under a previous enactment is exempt from paragraph 8(a) of the Act. SOR/90-118, s. 5; SOR/2014-111, s. 46
Weights and Measures Regulations — 9
9 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a device or class, type or design of device approved pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Act or under a previous enactment, or a device examined and certified by an inspector on or before December 31, 1989, is altered to measure in terms of any units of measurement set out and defined in Schedule I of the Act, the device or class, type or design of device is exempt from paragraph 8(a) of the Act if the device or class, type or design of device as altered conforms to (a) applicable specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance set out in Part V and any additional specifications established pursuant to section 13; or (b) applicable specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance in force at the time the device was initially examined and certified by an inspector or when the device or class, type or design of device was approved. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any device or class, type or design of device approved on a temporary basis pursuant to subsection 3(2) of the Act. SOR/90-118, s. 5; SOR/2014-111, s. 46
Weights and Measures Regulations — 10
10 A static measure examined and certified by an inspector on or before December 31, 1989 is exempt from paragraph 8(a) of the Act. SOR/90-118 s. 5; SOR/2014-111, s. 46
Weights and Measures Regulations — 10.1
10.1 A device or class, type or design of device is exempt from paragraph 8(a) of the Act if every part of the device that can have an effect on the accuracy of the device or class, type or design of device is approved pursuant to section 3 of the Act. SOR/90-118, s. 5
Weights and Measures Regulations — 10.2
10.2 The following devices are exempt from subsection 19(2) of the Act: (a) static measures; and (b) weights that do not have lead plugs that have been marked in accordance with paragraph 30(3)(d). SOR/2014-111, s. 9
Weights and Measures Regulations — 11
11 Since January 1, 1976, static measures that are not for use in trade are exempt from paragraph 26(1)(b) of the Act.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 12
12 (1) The classes, types or designs of devices described in subsection 4(1) are exempt from subsection 26(2) of the Act. (2) The notice to the Minister referred to in subsection 26(2) of the Act shall be in writing, shall be directed to the nearest Measurement Canada office within 10 days after the device is imported and shall contain the following information: (a) the name and Canadian address of the importer; (b) the date of entry of the device into Canada; (c) the port of entry of the device; (d) a description of the device sufficient to enable an inspector to identify it; (e) if more than one device is imported, the number of devices imported; (f) the address at which the device may be examined; (g) whether the device is of a class, type or design approved for use in trade, and if so, the approval number referred to in paragraph 17(c) for that class, type or design of device; and (h) whether the device has been marked in accordance with these Regulations. SOR/93-234, s. 2(F); SOR/2005-297, ss. 40, 41(F), 43; SOR/2014-111, s. 46
Weights and Measures Regulations — 13
13 (1) In addition to the specifications set out in Part V, the Minister may establish specifications relating to the design, composition, construction and performance to which any device or class, type or design of device shall conform before it may be approved pursuant to section 3 of the Act. (2) [Repealed, SOR/2005-297, s. 3] (3) A device or class, type or design of device is exempted from the application of any or all of the provisions of the specifications set out in Part V or established under subsection (1) if (a) the provision or provisions are inapplicable or inappropriate taking into account (i) the distinctive characteristics of the design, composition and construction of the device or class, type or design of device, or (ii) the use for which the device or class, type or design of device is to be approved pursuant to section 3 of the Act; or (b) the device or class, type or design of device provides a degree of accuracy and security that is at least equivalent to the degree provided by a device or class, type or design of device that meets the requirements of the provision or provisions of the specifications. (4) Where a device or class, type or design of device is exempted from the application of any or all of the provisions of the specifications set out in Part V or established under subsection (1), the exemption shall be set out in the notice of approval issued pursuant to section 3 of the Act. SOR/78-792, s. 1; SOR/90-278, s. 1; SOR/93-234, s. 2; SOR/2005-297, s. 3
Weights and Measures Regulations — 14
14 An application for the approval of a device, or of a class, type or design of device for use in trade shall be made in writing to the Minister and shall contain the following information: (a) a description of the commodity that a device of that class, type or design is designed to measure; (b) the different units of measurement registered by a device of that class, type or design; (c) the range of flow rate or capacity of a device of that class, type or design; and (d) where the manner of installation or use affects the performance of a device of that class, type or design, the manner in which the device is to be installed or used. SOR/85-736, s. 1; SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 15
15 (1) The application referred to in section 14 shall be accompanied by duplicate copies of (a) test data relating to the actual service performance of the device or to the simulated service performance of the device; (b) the principal drawings and specifications to be used by the manufacturer in assembling, testing and, where applicable, installing devices of that class, type or design; and (c) the promotional material, bulletins, brochures, instructions and other information distributed or intended for distribution to purchasers or prospective purchasers of a device of the class, type or design to which the application relates. (2) A person who submits an application under section 14 shall, when requested to do so by the Minister, supply to the Minister such additional information, test data, drawings or specifications as are necessary to enable the Minister to deal with the application. SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F); SOR/2014-111, s. 10(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 16
16 On the request of the Minister and under any conditions that may be specified by him or her, the applicant shall make available to the Minister one or more devices of the class, type or design to which the application relates, together with any information, equipment, material and services that are required to evaluate the device for approval. SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F); SOR/2014-111, s. 11
Weights and Measures Regulations — 17
17 Where the Minister approves a class, type or design of device for use in trade, he shall issue to the applicant therefor a written notice of approval containing the following information: (a) a description of the class, type or design of device approved; (b) the date of approval; (c) the approval number assigned to the class, type or design of device approved; (d) where a class, type or design of device is approved for use in trade for a specific purpose only, the specific purpose for which it may be used and the purpose for which its use is prohibited; (e) where a class, type or design of device is approved for use in trade in a specific manner only, the specific manner in which it may be used and the manner in which its use is prohibited; (f) such information relating to specifications for installation or use of a device of the class, type or design approved as the Minister considers necessary; (g) the markings that are required to be shown on a device of that class, type or design; and (h) such other information as the Minister considers necessary. SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 18
18 (1) With the exception of devices to which the Specifications Relating to Non-automatic Weighing Devices (1998) or the Specifications Relating to Timber Dimension Measuring Devices apply, the information required by these Regulations to be marked on a device shall be marked (a) on the device; (b) on a plate or plates permanently affixed to the device; (c) partly on the device and partly on a plate or plates that are permanently affixed to the device; or (d) in the case of a device not large enough to accommodate the required information in the manner referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), on a notice attached to or displayed in close proximity to the device. (2) If information is marked on a plate, a suitable area of not less than 12 mm by 25 mm shall be left blank on the plate for the examination mark referred to in section 30 and the plate shall be made of a durable material and shall be located and mounted so that it can be stamped with a steel die. (3) The information required by these Regulations to be marked on the device shall be shown in numbers or letters that are (a) permanent; (b) clear; (c) of a height reasonably appropriate to the size of the device and, unless otherwise specified in these Regulations or in specifications established by the Minister, in numbers or letters of not less than 3 mm or 1/8 inch in height; and (d) located in such a place as to be readily legible by a person using the device under normal conditions of use. (4) When numbers are used with letters or in place of letters on any marking on a device, the size and height of the numbers shall correspond to the size and height of the letters used or required to be used thereon by these Regulations. SOR/93-234, s. 2(F); SOR/98-115, s. 2; SOR/2005-130, s. 2; SOR/2014-111, s. 12 SOR/2024-183, s. 1
Weights and Measures Regulations — 19
19 Before being sold or otherwise disposed of, or leased, a static measure that is of a class, type or design approved for use in trade and that is manufactured on or after January 1, 1976 shall be marked with the following information: (a) the name or registered trademark of the manufacturer or importer of the measure; (b) the approval number for that class, type or design of measure; (c) the capacity of the measure expressed in terms of the appropriate unit of measurement; (d) the words “Legal for Trade” (“ Légal pour le commerce ”); and (e) any other information required to be marked on the device by the notice of approval. SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F); 2014, c. 20, s. 366(E); SOR/2014-111, s. 13
Weights and Measures Regulations — 20
20 (1) Before being sold or otherwise disposed of, or leased, a weight that is of a class, type or design approved for use in trade shall be marked with the following information: (a) the number of units of mass or weight that the weight contains; (b) in the case of a counterpoise weight used as part of a weighing machine, the number of units of mass or weight to which the weight is equivalent when used as a counterpoise with the weighing machine of which it forms a part; (c) in the case of a weight of 1 gram or multiple or submultiple thereof, the word “gram” or its symbol “g”, together with the appropriate prefix or symbol as set out in Part V of Schedule I to the Act; (d) in the case of a weight of 1 troy ounce, or multiple or submultiple thereof, the word “troy” or its abbreviation; and (e) in the case of a weight of any avoirdupois unit or multiple or submultiple thereof that is manufactured or imported after January 1, 1976, the name of the unit or the symbol or abbreviation for the unit. (2) Paragraphs (1)(c), (d) and (e) do not apply to a weight that is so small that it is impracticable to show the information required by those paragraphs. (3) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to (a) sheet metal or wire weights of 1 milligram or multiples or submultiples thereof, or (b) sheet metal or wire weights of 1 grain or multiples or submultiples thereof if the weights are manufactured in the customary distinctive shapes to denote the multiple or submultiple of the milligram or grain that the weight represents. SOR/2005-297, s. 41(F); SOR/2014-111, s. 14