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Weights and Measures Regulations — 219
219 The limits of error set out in the following table apply to all machines for measuring rope, cordage, wire or woven screening in terms of Canadian units of length: TABLE Item Column I Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error Column II Column III Column IV Column V Known Test Length Under Registration of Length Over Registration of Length Under Registration of Length Over Registration of Length 1 Any length 1″ plus 1% of known test length ½″ plus ½% of known test length 1″ plus 1% of known test length ½″ plus ½% of known test length SOR/89-570, s. 6(F); SOR/2017-17, s. 14(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 220
220 A machine shall be firmly attached to a counter or other stable support before it is used.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 221
221 Registration shall be returned to zero before each use of the machine.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 222
222 In this Division, machine means an area measuring machine for use in trade.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 223
223 A machine shall be designed so that any means of adjustment that can have an effect on its accuracy of measurement has provision for sealing.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 224
224 When a machine is tested in relation to a relevant local standard for either acceptance limits of error or in-service limits of error by measurement of a known area on a surface that is representative of the kind of material for which the machine is designed, the machine is within both the acceptance limit of error and the in-service limit of error in respect of that area and that kind of material if the area registered does not differ from the known area by more than 0.006 square metres or 1.5 per cent of the known area, whichever is greater, and, in the case of a machine measuring in Canadian units of measurement, 1/16 square foot or 1.5 per cent of the known area, whichever is greater. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F); SOR/2017-17, s. 15
Weights and Measures Regulations — 225
225 In this Division, machine means a machine for determining the computed volume of boxes and other solids on the basis of three mutually perpendicular linear measurements.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 226
226 Measuring faces on a machine shall be designed so that they may be held parallel when each of the three principal axes of the object are being measured.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 227
227 A machine shall provide registration of measurement in terms of either cubic decimetres or cubic feet.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 228
228 When a machine is tested in relation to a relevant local standard for acceptance limits of error by taking the measurement in turn of three lengths the product of which corresponds to a computed volume set out in Column I of an item in a table to section 230 or 231, the machine is within the acceptance limits of error in respect of that computed volume if the amount registered by the machine (a) is not less than the computed volume by an amount in excess of the volume set out in Column II of that item; and (b) does not exceed the computed volume by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column III of that item. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 229
229 When a machine is tested in relation to a relevant local standard for in-service limits of error by taking the measurement in turn of three lengths the product of which corresponds to a computed volume set out in Column I of an item in a table to section 230 or 231, the machine is within the in-service limits of error in respect of that computed volume if the amount registered by the machine (a) is not less than the computed volume by an amount in excess of the volume set out in Column IV of that item; and (b) does not exceed the computed volume by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column V of that item. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 230
230 The limits of error set out in the following table apply to all solid volume machines designed to establish the space in cubic decimetres taken up by packages, parcels and crates: TABLE Item Column I Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error Column II Column III Column IV Column V Computed Volume Under Registration of Volume Over Registration of Volume Under Registration of Volume Over Registration of Volume Cubic Decimetres Cubic Decimetres Cubic Decimetres Cubic Decimetres Cubic Decimetres 1 Up to 30 0.3 0.15 0.3 0.15 2 50 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.25 3 100 0.8 0.40 0.8 0.40 4 200 1.2 0.60 1.2 0.60 5 300 1.5 0.75 1.5 0.75 6 Over 300 0.5% of computed volume 0.25% of computed volume 0.5% of computed volume 0.25% of computed volume SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 231
231 The limits of error set out in the following table apply to all solid volume machines designed to establish the space in cubic feet taken up by packages, parcels and crates: TABLE Item Column I Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error Column II Column III Column IV Column V Computed Volume Under Registration of Volume Over Registration of Volume Under Registration of Volume Over Registration of Volume Cubic Feet Cubic Feet Cubic Feet Cubic Feet Cubic Feet 1 Up to 1 0.010 0.005 0.010 0.005 2 2 0.020 0.010 0.020 0.010 3 5 0.036 0.018 0.036 0.018 4 10 0.050 0.025 0.050 0.025 5 Over 10 0.5% of computed volume 0.25% of computed volume 0.5% of computed volume 0.25% of computed volume SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 232
232 In this Division, machine means a volumetric liquid measuring machine and includes a volumetric liquid meter or a measuring tank for use in trade.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 233
233 A machine shall be designed and constructed to ensure complete delivery of the measured liquid and to prevent delivery of any unmeasured liquid.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 234
234 All movable capacity indicators and means of adjustment on a machine shall be sealable.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 235
235 (1) Component parts of a machine the removal or alteration of which could have an effect on the accuracy of measurement of the machine shall be sealable. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a meter designed for measuring liquid food commodities.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 236
236 Except as otherwise authorized by specifications established by the Minister, a machine shall register in units of volume of liquid at the temperature and pressure of the liquid in the measuring element of the machine.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 237
237 A machine may be tested and calibrated using a liquid other than the liquid that the machine will measure in trade if the test liquid has hydraulic properties similar to the liquid that the machine will measure in trade or the test liquid is used with a correction factor that has been specified by the Minister.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 238
238 Where a machine is incorporated into a measuring system, the component parts of the system, including the liquid supply tank and any pump, piping, valve or delivery hose, shall be installed and used so as not to cause the machine to cease to measure accurately.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 239
239 Unless otherwise authorized by specifications established by the Minister, a machine shall be installed so as to prevent the inter-mixing of liquids therein unless it is a machine approved for that purpose.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 240
240 When a machine is installed in conjunction with piping other than a delivery hose or a short jumper hose, the piping shall be of rigid material.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 241
241 In this Division, meter means a volumetric liquid measuring machine for use in trade that is of the meter type or incorporates a meter; ( compteur ) registration includes both visual indication and recorded representation of volume, unit price or monetary value. ( enregistrement )
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meter means a volumetric liquid measuring machine for use in trade that is of the meter type or incorporates a meter; ( compteur )
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registration includes both visual indication and recorded representation of volume, unit price or monetary value. ( enregistrement )
Weights and Measures Regulations — 242
242 The rated maximum flow of a meter shall be such that, when it is tested using refined petroleum products with normal lubricating properties such as kerosene or fuel oil, the meter will measure accurately without abnormal wear, and the meter shall be de-rated if necessary for use on products with lesser lubricating properties.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 243
243 (1) The rated minimum flow of a meter designed to measure liquids other than liquefied gases shall be 20 per cent or less of the rated maximum flow of the meter. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the rated minimum flow of a meter designed to measure liquefied gases shall be 33 per cent or less of the rated maximum flow of the meter. (3) The rated minimum flow of a meter with a rated maximum flow of 90 L or less per minute that is designed to measure liquefied gases and to dispense liquefied gases to motor vehicles shall be 13 L or less per minute. SOR/90-118, s. 30
Weights and Measures Regulations — 244
244 Unless otherwise authorized by specifications established by the Minister, a meter shall have an integral filter or close-coupled strainer appropriate to the type, design and size of the meter.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 245
245 Unless otherwise authorized by specifications established by the Minister, all meters except slow-flow meters and slow-flow dispensers shall have an automatic air-vapour eliminator and a meter for liquefied gases shall also have a combination differential-pressure and back-pressure valve.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 246
246 Any accessory for a liquid meter that can affect the accuracy of the meter shall be sealable.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 249
249 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the means of registration on a meter shall be capable of advancement only by the liquid passing through the meter. (2) A meter register may be designed to be reset to zero by mechanical advancement of the register elements if, during the resetting, (a) the elements of registration are obscured until the zero position is reached; or (b) the advancing movement, once started, cannot be stopped until the zero position is reached.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 250
250 The indications on any resettable register, totalizer or ticket printer on a meter that is designed to measure flow in both directions shall advance or reverse according to the flow of the liquid.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 251
251 When a meter has a totalizer or preset register, it shall be clearly differentiated from the delivery register.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 252
252 A resettable register shall have means to return the register accurately to zero, and the money register of a computing type register shall return to zero at the same time that the quantity register is returned to zero.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 253
253 A computing type register shall be designed to prevent any change of the price setting during a delivery and so as to automatically display the unit price at which the register is set to compute.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 254
254 A meter with a rated maximum flow of 350 L or less per minute that is intended to be used to measure and deliver motor fuel to motor vehicles, watercraft and aircraft shall be designed to be inoperable after a delivery until the register is reset to zero. SOR/90-118, s. 32; SOR/93-234, s. 2(E)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 256
256 Unless otherwise authorized by specifications established by the Minister, a ticket printer shall be interlocked so that it can (a) print only the quantity delivered; and (b) deliver only the quantity for which a ticket is printed.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 257
257 A meter that has a ticket printer shall be so designed that a jammed ticket can be removed without breaking the examination seals on the means of adjusting the registration. SOR/90-118, s. 33; SOR/2014-111, s. 46
Weights and Measures Regulations — 258
258 Where an automatic temperature-compensated or other type of compensated register is installed on a meter, an uncompensated register shall also be provided that indicates the uncompensated volume measured by the meter.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 259
259 The purchaser’s cumulative register on a key-operated self-serve meter shall be designed so that it is readily visible to the purchaser at the time of delivery and will permit comparison with the quantity indication of the delivery shown by the primary indicator.
Weights and Measures Regulations — 260
260 A meter shall have a sealable means of adjustment that will permit the meter to be adjusted to within 0.05 per cent of the quantity dispensed through the meter. SOR/90-118, s. 34
Weights and Measures Regulations — 261
261 When a meter is tested for acceptance limits of error at any flow rate between its rated maximum flow and its rated minimum flow using a known test quantity of liquid set out in Column I of an item in the applicable table to sections 265 to 270, the meter is within the acceptance limits of error in respect of that quantity if the quantity registered by the meter does not differ from the known test quantity by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column II of that item. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 262
262 When a meter is tested for in-service limits of error at any flow rate between its rated maximum flow and its rated minimum flow using a known test quantity of liquid set out in Column I of an item in the applicable table to sections 265 to 270, the meter is within the in-service limits of error in respect of that quantity if the quantity registered by the meter does not differ from the known test quantity by an amount in excess of the amount set out in Column III of that item. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 263
263 Where a meter is tested for acceptance limits of error or in-service limits of error using three consecutive tests conducted at any single rate of flow or at any flow rate of the same pattern that falls between its rated maximum flow and its rated minimum flow, the spread of the test results shall not exceed two fifths of the applicable limit of error for the meter. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F); SOR/2005-297, s. 19
Weights and Measures Regulations — 265
265 (1) Subject to subsection (4), the limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply to slow-flow dispensers incorporating either meters or self-measuring pumps, dispensers for motor fuel of the service station type, meters on refuellers for small aircraft and boats, meters on vehicle tanks and to all other meters for use in measuring automotive or petroleum liquids in retail trade and that are not otherwise mentioned in the tables in this Division. (2) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters that register in metric units of volume: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error Litres Millilitres Millilitres 1 0.10 2 4 2 0.20 2.5 5 3 0.50 6 12 4 1 10 20 5 2 15 30 6 5 30 60 7 10 40 80 8 20 50 100 9 50 100 200 10 100 220 440 11 250 or more 3/16% of known test quantity 3/8% of known test quantity (3) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters that register in Canadian units of volume: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error Pints Fluid Ounces Fluid Ounces 1 ½ 1/8 ¼ 2 1 ¼ ½ Quarts 3 1 3/8 ¾ 4 2 5/8 1¼ Gallons 5 1 1 2 6 2 1¼ 2½ 7 5 2 4 8 10 3½ 7 9 20 6½ 13 10 50 or more 3/16% of known test quantity 3/8% of known test quantity (4) The acceptance limits of error set out in Column II of the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply only to tests made under controlled conditions such as bench tests, and for tests for acceptance limits of error under other conditions, the limits of error set out in Column III of those tables shall apply. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 266
266 (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply to all positive displacement bulk volumetric liquid meters, including vehicle-mounted meters, that are designed to measure volumes of 180 litres or more, or 40 gallons or more, of refined petroleum products such as gasoline and fuel oils, foodstuffs such as milk, liquid fertilizers of the solution type such as aqua ammonia, or other liquids of low viscosity. (2) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters, generally of a size 65 mm or 2½ inches or smaller that are designed to measure liquids of low viscosity: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error 1 Any volume of 225 litres or more up to 900 litres or of 50 gallons or more up to 200 gallons 3/16% of known test quantity ¼% of known test quantity (3) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters, generally of a size 75 mm or three inches or larger that are designed to measure liquids of low viscosity: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error 1 Any volume of 1 350 litres or more or of 300 gallons or more 1/8% of known test quantity ¼% of known test quantity (4) The acceptance limits of error and in-service limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply to known test quantities equal to or greater than that delivered by the meter in one minute at the maximum operating rate. (5) The acceptance limits of error set out in Column II of the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply only to tests made under controlled conditions such as bench tests and, for tests for acceptance limits of error under other conditions, the limits of error set out in Column III of those tables shall apply. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F); SOR/2017-17, s. 16; SOR/2018-252, s. 5
Weights and Measures Regulations — 267
267 (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply to all positive displacement bulk volumetric liquid meters, including vehicle-mounted meters, that are designed to measure volumes of 180 litres or more or 40 gallons or more of heavy petroleum products, such as bunker oils, foodstuffs such as syrups, liquid cattle feed, fertilizers of high specific gravities or other liquids of high viscosity. (2) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters, generally of a size 65 mm or 2½ inches or smaller, that are used to measure liquids of high viscosity: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error 1 Any volume of 225 litres or more up to 900 litres or of 50 gallons or more up to 200 gallons ¼% of known test quantity ½% of known test quantity (3) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters, generally of a size 75 mm or three inches or larger, that are used to measure liquids of high viscosity: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error 1 Any volume of 1 350 litres or more, or of 300 gallons or more 3/16% of known test quantity 3/8% of known test quantity (4) The acceptance limits of error and in-service limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply to known test quantities equal to or greater than that delivered by the meter in one minute at maximum operating rate. (5) The acceptance limits of error set out in Column II of the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply only to tests under controlled conditions such as bench tests, and for tests for acceptance limits of error under other conditions, the limits of error set out in Column III of those tables shall apply. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F); SOR/2017-17, s. 17; SOR/2018-252, s. 6(F)
Weights and Measures Regulations — 269
269 (1) Subject to subsection (4), the limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) apply to all slow-flow meters rated at 115 litres per hour or less or 25 gallons per hour or less for use in trade in pipeline systems to measure fuel oil, stove oil or kerosene supplied to furnaces and other heating equipment, or in any other system where the meter is permanently connected to a point of fuel consumption. (2) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters designed to operate at 2.25 to 22.5 litres or more per hour or 0.5 to five gallons or more per hour: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error 1 Any volume above the minimum volume set out in specifications established by the Minister for slow-flow meters or for a design of slow-flow meter ½% of known test quantity ¾% of known test quantity (3) The limits of error set out in the following table apply to meters designed to operate at 0.10 to 3.4 litres or more per hour or 0.02 to 0.75 gallons or more per hour: TABLE Column I Column II Column III Item Known Test Quantity Acceptance Limits of Error In-Service Limits of Error 1 Any volume above the minimum volume set out in specifications established by the Minister for slow-flow meters or for a design of slow-flow meter (during tests made at 0.5 litres per hour or 0.10 gallons per hour) 3% of known test quantity 4% of known test quantity 2 Any volume above the minimum volume set out in specifications established by the Minister for slow-flow meters or for a design of slow-flow meter (during tests made at 3.4 litres per hour or 0.75 gallons per hour) ½% of known test quantity ¾% of known test quantity (4) The limits of error set out in the tables to subsections (2) and (3) refer to the results of bench tests made in accordance with specifications established by the Minister for slow-flow meters. SOR/89-570, s. 6(F)