A. The Board may adopt regulations for the enforcement of this chapter. Theseregulations may include: (i) methods of sale of commodities; (ii) standardsof net weight, measure, or count, and standards of fill, for any commodity inpackage form; (iii) standards concerning the sale and exchange of grains andother agriculture products; (iv) rules governing the technical and reportingprocedures to be followed; and (v) the report and record forms and marks ofapproval and rejection to be used by inspectors and by sealers of weights andmeasures in the discharge of their official duties. The governing body of anycity or county employing a sealer may provide for the technical and reportingprocedures to be followed, and the report and record forms and marks ofapproval and rejection to be used by such sealer within such city or county,unless the Board, after a hearing and with notice to the governing body ofthe city or county involved, finds that such procedures and forms areinadequate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
B. Regulations may also include: (i) exemptions from the sealing or markingrequirements of § 3.2-5613 for weights and measures of such character or sizethat such sealing or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, ordamaging to the apparatus in question; and (ii) exemptions from therequirements of § 3.2-5609 for classes of weights and measures found to be ofsuch character that annual retesting is unnecessary to continued accuracy,provided that such exemptions specify, in a schedule, the frequency ofrequired retests for classes of devices so exempted.
C. Specifications, tolerances, and regulations for weights and measures ofthe character of those specified in § 3.2-5609, designed to eliminate fromuse, without prejudice to apparatus that conforms as closely as practicableto the official standards, those that: (i) are inaccurate; (ii) are, or arelikely to be, faulty because their construction is such that theiradjustments are insufficiently permanent or their indications will not repeatcorrectly; or (iii) facilitate the perpetration of fraud.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.8, 59-82; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-926; 1993,c. 604; 2008, c. 860.)
A. The Board may adopt regulations for the enforcement of this chapter. Theseregulations may include: (i) methods of sale of commodities; (ii) standardsof net weight, measure, or count, and standards of fill, for any commodity inpackage form; (iii) standards concerning the sale and exchange of grains andother agriculture products; (iv) rules governing the technical and reportingprocedures to be followed; and (v) the report and record forms and marks ofapproval and rejection to be used by inspectors and by sealers of weights andmeasures in the discharge of their official duties. The governing body of anycity or county employing a sealer may provide for the technical and reportingprocedures to be followed, and the report and record forms and marks ofapproval and rejection to be used by such sealer within such city or county,unless the Board, after a hearing and with notice to the governing body ofthe city or county involved, finds that such procedures and forms areinadequate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
B. Regulations may also include: (i) exemptions from the sealing or markingrequirements of § 3.2-5613 for weights and measures of such character or sizethat such sealing or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, ordamaging to the apparatus in question; and (ii) exemptions from therequirements of § 3.2-5609 for classes of weights and measures found to be ofsuch character that annual retesting is unnecessary to continued accuracy,provided that such exemptions specify, in a schedule, the frequency ofrequired retests for classes of devices so exempted.
C. Specifications, tolerances, and regulations for weights and measures ofthe character of those specified in § 3.2-5609, designed to eliminate fromuse, without prejudice to apparatus that conforms as closely as practicableto the official standards, those that: (i) are inaccurate; (ii) are, or arelikely to be, faulty because their construction is such that theiradjustments are insufficiently permanent or their indications will not repeatcorrectly; or (iii) facilitate the perpetration of fraud.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.8, 59-82; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-926; 1993,c. 604; 2008, c. 860.)
A. The Board may adopt regulations for the enforcement of this chapter. Theseregulations may include: (i) methods of sale of commodities; (ii) standardsof net weight, measure, or count, and standards of fill, for any commodity inpackage form; (iii) standards concerning the sale and exchange of grains andother agriculture products; (iv) rules governing the technical and reportingprocedures to be followed; and (v) the report and record forms and marks ofapproval and rejection to be used by inspectors and by sealers of weights andmeasures in the discharge of their official duties. The governing body of anycity or county employing a sealer may provide for the technical and reportingprocedures to be followed, and the report and record forms and marks ofapproval and rejection to be used by such sealer within such city or county,unless the Board, after a hearing and with notice to the governing body ofthe city or county involved, finds that such procedures and forms areinadequate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
B. Regulations may also include: (i) exemptions from the sealing or markingrequirements of § 3.2-5613 for weights and measures of such character or sizethat such sealing or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, ordamaging to the apparatus in question; and (ii) exemptions from therequirements of § 3.2-5609 for classes of weights and measures found to be ofsuch character that annual retesting is unnecessary to continued accuracy,provided that such exemptions specify, in a schedule, the frequency ofrequired retests for classes of devices so exempted.
C. Specifications, tolerances, and regulations for weights and measures ofthe character of those specified in § 3.2-5609, designed to eliminate fromuse, without prejudice to apparatus that conforms as closely as practicableto the official standards, those that: (i) are inaccurate; (ii) are, or arelikely to be, faulty because their construction is such that theiradjustments are insufficiently permanent or their indications will not repeatcorrectly; or (iii) facilitate the perpetration of fraud.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.8, 59-82; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-926; 1993,c. 604; 2008, c. 860.)
