No. S 844
Weights and Measures Act
(Chapter 349)
Weights and Measures Regulations 2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 9, 10 and 37 of the Weights and Measures Act, the Minister for Trade and Industry hereby makes the following Regulations:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2006.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“International Recommendation” means an international recommendation published by OIML as a model regulation generally establishing the metrological characteristics required for the weighing and measuring instruments;
“liteng” means an unequal armed balance of a capacity not exceeding 16 tahil for traditional weighing of Chinese herbs;
“OIML” means the International Organisation of Legal Metrology.
Made this 21st day of December 2005.
PETER ONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Singapore.
[MTI 066/01-2-001PT V2; AG/LEG/SL/349/2003/1 Vol. 1]