Section 4: National, secondary and working standards
consolidated text (as at 1994). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4. National, secondary and working standards
(1) The Minister shall—
(a) procure standards representing the standard units of measurement and such parts and multiples of those units as may be
required;
(b) direct which of the standards specified in paragraph (a) shall
be—
(i) national standards;
(ii) secondary standards; and
(iii) working standards.
(2) The national standards shall be—
(a) deposited and kept at the Mauritius Standards Bureau; and
(b) used for the purpose of verification of the secondary standards.
(3) The secondary standards shall be—
(a) kept in the custody of the Controller; and
(b) used for the purpose of verification of the working standards.
(4) The working standards shall be used for the assizing of instruments,
weights and measures.
[S. 4 amended by Act 19 of 1991; Act 1 of 1994.]