63Testing weighing machines

63 Testing weighing machines (1) For the purposes of section 61, an officer shall not use a weighing machine other than a weighing machine which has been tested, found accurate and sealed, and in respect of which a certificate has been issued and kept, in accordance with the requirements of this section. (2) The requirements of this section with respect to testing, finding accurate and sealing a weighing machine, and issuing and keeping a certificate in respect of the weighing machine, shall be as follows: (a) in respect of a weighing machine that is a weighbridge – the weighbridge must be tested by a servicing licensee or trade measurement inspector under the National Measurement Act 1960 (Cth);

Motor Vehicles Act 1949 69 (b) in respect of a weighing machine which is a weighing device – the weighing device shall be tested by an officer appointed for that purpose by the Registrar; (c) the weighing machine shall be tested at intervals of not more than 12 months; (d) if the weighing machine has been tested and found accurate, it shall be sealed with a seal which prevents the mechanism of that weighing machine from being tampered or interfered with while the seal is unbroken; and (e) a certificate shall be issued in respect of each test carried out on the weighing machine and, in respect of each such test, the certificate shall include particulars of: (i) the identifying number of that weighing machine; (ii) the date on which the test was made; (iii) the result of the test; and (iv) the signature of the person conducting the test. (3) A copy of a certificate referred to in subsection (2)(e) shall be admissible as evidence as a record of the particulars referred to in that subsection without proof of the signature of the person by whom it purports to have been signed or of the fact that that person: (a) where the certificate relates to a weighing machine that is a weighbridge – is a servicing licensee or trade measurement inspector under the National Measurement Act 1960 (Cth); or (b) where the certificate relates to a weighing machine which is a weighing device – is a person appointed under subsection (2)(b).