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The Malawi Gazette Supplement, dated 19th February, 2021, containing
Regulations, Rules, etc. (No. 5A)

GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 6

METROLOGY ACT
(No. 10 oF 2016)

METROLOGY (LICENCE OF COMPETENCY) REGULATIONS, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Metrology Act, I, Roy
AKUJUWE KACHALE-BANDA, Minister of Industry, make the following Regulations—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Metrology (Licence of Citation
Competency) Regulations, 2021.

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation
“licence of competency” means a licence declaring that a person is
competent to install, service or repack instruments, weights, and
measures regulated under the Act or to operate public weighing
instruments for a fee;
“licensee” means a person to whom a licence had been granted
under regulations.
3. A person shall apply for licence of competency, in writing, to Application
Malawi Bureau of Standards.
(2) The person making the application shall state the name of personnel,
affiliated company and area of competence to be assessed
4.—(1) Malawi Bureau of Standards shall, upon receipt of examination Examination
fees, examine an applicant with respect to his ability to install, service or
repair instruments, weights and measures or to operate public weighing
instruments regarding a particular class of instruments, weights and measures
for which the applicant applies for a licence of competency.
(2) Malawi Bureau of Standards shall determine the manner in which the
examination referred to in subregulation (1) is conducted.
5.—({1) Malawi Bureau of Standards shall issue a licence of competency Issue of
to an applicant where Malawi Bureau of Standards is satisfied that the Licence
applicant has sufficient knowledge of the law relating to weights and measures
and the applicant can install, repair or service instruments, weights and
measures or operate public weighing instruments regulated under the Act.

(2) The licence of competency may be issued for all or any particular
class of weighing or measuring instruments.
(3) Malawi Bureau of Standards shall issue the licence of competency in
the format contained in the First Schedule hereto.
6—{(1) A licence of competency shall be valid for twelve (12) months Duration and
from the date of issue and shall be renewed each year. —— of
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