Weights and Measures Regulations

9 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a device or class, type or design of device approved pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Act or under a previous enactment, or a device inspected and certified by an inspector on or before December 31, 1989, is altered to measure in terms of any units of measurement set out and defined in Schedule I of the Act, the device or class, type or design of device is exempt from paragraph 8(a) of the Act if the device or class, type or design of device as altered conforms to

• (a) applicable specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance set out in Part V and any additional specifications established pursuant to section 13; or

• (b) applicable specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance in force at the time the device was initially inspected and certified by an inspector or when the device or class, type or design of device was approved.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any device or class, type or design of device approved on a temporary basis pursuant to subsection 3(2) of the Act.