Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
Metrology Act 1996
No. 27 of 1996
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 12 May 1997 | Metrology Act 1996 (Commencement and Establishment Day) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 177 of 1997), art. 2(a) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Application restricted | S.I. No. 47 of 2018, regs. 1(2), 6(3) |
| S.I. No. 43 of 2018, regs. 1(2), 4 | |
| Applied | S.I. No. 710 of 2007, reg. 11(2)(e) |
| S. I. No. 280 of 2007, reg. 7(2)(e) | |
| S.I. No. 160 of 2007, regs. 1, 3(7) | |
| S. I. No. 45 of 2004, regs. 1(2), 5(6) | |
| Measuring instruments, tasks, and uses (in 37/2017, schedule) prescribed for the purposes of | S.I. No. 505 of 2019, reg. 2 |
| S. 2(1) am. | 37/2013, ss. 1(2), 78 |
| S. 4 (1) am. | 34/1998, s. 49(1)(a) (5) |
| S. 7 (1), Service estab. under trans. and ctd. | 34/1998, s. 49(2) (5) |
| S. 7(1) establishment day appointed | S.I. No. 177 of 1997, art. 2(b) |
| S. 7 (2) (4) am. | 34/1998, s. 49(1)(a) (b) (5) |
| S. 7(3) substit. | 13/2014, ss. 1(4), 40 |
| S. 9 power to appoint inspector as authorised officer for regs. | S.I. No. 160 of 2007, regs. 1, 14(4)(a) |
| S. 9, ctnc. for inspector appt'd. under. | 34/1998, s. 49(3) (5) |
| S. 9(1) am. | 34/1998, s. 49(1)(a) (5) |
| S. 9(1)(a) am. | 34/1998, s. 49(1)(c) (5) |
| S. 9(3) am. | 34/1998, s. 49(1)(a) (5) |
| S. 10 application extended | S.I. No. 160 of 2007, regs. 1, 14(8) |
| S. 10 applied | S.I. No. 160 of 2007, regs. 1, 14(7) |
| S. 10(6) deleted | S.I. No. 47 of 2018, regs. 1(2), 61(1) |
| S. 11 am. | 34/1998, s. 49 (1) (a) (5) |
| S. 11(1) rep. | 13/2014, ss. 1(4), 4 |
| S. 12(4) am. | 34/1998, s. 49 (1) (a) (5) |
| S. 14, appl. | S. I. No. 45 of 2004, regs 1(2), 5(7) |
| S. 21, ctnc. of organisation designated under. | 34/1998, s. 49 (4) (5) |
| S. 21(1) (2) (5) am. | 34/1998, s. 49(1)(a) (5) |
| S. 27 references construed | 1/2014, ss. 1(22), 9(2),(3) |
| S. 30 application extended | S.I. No. 160 of 2007, regs. 1, 23 |
| S. 34(4), rep. with conds. | 2/1999, s. 197, sch. 6, col. 3 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 1(2) | Metrology Act 1996 (Commencement and Establishment Day) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 177 of 1997) |
| S. 1(4) | Legal Metrology (Prescribed Instruments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 505 of 2019) |
| S. 3(1) | Legal Metrology (Prescribed Instruments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 505 of 2019) |
| Legal Metrology (European Conformity Assessment of Measuring Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 543 of 2010) | |
| Legal Metrology (European Conformity Assessment of Measuring Instruments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 160 of 2007) | |
| S. 4 | Social Welfare (Social Welfare Tribunal) Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 262 of 1996) |
| S. 6 | Legal Metrology (Marks) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 488 of 2021) |
| Legal Metrology (General) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 323 of 2008) | |
| Legal Metrology (Marks) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 296 of 2008) | |
| S. 7(1) | Metrology Act 1996 (Commencement and Establishment Day) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 177 of 1997) |
| S. 14 | Legal Metrology (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 584 of 2021) |
| Legal Metrology (General) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 323 of 2008) | |
| Legal Metrology (Type Approval) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 207 of 2006) | |
| S. 15 | Legal Metrology (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 584 of 2021) |
| Legal Metrology (General) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 323 of 2008) | |
| S. 16 | Legal Metrology (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 584 of 2021) |
| Legal Metrology (Marks) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 488 of 2021) | |
| Legal Metrology (General) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 323 of 2008) | |
| Legal Metrology (Marks) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 296 of 2008) | |
| Legal Metrology (Type Approval) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 207 of 2006) | |
| S. 17 | Legal Metrology (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 584 of 2021) |
| Legal Metrology (Marks) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 488 of 2021) | |
| Legal Metrology (General) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 323 of 2008) | |
| Legal Metrology (Marks) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 296 of 2008) | |
| S. 276 | Social Welfare (Social Welfare Tribunal) Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 262 of 1996) |