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Procedure and benefits of registering under the Legal metrology Act

The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 ensures standard weights & measures and regulates weighing/measuring instruments. As per the Act, all such instruments must be registered with the State Legal Metrology Officer. Manufacturers, importers, repairers & calibrators of these instruments are required to register under this law. Here SKMC Global help you in legal metrology registration process.

The benefits of registration under the Act include:

1. Protection from arbitrary and excessively high fees charged by repairers and calibrators

1. The right to complain to the State Legal Metrology Officer if you are charged excessive fees

1. The right to have your weighing or measuring instrument calibrated or repaired only by registered repairers and calibrators

1. The right to have your weighing or measuring instrument tested for accuracy by the State Legal Metrology Officer

1. The right to use only registered weighing or measuring instruments.

Why Legal Metrology Certificate is important?

1. Legal metrology deals with weights & measures. It focuses on measuring physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, light intensity & volume.

1. In many countries, like the US, legal metrology is managed by government bodies. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) sets the main legal metrology standards in the US.

1. The globally accepted units of measurement – known as the International System of Units (SI) – are used to ensure that measurements made in different countries are comparable, this promotes fair trade and helps to prevent fraud.

1. Legal metrology standards also ensure products & services meet accuracy requirements, like fuel pumps or medical devices, which must follow specific rules.

How does SKMC Global help in Legal Metrology Registration?

As per the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and The Weights & Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1976, any business establishments carrying out packaged commodity business or production, storage, distribution, sale, or import of any package commodities shall be required to get their premises registered under the Legal Metrology department of their state. To apply for LMPC registration connect with SKMC team.