TS–001 Certificates of Accuracy not in label form

Reference documents

• Weights and Measures Regulations 1999(external link)
  • Regulation 19
  • Schedule 5, Form 9

Policy

It is not acceptable to include a customer details on a Certificate of Accuracy (COA) that is not in label form.

A COA, not in label form, should follow the prescribed format in Schedule 5 of the regulations. No additional information is permitted to be included.

An Accredited Person (AP) issuing a notice that purports to be a COA would be in breach of their accreditation for issuing a COA that is not in the prescribed form.

An AP may produce a notice that is outside the controls of the weights and measures legislation, but this must not contain any references to:

• The weights and measures legislation,
• The identifier of the accredited organisation, or
• The personal identifier of an accredited individual.

The following example of a notice would be considered suitable:

Instrument Status Notification

• Instrument details…
• Owner of instrument…
• The instrument identified above was issued with a Certificate of Accuracy on the XX/XX/XXXX which will expire on the XX/XX/XXXX
• This Certificate of Accuracy was issued by…