Weighbridges Act 1845 (SA)

No. 16.

By .Hi3 Bxcellency GXORGI; GBXT, Espire, Goue~nor and Commander-in- Chief

of Her iWujesty's Prouirm o f South Auslralia and its Dependencies, and Vice-Aclnziral rf the same, by a d wi th the advice and eonsent o f the Legislative Council.

AN ORDINANCE to regulate the use of Weigh-bridges and

Steelyards.

HEREAS an Ordinance of the Governor, with the advice

and eonscnt of thc Legislative Council of South Australia,

v a s passed on the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eisht

hundred and forty-three, intituled ' L An Act for estallishiag Stan- 6 Vict., NO. i a.

dard Weights and Measures in the Province of South Australia, and

for the preventiou of the use of such as are false and deficient :"	And whereas it is expedient to amend the said Ordinance in so far Sec. 11,
as it absolutely prohibits any person to bargain, sell, or deliver in payment, barter, or exchange any goods, wares, merchandize, or any other thing by any steelyard:

I-touncil thereof, That nothing in the said Ordinance contained shall certam con&tm~~.

Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative maypeud.ynder

be construed to prevent the use of Weigh-bridges in the weighing of hay, bark, and such other rough goods as are nsually weighed in that mmner; nor to prevent the use of Steelyards in the weighiag of goods not exposed for sale in the ordinary course of trade: Pro* vided that no such Steelyard be used within the City of Adelaide (including all South and North Adelaide within the Park Lands) or within the limits of any town or district which shall be brought %holly under the operation of the Ordinance passed on the seventh day

Be it therefore Enacted, by His Excellency thc Governor of South weiEb.bridps,

dav of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, Poor

re&ting the Police in South Australia."

To be otherwise mb-

ject to tbe provisions: 11. And be it Enacted, that this Ordinance sha l be construed as

of tbe recited Ordi-	one Act with the said recited Ordinance, and that all Weigh-bridges
name.	and Steelyards shall be subject to the provisions thereof, for being examined and stamped or marked as just, and shall be subject to the like penalties and proceedings, if found unjust, as if the same were
therein expressly included as Balances and Weights: Provided that
no Weigh-bridge shall be liable to seizure under the said provisions.

G. GREY,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

Passed the Le islative Council this

Skuen&$ft B day of July, One

TkousaRd Eight Hundred and

Forty-jve.

W. L. O'HALLORAN,

aerk of the Council.