The Legal Metrology Services (LMS) is responsible for :
• Calibration and maintenance of measurement standards which are traceable to International Standards.
• Control of weighing and measuring equipment used in trade to ensure that the instruments are accurate
and used correctly and they meet the requirements of the Legal Metrology Act;
• Control of goods to ensure that they are properly labelled and contain the quantity declared on the packages as
per the Legal Metrology Act.
Services provided by the LMS
- As sizing of instruments;
- On Request Calibration;
- Supervision of use of weighing and measuring instruments;
- Control on goods (Prepacked Commodities);
- Certificate of Suitability;
- Investigation of complaint;
- Information and advice
