The Weights and Measures Act｜第 2 條｜標準檢驗｜Act｜In Force
第 一 章｜經濟部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2009-01-21
The following terms used in this Act are defined as follows: 1. Units of measurement: the standards for measuring physical quantities; 2. Measuring instrument: an apparatus or a device that is used to measure physical quantities and indicates the measuring results with value or units of measurement. Any standard substance having high stability of physical, chemical or metrological characteristics are also regarded as measuring instrument. Any equipment which is attached or appended to a measuring instrument and would affect the measuring function of the measuring instrument shall be regarded as an integral part of the measuring instrument. 3. Measurement Standard: an apparatus or device that is approved and designated by the competent authority for use as the basis to define the standard value of measurements in the field of metrological science; 4. Legal measuring instrument: a measuring instrument that is designated by the competent authority for use in trade, certification, official inspection and testing or environmental protection activities, or is related to public safety and/or medical and health care affairs; 5. Verification: examination and testing of a legal measuring instrument to ensure that it complies with related metrological requirements; 6. Inspection: examination and testing of a verified legal measuring instrument in use to ensure that it continues to comply with metrological requirements; 7. Error of a measuring instrument: a value derived from subtracting the value indicated by the measurement standard from that indicated by the legal measuring instrument under testing; 8. Maximum permissible error: the extreme values of the error (positive and negative) permitted by the legal requirements; 9. Calibration: the action of comparing measurement of the error of a measuring instrument by using the measurement standard; 10. Traceability: the action to ensure, through successive intercomparisons, that the accuracy of a measuring instrument is consistent with the international or national measurement standards; 11. Type approval: the procedures for evaluating and approving the overall major elements of a legal measuring instrument, such as the structure, the quality of materials and the technical characteristics that would affect the measuring functions or capabilities of a measuring instrument; and 12. Prepackage products: any product that is enclosed in a container or wrapped in any manner prior to being placed on the market for sale and the contents of which could not be altered without opening or changing the packaging.