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S-3 — An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Act, the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, the Weights and Measures Regulations and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations
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S-3
An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Act, the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, the Weights and Measures Regulations and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations
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BILL S-3
An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Act, the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, the Weights and Measures Regulations and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations
Last activity : At second reading in the House of Commons
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Senate · 1st2025-10-27Senate · 2nd2025-11-27Senate · 3rd2026-03-11Commons · 1st2026-03-12Commons · 2ndCommons · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Amends the Weights and Measures Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, the laws that keep scales, pumps and meters used in trade accurate.
- Lets the Minister of Industry authorize bodies other than the National Research Council to calibrate and certify reference standards.
- Allows devices to be examined by sampling, meaning a few units of the same model are tested and the results applied to the rest.
- Lets the Minister temporarily allow a trader to use a device without approval or examination, with the power to suspend or revoke that permission after hearing objections.
- Broadens inspectors' powers: entering any place or vehicle, including remotely by telecommunication, taking photos, requiring people to identify themselves, seizing items and restricting access.
- Adds remedial and preventive tools: inspectors can order steps to fix or prevent a violation, and the Minister can require written plans or procedures, with failure to comply becoming an offence.
- Widens the definition of "meter" to cover software and parts of devices, and sets reverification at 8 years for electricity meters and 7 years for gas meters, unless the president allows otherwise.
- Requires the Minister to review the Weights and Measures Act before the 10th anniversary of this provision coming into force and every 10 years after, and to table the report in Parliament within its first 15 sitting days.
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