18.—The power of making general regulations vested in the Minister by virtue of section 5 of the Act of 1904 shall include the power of making general regulations with respect to the following matters that is to say:—
(a) the provision and maintenance of local standards and working or sub-standards by the local authority or by the Commissioner and the verification of such standards and working or sub-standards; and
(b) the guidance of inspectors of weights and measures, ex-officio inspectors of weights and measures, and special inspectors in the execution and performance of their duties under the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1904, as amended by this Act;
and the said section 5 shall have effect accordingly.
