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Stamping of meters in areas in which the Act of 1859 is not in force.
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6.—(1) The Minister, may from time to time, if he so thinks fit, on the application of any seller or buyer of gas supplied by means of a meter installed on premises in an area in which the jurisdictions conferred by the Act of 1859 are for the time being not exercisable, by order (in this section referred to as a testing order) in the prescribed form appoint, subject to the provisions of this section, a person (in this section referred to as a special inspector of meters) to perform in relation to such meter the functions of a special inspector of meters under this section.
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(2) Whenever a testing order is made it shall be lawful for the special inspector appointed thereby to examine and test the meter to which such order relates in the place where such meter is installed and if necessary for such purpose to remove such meter from such place, doing as little damage thereto as is possible, and if such meter is found correct to stamp the same with a stamp of verification prescribed by the Minister under this Act and for such purposes such special inspector may enter upon the premises on which such meter is installed.
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(3) Every person who obstructs a special inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
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(4) There shall be paid in respect of the testing and examination of a meter under this section such expenses and fees as may be prescribed and such expenses and fees shall be payable either by the buyer or by the seller of gas supplied by means of such meter as the Minister shall direct or by both such buyer and seller in such proportions as the Minister shall direct.
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(5) All fees and expenses payable under this section in respect of the examination and testing of a meter by a special inspector who is an inspector of meters under the Act of 1859 shall be paid to such inspector and applied and accounted for by him in like manner as if the same were fees received by him under the Act of 1859.
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(6) All fees and expenses payable under this section in respect of the examination and testing and stamping of a meter by a special inspector who is not an inspector of meters under the Act of 1859 shall be paid into the fund established under section 7 of the Act of 1920.
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(7) The Minister shall provide every special inspector with such standards and equipment as are necessary for the performance by him of his functions as such special inspector and are not already in his possession or procurement.
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(8) Every person appointed to be a special inspector shall possess a certificate under section 14 of the Act of 1920.
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(9) An inspector of meters appointed by a local authority under the Act of 1859 shall not be appointed a special inspector of meters without the consent of such local authority.
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(10) In this section the expression “prescribed” means prescribed by regulation made by the Minister under this section.
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