New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 47B - SCALES, INSTRUMENTS, AND DEVICES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES
Section 13:47B-1.24 - Registry for security sealing devices

(a) "Licensed repairman" means any person engaging in the partial or complete constructing and reconstructing, repairing, altering, installing or adjusting of any weight or measure or any weighing and measuring device, used in trade or commerce, in New Jersey, as set forth in 51:1-113 et seq.

(b) "Security sealing device" means any mechanical device used to block or prevent entry to the adjustable elements of any weight or measure or any weighing and measuring device used in trade or commerce in New Jersey. A data change audit trail shall also qualify as a security sealing device.

(c) "Data change audit trail" means an electronic count and/or information record of the changes to the values of the calibration or configuration parameters of a device.

(d) "Weights and measures and weighing or measuring devices" means a "weight or measure" or "weights and measures" as set forth and defined by 51:1-2.

(e) The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures shall design and adopt an official registry for security sealing devices. Said registry shall be used to issue to any and all licensed repairmen a distinct and individual combination of letters and numerals, which will be that licensed repairman's registry mark.

(f) All licensed repairmen shall incorporate his or her registry mark into and upon any security sealing device affixed by that licensed repairman to any weights or measures or weighing and measuring device partially or completely constructed, repaired, altered, installed or adjusted by said licensed repairman.

(g) No weighing or measuring device shall be permitted to be used for any commercial purpose unless the device's adjustable elements are blocked and sealed by a security sealing device bearing the registry mark of a licensed repairman or that of a weights and measures officer. If the physical mechanics for applying a mechanical security sealing device are not available due to a weighing or measuring device adjustable elements' construction or design, a data change audit trail shall be made available at the time of inspection.

(h) Any licensed repairman who shall issue a false certificate of inspection and test of a commercial weight or measure or weighing or measuring device or who shall delegate his or her authority or registry mark to any person, shall be subject to the revocation or suspension of his or her license as provided in 51:1-122, after a hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Uniform Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1.

(i) Any violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of this section shall subject the violator thereof to the penalties authorized by 51:1-113, et seq.