**Executive Summary**
The document is a Tamil Nadu Government Gazette notification detailing amendments to the Tamil Nadu Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules of 2011. It specifies revised fees for licensing, verification, and stamping of weights and measures. The notification takes effect from September 11, 2019, and includes amendments to the Tamil Nadu Factories Rules of 1950, extending the term for continuous service from ten to fifteen years.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Tamil Nadu Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2011:**
* **Revised Fee Structure (Schedule IV):**
* Manufacturing License/Renewal: ₹4000 per annum.
* Repair License/Renewal: ₹1500 per annum.
* Dealer License/Renewal: ₹500 per annum.
* Alteration of License: ₹100.
* Duplicate License: ₹50.
* **Security Deposit for Licensed Repairers (Schedule VI):**
* ₹2000 for repairing weighing and measuring instruments.
* **Verification and Stamping Fees (Schedule IX):**
* Detailed fee schedule for verifying and stamping bullion weights, carat weights, cylindrical screw-type weights, and plate metal weights.
* Fees specified for hexagonal iron, screw-type weights, parallel pipe-shaped weights, high-efficiency weighing machines, and capacity measurements.
* Fees listed for linear measurements, including flexible and measuring chains.
* Fees set for cylindrical scales (Type A and B, and Type C and D).
* Charges are outlined for automatic and non-automatic weighing instruments.
* Fees are detailed for capacity measuring instruments and flow measuring instruments.
* **Amendment to Tamil Nadu Factories Rules, 1950:**
* **Extension of Continuous Service:**
* The period for "continuous ten English years" is replaced with "continuous fifteen English years" in Rule 4, sub-rule (6-A) and Rule 7, sub-rule (3), second proviso.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Manufacturers, Repairers, and Dealers of Weights and Measures**
* **Impact:** Revised fees for obtaining and renewing licenses.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the new fee structure for licensing and renewal.
**Stakeholder: Licensed Repairers of Weights and Measures**
* **Impact:** Required security deposit amount specified.
* **Action Required:** Comply with the security deposit requirement.
**Stakeholder: Users of Weights and Measures**
* **Impact:** Revised fees for verification and stamping of weights and measures.
* **Action Required:** Factor in the new fees when budgeting for verification and stamping.
**Stakeholder: Employees in Factories**
* **Impact:** Potential benefit from the extended period for continuous service.
* **Action Required:** Be aware of the extended service period requirement for certain benefits under the Factories Rules.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2011: Regulations governing the enforcement of legal metrology standards in Tamil Nadu, which this notification amends.
Legal Metrology Act, 2009: The central law that enables states to enact rules related to weights and measures and is referenced as the basis for the Tamil Nadu rules being amended.
Labour and Employment Department: The government department responsible for issuing the notifications related to these regulations.
Tamil Nadu: The geographical area of applicability for the regulations outlined in the notification.