Specifications Relating to Non-automatic Weighing Devices (1998)

65 An unattended vehicle scale shall be used only if it is part of an installation that has

• (a) an automatic means to indicate to a vehicle operator that the indicating element of the scale has returned to zero and that the operator may drive onto the weighbridge;

• (b) a printer that automatically prints, for each weighing, a ticket bearing the information required by section 66; and

• (c) an automatic means of preventing weight indications and printing of a ticket unless

  • (i) the scale has returned to zero prior to weighing a vehicle, and

  • (ii) the load being weighed is fully supported on the weighbridge.