PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION [ S.L.42.01 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 42.01
PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION 
REGULATIONS 
18th April, 1935
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 145 of 1935, as amended by: Legal Notices 49
of 1974 and 13 of 1977; and Act XIII of 1983.
Title.
Added by:
L.N. 49 of 1974.
1. The title of these Regulations is Public Weighers’
Examination Regulations.
Examinations.
Substituted by:
L.N. 49 of 1974.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5.
2. (1) Applicants for a licence to act as a public weigher shall
be examined in the subjects as detailed in the Schedule to these
Regulations and shall undergo a practical test in the work of the
public weighers.
(2) No person shall be admitted to such examination unless -
( a ) he is above eighteen years of age on the day of the
examination;
( b ) he is of good conduct; and
( c ) he produces satisfactory evidence that he has obtained
six months’ experience under an authorised public
weigher in the management of the steelyard and
balance.
(3) Applications accompanied by certificates referred to in
paragraphs ( a ), ( b ) and ( c ) of sub-regulation (2) of this regulation
should be addressed to the Director of Eduction.
(4) An admission fee of twenty-five cents shall be paid by
every candidate before being admitted to the examination.
2 [ S.L.42.01 PUBLIC WEIGHERS’ EXAMINATION
SCHEDULE
Amended by:
L.N. 49 of 1974;
L.N. 13 of 1977.
(Regulation 2)
Subjects of examination
Maximum Minimum
LANGUAGES  (Maltese and English) 100 45
Comprehension tests in Maltese and
English, translations from Maltese
into English and from English into
Maltese.
ARITHMETIC  - The four rules, 100 45
reduction and conversion of
currencies and of Maltese, English
and metric weights and measures.
Simple fractions (vulgar and
decimal). Proportion, averages and
easy percentages. Areas and
volumes of rectangular surfaces and
solids.
MECHANICS  - Mass, length, time
and their units (S.I.). Density of
solids and liquids. Vector quantities.
Representations of forces as
vectors; the parallelogram of forces;
triangle of forces; spring and direct
reading balances. Moment of a
force; couples; centre of mass; its
determination in simple cases;
Stability. The principles of simple
machines, e.g. level inclined plane,
simple pulley systems, screw. The
common balance and the steel-yard.
Uniform velocity and uniform
acceleration of a straight line.
Momentum - Force as a rate of
change of momentum.
100 45
