(2) enforce the provisions of this Chapter;
(3) issue reasonable regulations for the enforcement of this Chapter, which regulations shall have the force and effect of law;
(4) establish labeling requirements, establish requirements for the presentation of cost-per-unit information, establish standards of weight, measure or count, and reasonable standards of fill for any packaged commodity and may establish requirements for open dating information;
(5) grant any exemptions from the provisions of this Chapter or any
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto and when appropriate to the maintenance of good weighing and measuring practices within the Territory;
(6) conduct investigations to ensure compliance with this Chapter; (7) delegate to appropriate personnel any of these responsibilities
for the proper administration of this Division;

(8) test annually the standards of weights and measures used within the Territory and approve the same when found to be correct;
(9) inspect and test weights and measures kept, offered or exposed for sale;
(10) inspect and test to ascertain if they are correct, weights and measures used:

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(a) in determining the weight, measure or count of commodities or things sold or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure or count; or

(b) in computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure or count.
(11) test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement or supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which funds are appropriated by the Legislature;
(12) approve for use and mark such weights and measures as he finds to be correct and shall reject and mark as rejected, such weights and measures as he finds to be incorrect;
(13) may seize weights and measures that have been rejected and not corrected within the time specified or if used or disposed of in a matter not specifically authorized. The Director shall condemn and may seize the weights and measures found to be incorrect that are not capable of being made correct;
(14) Weigh, measure or inspect packaged commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered or exposed for sale in accordance with this Chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. In carrying out the provisions of this Section, the Director shall employ recognized sampling procedures, such as those designed in the National Bureau of Standards;
(15) prescribe, by regulation, the appropriate term or unit of weight or measure to be used, whenever he determines in the case of a specific commodity that an existing practice of declaring the quantity by weight, measure, numerical count or combination thereof does not facilitate value comparisons by consumers or offers an opportunity for consumer confusion;
(16) allow reasonable variations from the stated quantity of contents which shall include those caused by loss or gain of moisture during the course of good distribution practice or by unavoidable deviations in good manufacturing practice only after the commodity has entered intrastate commerce; and

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accordance with the provisions of this Section and the regulations promulgated thereunder, provided that such schedule of fees includes a charge of not less than Two Dollars ($2.00) per device inspected. Records of charges made pursuant to this provision shall be kept so that such money may be earmarked in annual budgets for the purchase of equipment.