SECTIONS 12531 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 12531

12531. As used in this chapter, the following definitions are
applicable:
(a) "Service agency" means any person, as defined in Section
12011, that for hire, award, commission, or any other payment of any
kind, repairs a commercial device.
(b) "Service agent" means any person employed by a service agency
to repair a commercial device.
(c) "Device" means any weighing or measuring equipment,
contrivance, or instrument used, or designed to be used, for
determining weight or measure, and includes any tool, appliance, or
accessory used in connection therewith, that is used for commercial
purposes as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 12500.
(d) "Placed in service" means to permit the use of a device that
has been tested and found to be correct, as defined in subdivision
(c) of Section 12500, and type approved, as provided for in Section
12500.5, or to submit a device to a sealer for verification prior to
installation.
(e) "Correct" means any device that meets all of the tolerance and
specification requirements of Section 12107.
(f) "Repair," in any of its variant forms, means to provide
maintenance, or to install, adjust, recondition, or service a device.