MANDATE
WMA is a law enforcement body that ensures that all traders in weights and measures comply with the requirements of the Weights and Measures Act. (Cap 340); in order to protect consumers against malpractices. Thus the Mandate of WMA is to verify and re-verify all weights, measures, weighing or measuring instruments used or intended to be used for trade in Tanzania Mainland.

ROLES
The Roles of WMA as stipulated under the Weights and Measures Act (Cap 340), the East African Community Standardization, Quality, Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act(SQMT Act 2000)and the Executive Agencies Act(Cap 245) are to:

I. Protect consumers in trade, health, safety and environment in relation to weights and measures;

II. Protect society from the consequences of false measurements in public and private transactions, safety, health and environment sectors;

III. Approve or ensure approval by another designated institutions measuring equipment to be used for a public or private transaction in the work environment and the health and safety sectors

IV. Control the use of measuring equipment in public and private transactions;

v. Control the use of measuring equipment In the work environment and the health and safety sectors;

VI. Control pre-packaging of products;

vii. Liaise with regional and international organizations with similar objectives;

viii. Give effect to the decisions and recommendations Council and Committee with regard to legal metrology;

IX. Provide information on legal metrology in general and

x. Ensure that legal metrology measurement standards are traceable to national and international and International-measurement standards.
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