(1) The definition of "measuring instrument" contained in section 35 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1889, as extended by section 10 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1928, shall be and is hereby extended so as to include a taximeter, and the said section 35 shall have effect accordingly.
(2) The powers and duties of inspectors of weights and measures appointed by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin or by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire shall not extend to or include the inspection, testing, verification or stamping of taximeters.
(3) The Commissioner may from time to time appoint so many members of the Garda Síochána to be inspectors of measuring instruments (in this section referred to as special inspectors) for the purposes of the inspection, verification and stamping of taximeters as he thinks necessary and the Minister for Finance sanctions, and the following provisions shall have effect in relation to special inspectors: