(1) This section applies if—
(a) a measuring instrument is of a type approved by the National Measurement Institute under the National Measurement Act 1960 (Cwlth); and
(b) the measuring instrument is used to work out a wheel load, an axle load or a total mass under this regulation; and
(c) the measuring instrument shows a measured mass that is heavier than the mass for which the measuring instrument has been verified under the Trade Measurement Act 1991 .
Note Measuring instruments are verified under the Trade Measurement Act 1991 , pt 3.
(2) The mass shown on the measuring instrument is taken
to be the mass for which the measuring instrument has been verified.
Part 5 Miscellaneous—Act, s 508
and s 509