Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(a) stamped or printed in a colour that provides a distinct contrast with the colour of the background and be of at least the minimum height required by subregulation (2);
(b) stamped or embossed and be of at least 3 times the minimum height required by subregulation (2);
(c) marked by an approved printing device in characters at least 3 mm high; or
(d) legibly handwritten, if permitted by subregulation (3).
(2) The minimum height for the characters in a measurement marking is the height specified in Column 2 of the Table to this regulation opposite the maximum dimension of the package specified in Column 1 of that Table.
(3) A measurement marking may be legibly handwritten in the following cases:
(a) when the article is packed to be sold on the premises on which it is packed;
(b) when the package contains cake or is one to which regulation 27 applies;
(c) when the package contains a roll of ribbon, lace or elastic or other article of haberdashery;
(d) when the article is, by notice published in the Gazette by the administering authority, declared to be an article to which this clause applies and any conditions applicable to the packaging of the article and specified in the notice are complied with.
TABLE
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
| 120 mm or under |
2.0 mm |
For the purposes of this Table, the maximum dimension of a package is—
(a) if the package is rectangular—the measurement of the breadth, height or length of the package, whichever is the greatest; or
(b) if the package is cylindrical, spheroidal, conical or of oval cross-section—the height, length or maximum diameter of the package, whichever is the greatest.