Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE-PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATIONS (NO. 29 OF 1991) - REG 27

        (a)     fruit;

        (b)     dried fruit, dehydrated fruit and dried or dehydrated mixed fruit;

        (c)     cheese and cheese products;

        (d)     dressed poultry not marked in terms of minimum mass in accordance with regulation 17;

        (e)     fish (including crustaceans);

        (f)     mushrooms;

        (g)     vegetables;

        (h)     meat; and

              (i)     smallgoods (including bacon, corned beef and ham);

except when the package is a rigid container.

(2) When a pre-packed article to which this regulation applies is sold (except for the purpose of being resold) the package containing the article must (in addition to being marked with the measurement of the article) be marked with its total price and price per kilogram unless—

        (a)     the total price and price per kilogram are adequately displayed at the time of sale, as provided by subregulation (4); or

        (b)     the article is described in Column 1 of the Table to this regulation and is packed in a quantity specified in Column 2 of that Table opposite the description.

(3) The marking on a package required by this regulation must be made as if it were a measurement marking.

(4) The total price and price per kilogram are adequately displayed if displayed on or immediately adjacent to the receptacle in or on which the article is exposed for sale, in characters not less than 10 mm high and in such a manner as to be readily seen and easily read.

TABLE

Column 1	Column 2
Cheese and cheese products	100g 125g 200g 250g 375g 500g 750g 1kg integral multiples of 500g
Dressed poultry and meat	100g 125g 200g 250g 500g 1kg integral multiples of 1kg
Dried fruit, dehydrated fruit, dried or dehydrated mixed fruit	100g 125g 150g 200g 250g 375g 500g 750g 1kg 1.5kg integral multiples of 1kg
Fruit, fish (including crustaceans), mushrooms and vegetables	15g 20g 25g 50g 75g 100g 125g 150g 200g 250g 375g 500g 750g 1kg 1.25kg 1.5kg 2.5kg integral multiples of 1kg
Smallgoods (including bacon, corned beef and ham)	50g 125g 175g 250g 375g 500g integral multiples of 500g

Marking of “mass when packed”