Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE-PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATIONS (NO. 29 OF 1991) - REG 34

        (a)     the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency specified in Column 2 of the Table to this regulation opposite the description of the class of article in Column 1 of that Table; and

        (b)     the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency specified in Column 2 of the Table to this regulation opposite the description of the class of article in Column 1 of that Table.

(2) If the article consists of a mixture of any 2 or more of class A, B or C fibres (as described in Column 1 of the Table to this regulation)—

        (a)     the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula 6 x + 2 y + 5; and

        (b)     the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula 6 x + 2 y ;

where—

    x     is the proportion that the mass of all class A fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article; and

    y     is the proportion that the mass of all class B fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article.

TABLE

Column 1 (Class of article)	Column 2 (Permissible actual deficiency—per cent)	Column 3 (Permissible average deficiency—per cent)
Class A fibre (wool or other animal fibre, viscose or cuprammonium rayon, or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)	11	6
Class B fibre (silk, cotton or cellulose acetate or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)	7	2
Class C fibre (a fibre, or a mixture of fibres, that is not a Class A or Class B fibre)	5	0

Other pre-packed articles