Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT (MEASURING INSTRUMENTS) REGULATIONS (NO. 27 OF 1991)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I--PRELIMINARY CITATION 1. THESE REGULATIONS MAY BE CITED AS THE TRADE MEASUREMENT (MEASURING INSTRUMENTS) REGULATIONS.

   2.      In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—“approved” means approved by the administering authority;  

   PART II--VERIFICATION, RE-VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

   3.      (1) When an inspector's mark or licensee's mark is made on a measuring instrument, the person who makes the mark shall also mark, in the approved manner, the date on which the mark is made, unless the instrument is a glass measure.  
   4.      A measuring instrument must not be verified or certified if—  
   5.      For the purpose of facilitating re-verification of a measuring instrument, an inspector may direct the person in possession of the instrument to clean the instrument.  
   6.      The testing of a measuring instrument for the purpose of verification, re-verification or certification shall—  
   7.      If a measure of length is to be verified or certified, it shall be examined, tested and marked—  
   8.      (1) If a glass measure referred to in Part III has been marked in accordance with regulation 14, re-verification of it is not required.  
   9.      (1) A mass of 0.2 metric carat or less, or of 50 mg or less, is exempt from section 7 of the Act.  
   10.     (1) If an inspector considers it to be necessary to examine or test a component part of a measuring instrument for the purpose of verifying or re-verifying the instrument and that cannot be done without dismantling the instrument, the inspector may require the owner of the measuring instrument to comply with subregulation (2).  
   11.     (1) An inspector may direct the owner of a measuring instrument to provide and pay for—  

   PART III--BATCH TESTING AND MARKING

   12.     In this Part—“approval” means an approval given under regulation 13; “glass”, in relation to a container or drinking vessel, includes any other material permitted by the approval for its pattern issued under the National Measurement Regulations of the Commonwealth; “glass measure” means—  
   13.     (1) The administering authority may give a manufacturer or importer of glass measures written approval for the glass measures to be tested and marked under this Part.  
   14.     While an approval is in force, the manufacturer or importer is authorised to mark a glass measure with a mark consisting of—  
   15.     If a glass measure is removed from the custody of the manufacturer or importer after being marked in accordance with an approval, the manufacturer or importer is guilty of an offence unless—  
   16.     (1) A batch of glass measures complies with this regulation only if—  
   17.     A manufacturer or importer given an approval must—  

   PART IV--LICENCES AND LICENSEES

   18.     It is a condition of a licence that the licensee—  
   19.     (1) The administering authority may direct a licensee to do any of the following:  
   20.     A licensee must notify the licensing authority in writing of—  
   21.     For the purposes of section 47 of the Act, the prescribed particulars to be kept in a register by the licensing authority in respect of each servicing licence are as follows:  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS

   22.     (1) A person is guilty of an offence if—  
   23.     If the scale spacing on a measuring instrument that bears an inspector's mark or a licensee's mark is altered by being subdivided after the inspector's mark or licensee's mark was marked on the instrument—  
   24.     If a measuring instrument is used for trade in order to measure a liquid, the person in possession of the measuring instrument or who makes it available for use for trade is guilty of an offence unless—  
   25.     A person who, for the purpose of measuring diamonds or other precious stones, uses for trade a measuring instrument that—  
   26.     A person who, for the purpose of measuring gold, silver or other precious metals, uses for trade a measuring instrument that has a capacity specified in Column 1 of the Table to this regulation and a verification scale interval greater than that specified in Column 2 opposite the capacity is guilty of an offence.  
   27.     A person who uses a measuring instrument for trade in contravention of a provision of these Regulations is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction, where no other penalty is prescribed, by a fine not exceeding $2,000.