Statutory Rules 1988 No. 2591
National Measurement Regulations2
(Amendment)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Measurement Act 1960.
Dated 27 October 1988.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,
John N Button
Minister of State for Industry,
Technology and Commerce
Commencement
1. These Regulations commence on 1 November 1988.
Principal Regulations
2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the National Measurement Regulations.
Units of measurement of electrical resistance
3. Regulation 45 of the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) by inserting after subregulation (1) the following subregulation:
“(1a) a unit of measurement specified in an item in Schedule 19 may be referred to by the alternative name (if any) specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in that item.”;
(b) by omitting from subregulation (2) “3” and substituting “4”;
(c) by omitting from subregulation (3) “4” and substituting “5”.
(S.R. 124/87), Cat. No. 14/19.10.1988
Schedule 1
4. Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after item 10 the following items:
“10a | picometre | 10-12 | pm |
10b | femtometre | 10-15 | fm |
10c | attometre | 10-18 | am”. |
Schedule 2
5. Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after item 6 the following item:
“6a | square micrometre | 10-12 | μm2”. |
Schedule 3
6. Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations is amended by adding at the end the following items:
“13 | nanogram | 10-12 | ng |
14 | metric carat | 0.2 × 10-3 | CM”. |
Schedule 4
7. Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:
SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 10
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item No. | Name of unit | Volume in cubic metres | Symbol |
1 | teralitre | 109 | TL or Tl |
2 | gigalitre | 106 | GL or Gl |
3 | megalitre | 103 | ML or Ml |
4 | kilolitre | 1 | kL or kl |
5 | hectolitre | 10-1 | hL or hl |
6 | dekalitre | 10-2 | daL or dal |
7 | litre | 10-3 | L or 1 |
8 | decilitre | 10-4 | dL or dl |
9 | centilitre | 10-5 | cL or cl |
10 | millilitre | 10-6 | mL or ml |
11 | microlitre | 10-9 | μL or μl |
12 | cubic kilometre | 109 | km3 |
13 | cubic metre | 1 | m3 |
14 | cubic decimetre | 10-3 | dm3 |
15 | cubic centimetre | 10-6 | cm3 |
16 | cubic millimetre | 10-9 | mm3 |
Schedule 7
8. Schedule 7 to the Principal Regulations is amended by adding at the end the following items:
“8 | picosecond | 10-12 | ps |
9 | femtosecond | 10-15 | fs |
10 | attosecond | 10-18 | as”. |
Schedule 8
9. Schedule 8 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after item 6 the following item:
“6a | microhertz | 10-6 | μHz”. |
Schedule 11
10. Schedule 11 to the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) by inserting before item 1 the following item:
“1a | giganewton | 109 | GN”; |
(b) by adding at the end the following item:
“5 | micronewton | 10-6 | μN”. |
Schedule 12
11. Schedule 12 to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:
SCHEDULE 12 Regulation 30
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT OF WORK AND ENERGY
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item No. | Name of unit | Work or energy in joules | Symbol |
1 | exajoule | 1018 | EJ |
2 | petajoule | 1015 | PJ |
3 | terajoule | 1012 | TJ |
4 | gigajoule | 109 | GJ |
5 | megajoule | 106 | MJ |
6 | kilojoule | 103 | kJ |
7 | joule | 1 | J |
8 | millijoule | 10-3 | mJ |
9 | microjoule | 10-6 | μJ |
10 | nanojoule | 10-9 | nJ |
11 | picojoule | 10-12 | pJ |
12 | gigawatt hour | 3.6 × 1012 | GW.h |
13 | megawatt hour | 3.6 × 109 | MW.h |
14 | kilowatt hour | 3.6 × 106 | kW.h |
15 | watt hour | 3.6 × 103 | W.h |
16 | teraelectronvolt | 1.602 189 2 × 10-7 | TeV |
17 | gigaelectronvolt | 1.602 189 2 × 10-10 | GeV |
18 | megaelectronvolt | 1.602 189 2 × 10-13 | MeV |
19 | kiloelectronvolt | 1.602 189 2 × 10-16 | keV |
20 | electronvolt | 1.602 189 2 × 10-19 | eV |
Schedule 13
12. Schedule 13 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting before item 1 the following items:
“1a | petawatt | 1015 | PW |
1b | terawatt | 1012 | TW”. |
Schedule 14
13. Schedule 14 to the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) | by inserting before item 1 the following item: | |||
| “1a | terapascal | 1012 | TPa”; |
(b) | by inserting after item 3 the following item: | |||
| “3a | hectopascal | 102 | hPa”; |
(c) | by adding at the end the following item: | |||
| “7 | nanopascal | 10-9 | nPa”. |
Schedule 16
14. Schedule 16 to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:
SCHEDULE 16 Regulation 39
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item No. | Name of unit | Electric current in amperes | Symbol |
1 | gigaampere | 109 | GA |
2 | megaampere | 106 | MA |
3 | kiloampere | 103 | kA |
4 | ampere | 1 | A |
5 | milliampere | 10-3 | mA |
6 | microampere | 10-6 | μA |
7 | nanoampere | 10-9 | nA |
8 | picoampere | 10-12 | pA |
9 | femtoampere | 10-15 | fA |
10 | attoampere | 10-18 | aA |
Schedule 17
15. Schedule 17 to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:
SCHEDULE 17 Regulation 41
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC CHARGE
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item No. | Name of unit | Electric charge in coulombs | Symbol |
1 | megacoulomb | 106 | MC |
2 | kilocoulomb | 103 | kC |
3 | coulomb | 1 | C |
4 | millicoulomb | 10-3 | mC |
5 | microcoulomb | 10-6 | μC |
6 | nanocoulomb | 10-9 | nC |
7 | picocoulomb | 10-12 | pC |
8 | ampere hour | 3600 | A.h |
Schedule 18
16. Schedule 18 to the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) | by inserting before item 1 the following item: | ||||
| “1a | teravolt | 1012 | TV”; | |
(b) | by adding at the end the following items: | ||||
| “7 | nanovolt | 10-9 | nV | |
| 8 | picovolt | 10-12 | pv”. | |
Schedule 19
17. Schedule 19 to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:
SCHEDULE 19 Regulation 45
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
Item No. | Name of unit | Alternative name | Electrical resistance in ohms | Symbol |
1 | exaohm |
| 1018 | EΩ |
2 | petaohm |
| 1015 | pΩ |
3 | teraohm |
| 1012 | TΩ |
4 | gigaohm | gigohm | 109 | GΩ |
5 | megaohm | megohm | 106 | MΩ |
6 | kiloohm | kilohm | 103 | kΩ |
7 | ohm |
| 1 | Ω |
8 | milliohm |
| 10-3 | mΩ |
9 | microohm | microhm | 10-6 | μΩ |
10 | nanoohm |
| 10-9 | nΩ |
11 | picoohm |
| 10-12 | pΩ |
Schedule 20
18. Schedule 20 to the Principal Regulations is amended by” adding at the end the following items:
“4 | nanosiemens | 10-9 | nS |
5 | picosiemens | 10-12 | pS”. |
Schedule 21
19. Schedule 21 to the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) | by inserting after item 1 the following item: | |||
| “1a | millifarad | 10-3 | mF”; |
(b) | by adding at the end the following item: | |||
| “5 | femtofarad | 10-15 | fF”. |
Schedule 22
20. Schedule 22 to the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) | by inserting before item 1 the following item: | |||
| “1a | kilohenry | 103 | kH”; |
(b) | by adding at the end the following item: | |||
| “4 | nanohenry | 10-9 | nH”. |
Schedule 23
21. Schedule 23 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after item 2 the following items:
“2a | microkelvin | 10-6 | μK |
2b | nanokelvin | 10-9 | nK”. |
Schedule 28
22. Schedule 28 to the Principal Regulations is amended:
(a) | by inserting before item 1 the following item: | |||
| “1a | exabecquerel | 1018 | EBq”; |
(b) | by inserting after item 8 the following item: | |||
| “8a | nanobecquerel | 10-9 | nBq”. |
Schedule 30
23. Schedule 30 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting before item 1 the following item:
“1a | gigagray | 109 | GGy”. |
Schedule 30c
24. Schedule 30c to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting before item 1 the following item:
“1a | megawatt per square metre | 106 | MW/m2”. |
Additional amendments
25. The Principal Regulations are further amended as set out in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE Regulation 25
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended by omitting “Organization” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Organisation”:
Paragraphs 78a (1) (a) and (b); subregulation 78a (3); paragraphs 79 (1) (a) and (b): subregulation 79 (3): paragraph 80 (1) (a): subregulation 80 (3): paragraphs 80 (6) (a) and 80 (7) (g): subregulation 81 (1); paragraph 81 (2) (a).
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 October 1988.
2. Statutory Rules 1961 No. 142 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1988 No. 258 and see also Statutory Rules 1988 No. 258.
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