National Measurement Regulations 1999

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Department of Industry, Science and Resources

This item is authorised by the following title:

National Measurement Act 1960

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F1999B00110

31 March 1999 - 31 August 1999

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Table of contents

SEQ regno \* MERGEFORMAT 1 Name of regulations
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 References to appointments, approvals and certificates
5 Australian legal units of measurement (Act, s 7A (1))
6 Additional legal units of measurement (Act, s 7A (2))
7 Prefixes specifying numerical values (Act, s 7A (3))
8 Definition for Part 3
9 Verification of Australian primary and secondary standards of measurement
10 Verification of standards of measurement generally
11 Application of Division 2
12 Application for verification of standards of measurement
13 Verification of standards of measurement
14 Decisions not to verify standards of measurement
15 Marking of verified standards of measurement
16 Marks on, or attached to, standards of measurement
17 Certificates of verification of Australian primary and secondary standards of measurement
18 Certificates of verification of State primary standards of measurement
19 Certificates of verification of reference standards of measurement
20 Notification of determinations
21 Recognition of foreign reference standards of measurement
22 When verification ceases to have effect
23 Grounds for cancellation of verification
24 Standard reference conditions
25 Accuracy of State secondary standards of measurement
26 Accuracy of State tertiary standards of measurement
27 Accuracy of Inspectors’ Class 1 standards of measurement
28 Accuracy of Inspectors’ Class 2 standards of measurement
29 Accuracy of Inspectors’ Class 3 standards of measurement
30 Equivalent values — permissible variation
31 Equivalent values — permissible uncertainty
32 Permissible variation — Inspectors’ Class 1 standards
33 Permissible variation — Inspectors’ Class 2 standards
34 Permissible variation — Inspectors’ Class 3 standards
35 Definitions for Part 4
36 Application for certification of measuring instruments
37 Certification of measuring instruments
38 Decisions not to certify measuring instruments
39 Determinations — accuracy of measuring instruments
40 Recognition of foreign certification of measuring instruments
41 Marking of measuring instruments
42 Matters to be stated in certificates
43 When certification ceases to have effect
44 Grounds for cancellation of certification
45 Definition for Part 5
46 Application for certification of reference materials
47 Application to vary certification of reference materials
48 Certification of reference materials
49 Variation of certification of reference materials
50 Decisions not to certify reference materials
51 Notice of variation
52 Determinations by Commission
53 Recognition of certain foreign reference materials as certified reference materials
54 Marking of reference materials
55 Matters to be stated in certificates
56 When certification ceases to have effect
57 Grounds for cancellation or variation of certification
58 Application for approval of patterns of measuring instruments
59 Application to vary approval of approved patterns
60 Approval of patterns of measuring instruments
61 Variation of approval of patterns of measuring instruments
62 Decisions not to approve patterns of measuring instruments
63 Certificates of approval
64 Examination of instruments for compliance with approved patterns
65 Re-examination of approved patterns
66 Cancellation of approvals on application
67 Grounds for cancelling and varying approvals other than on application
68 Effect of variation and cancellation of approvals
69 Effect of withdrawal of approvals
70 Definition for Part 7
71 Application for permission for person to sign certificates
72 Application for appointment of verifying or certifying authority
73 Verifying and certifying authorities
74 Verifying authorities
75 Certifying authorities
76 Approving authorities
77 General conditions of appointment of authorities
78 Cancellation of appointments on application
79 Grounds for cancelling and varying appointments other than on application
80 Definitions for Part 8
81 Application of Part 8
82 Cancellation, variation and withdrawal of instruments
83 When variation, cancellation and withdrawal have effect
84 Definition for Part 9
85 Certain decisions may be reconsidered
86 Certain decisions may be reviewed
87 Exempt utility meters (Act, s 3)
88 Conversion factors (Act, s 11)
89 Utility meters — limits of error (Act, s 18V)
90 Certificates as evidence
91 Repeal of previous National Measurement Regulations
92 Repeal of National Measurement (Patterns of Measuring Instruments) Regulations
93 Transitional provisions
- Schedule 1 Australian legal units of measurement
- Part 1 SI base units of measurement
- Part 2 SI derived units of measurement with special names
- Part 3 Non-SI units of measurement used with SI units of measurement
- Part 4 Additional derived units of measurement
- Schedule 2 Additional legal units of measurement
- Part 1 Additional Australian legal units of measurement
- Part 2 Purposes for which additional legal units of measurement may be used
- Schedule 3 SI prefixes
- Schedule 4 Permissible uncertainty — length (State primary and secondary standards)
- Schedule 5 Permissible uncertainty — mass (State primary, secondary and tertiary standards)
- Schedule 6 Permissible uncertainty — volume (State secondary and tertiary standards)
- Schedule 7 Permissible uncertainty and permissible variation — length (Inspectors’ class 1 and class 2 standards)
- Schedule 8 Permissible uncertainty and permissible variation — area (Inspectors’ class 1 standards)
- Schedule 9 Permissible uncertainty and permissible variation — mass (Inspectors’ class 1, class 2 and class 3 standards)
- Schedule 10 Permissible uncertainty and permissible variation — volume (Inspectors’ class 1 standards)
- Schedule 11 Conversion factors
- Schedule 12 Maximum permissible errors
- Part 1 Verification or certification of measuring instruments
- Part 2 Reverification or in-service inspection of measures and measuring instruments

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