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National Measurement Amendment (Fees and Verification) Regulation 2013

 

Select Legislative Instrument No. 111, 2013

I, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the National Measurement Act 1960.

Dated 13 June 2013

Marie Bashir

Administrator

By Her Excellency’s Command

Greg Combet AM

Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name of regulation

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Measurement Regulations 1999

1  Name of regulation

  This regulation is the National Measurement Amendment (Fees and Verification) Regulation 2013.

2  Commencement

  This regulation commences on 1 July 2013.

3  Authority

  This regulation is made under the National Measurement Act 1960.

4  Schedule(s)

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

 

National Measurement Regulations 1999

1  Regulation 3 (definition of verifying authority)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

verifying authority:

 (a) for all standards of measurement and artefacts—means the Chief Metrologist; and

 (b) for Australian secondary standards of measurement of ionising radiation—includes:

 (i) the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; and

 (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency; and

 (c) for a particular reference standard of measurement—includes a body or person appointed under regulation 73 in relation to reference standards of measurement of the same kind as the particular reference standard of measurement; and

 (d) for a particular artefact—includes a body or person appointed under regulation 73 in relation to an artefact of the same kind as the particular artefact.

2  Regulation 9

Repeal the regulation, substitute:

9  Verification of Australian secondary standard of measurement

 (1) The Chief Metrologist may verify an Australian secondary standard of measurement.

 (2) The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation may verify an Australian secondary standard of measurement of ionising radiation.

 (3) The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency may verify an Australian secondary standard of measurement of ionising radiation.

3  Clause 1A.1 of Schedule 13

Before “The following”, insert “(1)”.

4  Clause 1A.1 of Schedule 13

Omit “The”, substitute “Subject to subclause (2), the”

5  Clause 1A.1 of Schedule 13 (at the end of the table)

Add:

 (2) For an instrument or activity mentioned in items 4(b), 4(f), 7(b), 7(d) or 7(e) of the table to Part 1A.1 of this Schedule:

 (a) fees prescribed for the activity mentioned in item 10 of the table to Part 1 of this Schedule do not apply to this subregulation; and

 (b) for this subregulation, the fee for the activity mentioned in item 10 of the table to Part 1 of this Schedule is $220 per hour.

6  Parts 1 to 6 of Schedule 13

Repeal the Parts, substitute:

Part 1Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments

 

Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments

Item

Activity code

Activity

Level 1 fee

Level 2 fee

Level 3 fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

$330

$330

2

AA

Application

assessment

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

3

IP

Instrument performance

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

4

TT

Temperature test

$1 320

$2 090

$2 280

5

HU

Humidity test

$1 510

$1 660

$1 770

6

VT

Voltage test

$650

$890

$980

7

LB

Lineborne interference test

$1 570

$1 590

$1610

8

SD

Static discharge test

$1 060

$1 960

$2 170

9

EMS

Electromagnetic susceptibility test

$3 520

$3 830

$4 150

10

ESS

Endurance

$640

$1 280

$1 570

11

EXT

Extra or miscellaneous test

$200

$585

$825

12

CHK

Checklist

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

13

SR

Summary report

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

14

CP

Certificate preparation

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

15

HRS

Consultations, performance and other tests

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

 

Part 2Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments

 

Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments

Item

Activity code

Activity

Level 1 fee

Level 2 fee

Level 3 fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

$330

$330

2

AA

Application assessment

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

3

IP

Instrument performance

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

4

TT

Temperature test

$1 940

$2 520

$2 620

5

HU

Humidity test

$1 070

$1 330

$1 680

6

CHU

Cyclic humidity test

$3 250

$3 500

$3 800

7

VT

Voltage test

$800

$920

$990

8

LB

Lineborne interference test

$730

$850

$1 040

9

SUR

Surges

$730

$850

$1 040

10

SD

Static discharge test

$800

$880

$970

11

EMS

Electromagnetic susceptibility test

$3 570

$4 150

$4 670

12

EMHF

Electromagnetic Susceptibility Test High Frequency

$1 780

$2 210

$2 660

13

ESS

Endurance

$840

$1 060

$1 310

14

EXT

Extra or miscellaneous test

$285

$605

$745

15

CHK

Checklist

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

16

SR

Summary report

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

17

CP

Certificate preparation

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

18

HRS

Consultations, performance and other tests

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

 

Part 3Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)

 

Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)

Item

Activity code

Activity

Level 1 fee

Level 2 fee

Level 3 fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

$330

$330

2

AA

Application assessment

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

3

SR

Summary report

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

4

EXT

Extra or miscellaneous test

$470

$570

$745

5

CP

Certificate preparation

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

6

HRS

Consultations, performance and other tests

$220/hour

$220/hour

$220/hour

 

Part 3AExamination and certification of point of sale systems

 

Examination and certification of point of sale systems

Item

Activity code

Activity

Fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

2

AA

Application assessment

$220/hour

 

Part 4Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers

 

Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers

Item

Activity code

Activity

Fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

2

AA

Application assessment

$220/hour

3

IP

Instrument performance

$220/hour

4

TT

Temperature test

$520

5

HU

Humidity test

$540

6

VT

Voltage test

$1 080

7

LB

Lineborne interference test

$2 430

8

SD

Static discharge test

$2 220

9

EMS

Electromagnetic susceptibility test

$23 230

10

MS

Mechanical shock

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

11

ME

Magnetic effect

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

12

HC

Hydrocarbons

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

13

SF

Supply frequency

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

14

HTS

High temperature storage

$330

15

DHC

Damp heat cyclic

$330

16

DCP

DC power supply

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

17

DCR

Ripple on DC

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

18

VIB

Vibration

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

19

DB

Durability

the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour

20

EXT

Extra or miscellaneous test

$745

21

CHK

Checklist

$220/hour

22

SR

Summary report

$220/hour

23

CP

Certificate preparation

$220/hour

24

HRS

Consultations, performance and other tests

$220/hour

 

Part 5Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments

 

Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments

Item

Activity code

Activity

Fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

2

AA

Application assessment

$220/hour

3

IP

Instrument performance

$220/hour

4

TT

Temperature test

$4 490

5

HU

Humidity test

$1 530

6

VT

Voltage test

$820

7

LB

Lineborne interference test

$760

8

SD

Static discharge test

$810

9

EMS

Electromagnetic susceptibility test

$3 670

10

EXT

Extra or miscellaneous test

$745

11

CHK

Checklist

$220/hour

12

SR

Summary report

$220/hour

13

CP

Certificate preparation

$220/hour

14

HRS

Consultations, performance and other tests

$220/hour

 

Part 6Examination and certification of utility meters

 

Examination and certification of utility meters

Item

Activity code

Activity

Fee

1

AP

Application processing

$330

2

AA

Application assessment

$220/hour

3

SR

Summary report

$220/hour

4

CP

Certificate preparation

$220/hour

5

HRS

Consultations, performance and other tests

$220/hour

 

7  Part 8 of Schedule 13

Repeal the Part, substitute:

Part 8Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments

 

Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments

Item

Activity code

Equipment used

Fee

1

LARLOA

Large load cell facility (capacity 600 kg to 50 000 kg)

$115/hour

2

SMALOA

Small load cell facility (capacity 50 kg to 500 kg)

$87/hour

3

LIQHYD

Liquid hydrocarbons test facility

$205/hour

4

LPG

Liquified petroleum gas test facility

$205/hour

5

CNG

Compressed natural gas test facility

$205/hour

6

TEMP

Temperature controlled chamber

$93/hour

7

HUM

Humidity test chamber

$110/hour

8

REL

Reliability testing equipment

$87/hour

9

LINBOR

Lineborne interference test equipment

$93/hour

10

EMS

Electromagnetic susceptibility testing chamber

$260/hour

11

ESD

Electrostatic discharge test equipment

$95/hour

12

HRS

Labour for operation of test facilities

$220/hour