Contents

Part 1                           Preliminary                                                                 

                        1       Name of regulations [see Note 1]                                     9

                        2       Commencement [see Note 1]                                           9

                        3       Definitions                                                                      9

                        4       References to appointments, approvals and certificates  14

Part 2                           Units of measurement                                             

                        5       Australian legal units of measurement (Act, s 7A (1))       15

                        6       Additional legal units of measurement (Act, s 7A (2))       15

                        7       Prefixes specifying numerical values (Act, s 7A (3))        15

Part 3                           Standards of measurement                                   

Division 1                     General                                                                           

                        8       Definition for Part 3                                                       16

                        9       Verification of Australian primary and secondary standards of measurement 16

                       10       Verification of standards of measurement generally        16

Division 2                     Verification of standards of measurement                       

                       11       Application of Division 2                                               16

                       12       Application for verification of standards of measurement 17

                       13       Verification of standards of measurement                      17

                       14       Decision not to verify, or delay in verifying, standard of measurement          18

                       15       Marking of verified standards of measurement               18

Division 3                     Marks and certificates of verification                               

                       16       Marks on, or attached to, standards of measurement      19

                       17       Certificates of verification of Australian primary and secondary standards of measurement    19

                       18       Certificates of verification of State primary standards of measurement         20

                       19       Certificates of verification of reference standards of measurement   21

                       20       Notification of determinations                                        22

                       21       Recognition of foreign reference standards of measurement            22

Division 4                     When verifications cease to have effect and may be cancelled      

                       22       When verification ceases to have effect                         23

                       23       Grounds for cancellation of verification                          23

Division 5                     Accuracy, value and uncertainty of standards of measurement     

                       25       Accuracy of State secondary standards of measurement -- maximum permissible uncertainty                                                                                    23

                       26       Accuracy of State tertiary standards of measurement -- maximum permissible uncertainty    24

                       27       Accuracy of Inspectors' Class 1 standards of measurement -- maximum permissible uncertainty                                                                                    25

                       28       Accuracy of Inspectors' Class 2 standards of measurement -- maximum permissible uncertainty                                                                                    26

                       29       Accuracy of Inspectors' Class 3 standards of measurement -- maximum permissible uncertainty                                                                                    26

                       30       Equivalent values -- maximum permissible variation       27

                       31       Equivalent values -- maximum permissible uncertainty    27

                       32       Maximum permissible variation -- Inspectors' Class 1 standards      28

                       33       Maximum permissible variation -- Inspectors' Class 2 standards      28

                       34       Maximum permissible variation -- Inspectors' Class 3 standards      28

Part 3A                        Artefacts                                                                      

Division 1                     General                                                                           

                    34A       Verification relating to artefacts                                      30

Division 2                     Verification of artefacts                                                   

                    34B       Application for verification of physical quantity of an artefact           30

                    34C       Verification of physical quantity of artefacts                   31

                    34D       Decision not to verify, or delay in verifying, physical quantity of artefact       31

                    34E       Marking of artefacts                                                      32

Part 4                           Measuring instruments                                           

Division 1                     Preliminary                                                                     

                       35       Definitions for Part 4                                                     33

Division 2                     Certification of measuring instruments                           

                       36       Application for certification of measuring instruments     33

                       37       Certification of measuring instruments                            33

                       38       Decision not to certify, or delay in certifying, measuring instruments 34

                       39       Determinations -- accuracy of measuring instruments     34

                       40       Recognition of foreign certification of measuring instruments           35

Division 3                     Marks and certificates                                                     

                       41       Marking of measuring instruments                                  36

                       42       Matters to be stated in certificates                                 36

Division 4                     When certification ceases to have effect and may be cancelled     

                       43       When certification ceases to have effect                        37

                       44       Grounds for cancellation of certification                         37

Part 5                           Reference materials                                                 

Division 1                     Preliminary                                                                     

                       45       Definition for Part 5                                                       38

Division 2                     Certification of reference materials                                 

                       46       Application for certification of reference materials           38

                       47       Application to vary certification of reference materials     38

                       48       Certification of reference materials                                 39

                       49       Variation of certification of reference materials               40

                       50       Decision not to certify, or delay in certifying, reference material        40

                       51       Notice of variation                                                         40

                       52       Determinations by Chief Metrologist                               41

                       53       Recognition of foreign reference materials                      42

Division 3                     Marks and certificates                                                     

                       54       Marking of reference materials                                       42

                       55       Matters to be stated in certificates                                 43

Division 4                     When certification ceases to have effect or may be cancelled or varied    

                       56       When certification ceases to have effect                        44

                       57       Grounds for cancellation or variation of certification        44

Part 6                           Patterns of measuring instruments                     

Division 1                     Examinations for pattern approval                                  

                       58       Application for approval of patterns of measuring instruments          45

                       59       Application to vary approval of approved patterns          45

                       60       Approval of patterns of measuring instruments               46

                       61       Variation of approval of patterns of measuring instruments 47

                       62       Decision not to approve, or delay in approving, patterns of measuring instrument     48

                       63       Certificates of approval                                                 48

Division 2                     Other examinations                                                        

                       64       Examination of instruments for compliance with approved patterns   48

                       65       Re-examination of approved patterns                             49

Division 3                     Cancellation, variation and withdrawal of approvals       

                       66       Cancellation of approvals on application                        50

                       67       Grounds for cancelling and varying approvals other than on application        51

                       68       Effect of variation and cancellation of approvals            51

                       69       Effect of withdrawal of approvals                                  52

Part 7                           Authorities                                                                  

Division 1                     General                                                                           

                       70       Definition for Part 7                                                       53

                       71       Application for permission for person to sign certificates 53

Division 2                     Appointment of authorities                                             

                       72       Application for appointment of verifying or certifying authority         53

                       73       Verifying and certifying authorities                                 54

                       74       Verifying authorities                                                       54

                       75       Certifying authorities                                                      55

                       76       Approving authorities                                                    55

                       77       General conditions of appointment of authorities            56

                       78       Cancellation of appointments on application                   57

                       79       Grounds for cancelling and varying appointments other than on application  57

Part 8                           Dealing with verification, certification, approval and appointment other than on application                                                            

Division 1                     Preliminary                                                                     

                       80       Definitions for Part 8                                                     58

                       81       Application of Part 8                                                     59

Division 2                     Cancellation, variation and withdrawal of instruments    

                       82       Cancellation, variation and withdrawal of instruments       59

                       83       When variation, cancellation and withdrawal have effect  60

Part 9                           Reconsideration and review                                 

                       84       Definition for Part 9                                                       61

                       85       Certain decisions may be reconsidered                          61

                       86       Certain decisions may be reviewed                                 63

Part 10                        Miscellaneous                                                           

                       88       Conversion factors (Act, s 11)                                        64

                       90       Certificates as evidence                                                 64

                  90AA       Pattern approval certificates issued between 1 October 1999 and 1 July 2004            65

                  90AB       Preservation of verifications and reverifications made before 1 July 2009      66

                    90B       Fees                                                                             66

Part 11                        Repeals                                                                       

                       91       Repeal of previous National Measurement Regulations    70

                       92       Repeal of National Measurement (Patterns of Measuring Instruments) Regulations     70

Part 12                        Transitional provisions                                           

                       93       Transitional -- 1 October 1999                                       71

                       94       Transitional -- 1 July 2004                                             71

Schedule 1                   Australian legal units of measurement                         73

Part 1                              SI base units of measurement                                        73

Part 2                              SI derived units of measurement with special names       75

Part 3                              Non-SI units of measurement used with SI units of measurement      78

Part 4                              Additional derived units of measurement                        80

Schedule 2                   Additional legal units of measurement                         83

Part 1                              Additional Australian legal units of measurement             83

Part 2                              Purposes for which additional legal units of measurement may be used        84

Schedule 3                   SI prefixes                                                                    86

Schedule 4                   Maximum permissible uncertainty -- length (State primary and secondary standards)      87

Schedule 5                   Maximum permissible uncertainty -- mass (State primary, secondary and tertiary standards)                                                                                    88

Schedule 6                   Maximum permissible uncertainty -- volume (State secondary and tertiary standards)     90

Schedule 7                   Maximum permissible uncertainty and maximum permissible variation -- length (Inspectors' Class 1 and Class 2 standards)                                     92

Schedule 8                   Maximum permissible uncertainty and maximum permissible variation -- area (Inspectors' Class 1 standards)                                                        93

Schedule 9                   Maximum permissible uncertainty and maximum permissible variation -- mass (Inspectors' Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 standards)                       94

Schedule 10                 Maximum permissible uncertainty and maximum permissible variation -- volume (Inspectors' Class 1 standards)                                                        96

Schedule 11                 Conversion factors                                                       98

Schedule 12                 Maximum permissible error -- legal measuring instruments         101

Schedule 13                 Fees                                                                           102

Part 1                              Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments        102

Part 2                              Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments     103

Part 3                              Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)                                               104

Part 3A                           Examination and certification of point of sale systems  104

Part 4                              Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers  105

Part 5                              Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments            106

Part 6                              Examination and certification of utility meters               107

Part 7                              Verification of utility meters used for trade                    107

Part 8                              Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments  107

Notes                                                                                                        109

 

  

Notes to the National Measurement Regulations 1999

Note 1

The National Measurement Regulations 1999 (in force under the National Measurement Act 1960) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1999 No. 110 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The National Measurement Regulations 1999 were amended by the National Measurement Amendment Act 2004 (Act No. 27, 2004).  The amendment has been incorporated in this compilation.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Instruments

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette or FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1999 No. 110	17 June 1999	1 Oct 1999
1999 No. 185	1 Sept 1999	1 Sept 1999	--
2004 No. 132	18 June 2004	Rr. 1-3 and Schedule 1: 1 July 2004 Remainder: 1 July 2005	--
2007 No. 147	14 June 2007 (see F2007L01672)	1 July 2007	--
2008 No. 121	23 June 2008 (see F2008L02135)	1 July 2008	--
2009 No. 151	25 June 2009 (see F2009L02528)	1 July 2009	--
2010 No. 179	30 June 2010 (see F2010L01787)	Rr. 1-3, 5 and Schedule 1: 1 July 2010 R. 4 and Schedule 2: 16 Dec 2010 (see r. 2 (b))	R. 5
2011 No. 125	30 June 2011 (see F2011L01377)	1 July 2011	--

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
R. 2.........................................	rs. Act No. 27, 2004
R. 3.........................................	am. 2004 No. 132; 2007 No. 147; 2009 No. 151; 2010 No. 179; 2011 No. 125
Note to r. 3.............................	am. 2004 No. 132
Part 2
Note to r. 5.............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
Note to r. 7.............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
Part 3
Division 1
R. 9.........................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Division 2
R. 12.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 13.......................................	am. 2009 No. 151; 2010 No. 179
Heading to r. 14...................	rs. 2010 No. 179
Division 3
R. 16.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132; 2009 No. 151
R. 17.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 18.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 19.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Note to r. 19..........................	am. 2007 No. 147
R. 20.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 21.......................................	rs. 2004 No. 132
Division 4
R. 23.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Division 5
R. 24.......................................	rep. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 25...................	rs. 2004 No. 132
R. 25.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 26...................	rs. 2004 No. 132
R. 26.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 27...................	rs. 2004 No. 132
R. 27.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 28...................	rs. 2004 No. 132
R. 28.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 29...................	rs. 2004 No. 132
R. 29.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 30...................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 30.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Note to r. 30..........................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 31...................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 31.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 32...................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 32.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 33...................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 33.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 34...................	am. 2004 No. 132
R 34........................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Part 3A
Part 3A...................................	ad. 2010 No. 179
Division 1
R. 34A....................................	ad. 2010 No. 179
Division 2
R. 34B....................................	ad. 2010 No. 179
R. 34C....................................	ad. 2010 No. 179
R. 34D....................................	ad. 2010 No. 179
R. 34E....................................	ad. 2010 No. 179
Part 4
Division 2
R. 36.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Heading to r. 38...................	rs. 2010 No. 179
R. 39.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 40.......................................	rs. 2004 No. 132
Division 3
R. 42.......................................	am. 2009 No. 151
Part 5
Division 2
R. 46.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 47.......................................	am. 2010 No. 179
R. 48.......................................	am. 2010 No. 179
Heading to r. 50...................	rs. 2010 No. 179
R. 51.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132; 2010 No. 179
Heading to r. 52...................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 52.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 53.......................................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2010 No. 179
Division 3
R. 55.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132; 2007 No. 147; 2009 No. 151
R. 57.......................................	am. 2007 No. 147; 2009 No. 151
R. 58.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Part 6
Division 1
R. 60.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Note to r. 60..........................	ad. 2009 No. 151
R. 61.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Division 2
Heading to r. 62...................	rs. 2010 No. 179
R. 64.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 65.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Division 3
R. 68.......................................	rs. 2004 No. 132
Part 7
Division 1
R. 71.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Division 2
R. 72.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 73.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132; 2010 No. 179
R. 74.......................................	am. 2010 No. 179
R. 76.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 77.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132; 2007 No. 147; 2009 No. 151
R. 78.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 79.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Part 8
Division 1
R. 80.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Division 2
R. 82.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 83.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
Part 9
R. 84.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 85.......................................	am. 2010 No. 179
Part 10
R. 87.......................................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147; 2009 No. 151; 2010 No. 179
	rep. 2011 No. 125
R. 88A....................................	ad. 1999 No. 185
	rep. 2004 No. 132
R. 89.......................................	rep. 2010 No. 179
R. 90A....................................	ad. 2004 No. 132
	rep. 2010 No. 179
R. 90AA..................................	ad. 2009 No. 151
R. 90AB..................................	ad. 2009 No. 151
R. 90B....................................	ad. 2004 No. 132
	rs. 2007 No. 147
	am. 2011 No. 125
Part 12
Heading to r. 93...................	rs. 2004 No. 132
R. 93.......................................	am. 2004 No. 132
R. 94.......................................	ad. 2004 No. 132
Schedule 1
Schedule 1............................	am. 1999 No. 185; 2004 No. 132
Schedule 2
Schedule 2............................	am. 2007 No. 147; 2009 No. 151
Schedule 4
Schedule 4............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147
Schedule 5
Schedule 5............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147
Schedule 6
Schedule 6............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 174
Schedule 7
Schedule 7............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147
Schedule 8
Schedule 8............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147
Schedule 9
Schedule 9............................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147
Schedule 10
Schedule 10.........................	rs. 2004 No. 132
	am. 2007 No. 147
Schedule 12
Schedule 12.........................	am. 2004 No. 132
	rs. 2007 No. 147
	am. 2009 No. 151
	rs. 2010 No. 179
Schedule 13
Schedule 13.........................	ad. 2004 No. 132
	rs. 2007 No. 147; 2008 No. 121
	am. 2009 No. 151
	rs. 2010 No. 179
	am. 2011 No. 125

Table A                  Application, saving or transitional provisions

Selective Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 179

5              Transitional

                Despite the repeal by these Regulations of paragraph (b) of the definition of certification in regulation 3 of the National Measurement Regulations 1999, that paragraph continues to have effect in relation to an application for certification of a measuring instrument in use for trade made before the commencement of these Regulations.