Western Australian Consolidated Acts

METRIC CONVERSION ACT 1972 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 11 September 2009 of the Metric Conversion Act 1972 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Metric Conversion Act 1972	94 of 1972	4 Dec 1972	4 Dec 1972 (see s. 2)
Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1973	19 of 1973	6 Jun 1973	s. 1-4: 6 Jun 1973 Amendment effected by Second Schedule to Metric Conversion Act 1972 by Act No. 19 of 1973 took effect 11 Jan 1974 (see Gazette 4 Jan 1974 p. 52)
Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1973	83 of 1973	21 Dec 1973	21 Dec 1973
Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1975	42 of 1975	11 Sep 1975	11 Sep 1975
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 91	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 1: The Metric Conversion Act 1972 as at 11 Sep 2009 (includes amendments listed above)

² The provisions in this Act amending these Acts have been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).

³ Metric Conversion Act 1970 (Cwlth) repealed by Weights and Measures (National Standards) Amendment Act 1984 (No. 77 of 1984).

⁴ The First to Fourth Schedules set out the amendments to be effected by section 4. As those amendments have been made, the Schedules are spent and are omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
metric system of measurement 3
statutory instrument 3