Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 99

99 .         Articles marked “mass at standard condition”

        (1)         If the package containing a pre‑packed article of a particular class is, in accordance with regulation 94, marked “mass at standard condition” or with other words that have a similar meaning —

            (a)         the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency specified in Column 2 of the Table to this regulation opposite the description of that class of article in Column 1 of that Table; and

            (b)         the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency specified in Column 3 of the Table to this regulation opposite the description of that class of article in Column 1 of that Table.

        (2)         If the article consists of a mixture of any 2 or more of class A, B or C fibres (as described in Column 1 of the Table to this regulation) —

            (a)         the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula 6x + 2y + 5; and

            (b)         the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula 6x + 2y,

                where —

        x         is the proportion that the mass of all class A fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article; and

        y         is the proportion that the mass of all class B fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article.

Table

Column 1 Class of article	Column 2 Permissible actual deficiency — %	Column 3 Permissible average deficiency — %
Class A fibre (wool or other animal fibre, viscose or cuprammonium rayon, or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)	11	6
Class B fibre (silk, cotton or cellulose acetate or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)	7	2
Class C fibre (a fibre, or a mixture of fibres, that is not a Class A or Class B fibre)	5	0