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National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009

Select Legislative Instrument No. 233, 2009
made under the

National Measurement Act 1960

Compilation No. 8

Compilation date: 20 March 2024

                Includes amendments: F2024L00294

Registered: 8 April 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 20 March 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1.1 Name of Regulations
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Certain articles must be sold by measurement—meat
1.6 Meat for sale—marking requirements
Part 2—Measuring instruments and material measures used for trade
Division 2.1—Offences for use of a measuring instrument for trade
2.1 Use of measuring instrument must not contravene any other provision
2.2 Measuring instrument used to measure mass not to be held or suspended from hand
2.3 Certain measuring instruments only to be used for specific use
2.4 Certain measuring instruments only to be used with specified proportional masses
2.5 Measuring instrument fitted with tare bar not to be used in certain circumstances
2.6 Person must not use measuring instrument to determine mass greater than permitted
2.7 Person must not use certain masses to determine mass of particular items
2.8 Metric carat masses only to be used to measure mass of precious stones
2.9 Proportional mass to be readily identifiable with measuring instrument
2.10 Certain