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a combination made in accordance with guidelines issued by the Commission of such prescribed units of measurement; or

     (c)     a combination made in accordance with guidelines issued by the Commission of a prefix prescribed for the purposes of subsection 7a (3) and a unit of measurement referred to in paragraph (a); or

     (d)     a combination made in accordance with guidelines issued by the Commission of a prefix prescribed for the purposes of subsection 7a (3) and a combination of units of measurement referred to in paragraph (b).".

23. (1) Section 7 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:

Australian legal units of measurement

"7. Subject to subsection 7a (2), the Australian legal units of measurement of a physical quantity are the sole legal units of measurement of that physical quantity.

Regulations may prescribe Australian legal units of measurement etc.

"7a. (1) The regulations may prescribe the Australian legal units of measurement of any physical quantity.

"(2) The regulations may prescribe units of measurement of any physical quantity to be additional legal units of measurement for use for a particular purpose or for the purpose of a particular contract,

dealing or other transaction or class of contracts, dealings or other transactions.

"(3) The regulations may prescribe prefixes specifying numerical value.

Guidelines

  "7b. (1) The Commission may issue written guidelines governing:

    (a)     the way in which units of measurement prescribed for the purposes of subsection 7a (1) may be combined to produce an Australian legal unit of measurement; and

  (b)    the way in which:

         (i) a unit of measurement referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of 'Australian legal unit of measurement'; or

         (ii) a combination of units of measurement referred to in paragraph (b) of that definition;

     may be combined with a prefix prescribed for the purposes of subsection 7a (3) to produce an Australian legal unit of measurement.

"(2) A set of guidelines issued by the Commission under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46a of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.".

(2) Regulations in force under section 7 of the Principal Act immediately before the commencement of subsection (1) of this section continue in force and are taken to have been made under section 7a of the Principal Act as amended by subsection (1).

                   PART 4—AMENDMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT 1949

Principal Act

24. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Science and Industry Research Act 19493.

Organisation may accept gifts etc. and act as trustee

25. Section 9a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

"(1) Subject to the approval of the Minister and subject to any