Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00648:section:3:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00648
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 7/7)
Character Range: 30650–32585

measuring instrument that is of a capacity of 3 tonnes or more and has one or more platforms by the use of which the measuring instrument is capable of determining the mass of a vehicle or of livestock.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, time interval not related to the calendar is a physical quantity and time interval so related is not a physical quantity.
 (3) A reference in this Act to the verification of a standard of measurement shall be read as including a reference to the reverification of the standard of measurement.
 (3A) A reference in this Act to the verification of a utility meter used for trade does not include a reference to the reverification of a utility meter used for trade.
 (4) A reference in this Act to an appropriate State authority shall be read as a reference to a Department of State or other authority in a State or Territory having responsibility for matters relating to weights and measures.
 (5) A reference in this Act to a person marking a measuring instrument with a verification mark includes the marking of the measuring instrument itself, the affixing of a label to the measuring instrument or the marking of a label affixed to the measuring instrument.
 (6) For the purposes of this Act, a measuring instrument gives an inaccurate measurement if the measuring instrument does not operate within the appropriate limits of error that are permitted under the regulations.
 (6A) The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which the use of a measuring instrument for the purpose of determining the amount of a tax credit (including a fuel tax credit) or adjustment is a use for trade for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(iii) of the definition of use for trade in subsection (1).
 (7) A reference in this Act to a particular provision or group of provisions includes a reference to regulations made under that provision or under any one or more of the provisions of that group of provisions.