Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01009:reg:13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01009
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13
Character Range: 23854–25149

13  Verification of standards of measurement
 (1) On application under regulation 12, the verifying authority:
 (a) may verify a standard of measurement; and
 (b) if the standard is verified—must issue a certificate of verification to the applicant; and
 (c) may issue a copy of the certificate to anyone else the authority considers should be given a copy.
 (2) The Chief Metrologist may verify a standard of measurement other than on application.
 (2A) A verifying authority other than the Chief Metrologist:
 (a) may, with the written consent of the Chief Metrologist, reverify a standard of measurement otherwise than on application; but
 (b) is not otherwise authorised to verify or reverify a standard of measurement otherwise than on application.
Note: Regulation 90AB preserves rights and entitlements accrued in relation to verifications and reverifications conducted before the commencement of paragraph (2A)(a).
 (3) If the standard of measurement is verified under the supervision of a verifying authority, the authority may verify the standard.
 (4) The verifying authority must not verify a standard of measurement mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of standard of measurement in subsection 3(1) of the Act unless the standard bears a mark that identifies the standard.