Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00311:reg:5:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00311
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 6/34)
Character Range: 73648–76442

verifier amount for the application by the number of licence years for the application.

2.47  Prescribed fee—verifying measuring equipment
 (1) For subsection 18MK(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the fee for verifying or re‑verifying a measuring instrument.
 (2) Subject to regulation 2.47A, the prescribed fee (not including any applicable GST) is the sum of an hourly rate of $140 and any costs incurred in verifying or re‑verifying the measuring instrument.
Note: GST may or may not be payable depending on the circumstances of the verification.

2.47A  Indexation of fee prescribed by regulation 2.47
 (1) At the start of each financial year (an indexation year) after the financial year beginning on 1 July 2014, the hourly rate mentioned in regulation 2.47 is replaced by the amount worked out using the following formula:
 (2) The indexation factor for an indexation year is the number worked out using the following formula:
where:
base quarter means the last March quarter before the reference quarter.
index number, for a quarter, means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number (being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities) published by the Australian Statistician for that quarter.
reference quarter means the March quarter in the last year before the indexation year.
 (3) An indexation factor is to be calculated to 3 decimal places (rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or more).
 (4) An indexation factor that is less than 1 is to be increased to 1.
 (5) Amounts worked out under subregulation (1) are to be rounded to the nearest whole dollar (rounding up in the case of 50 cents).
 (6) Calculations under subregulation (2):
 (a) are to be made using only the index numbers published in terms of the most recently published index reference period; and
 (b) are to be made disregarding index numbers that are published in substitution for previously published index numbers (except where the substituted numbers are published to take account of changes in the index reference period).

2.48  Prescribed period
  For paragraph 18QA(1)(c) of the Act, the prescribed period is 90 days.

Part 3—Weighbridges used for trade

Division 3.1—General

3.1  Application of Part 3
 (1) This Part applies to weighbridges used for trade (including public weighbridges).
 (2) This Part is in addition to, and does not limit, any other provision of these Regulations relating to measuring instruments generally.

3.2  Location of weighbridge
  A weighbridge must be located so that:
 (a) a vehicle using the weighbridge has enough room to move on and off the weighbridge without the vehicle turning on any platform; and
 (b) the indicating device of the weighbridge is protected from wind and rain by an office or other adequate means; and
 (c) any operational visual