Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00311:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00311
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/8)
Character Range: 145993–148679

4     Over 360 mm                                   4.8 mm

 (4) In the table in subregulation (3):
 (a) if the package is rectangular, the maximum dimension is the dimension of the greatest of the breadth, height and length of the package; and
 (b) if the package is:
 (i) cylindrical; or
 (ii) spheroidal; or
 (iii) conical; or
 (iv) of an oval cross‑section; or
 (v) otherwise not rectangular;
  the maximum dimension is the dimension that is the greatest of the height, length and maximum diameter of the package; and
 (c) the minimum height of a character is the height for each individual character, including each character in a symbol for a unit of measurement.
 (5) A measurement marking may be handwritten on a product only if:
 (a) the product is packed to be sold on the premises on which it is packed; or
 (b) the package contains cake; or
 (c) regulation 4.26 applies to the package; or
 (d) the package contains a roll of ribbon, lace or elastic or another article of haberdashery; or
 (e) the Secretary, declares, by notice published in the Gazette that this subregulation applies to the product, and any conditions or restrictions specified in the notice are complied with.

4.13  Type and units of measurement to be used
 (1) The measurement marking of a product of a kind described in an item of Schedule 5 must be expressed by reference to the kind of measurement specified in the item.
 (2) The measurement marking of a product that is liquid and not of a kind described in Schedule 5 must be expressed by reference to volume.
 (3) The measurement marking of a product that is solid (including in the form of powder or flakes), semi‑solid or partly solid and partly liquid, and not of a kind described in Schedule 5, must be expressed by reference to mass.
 (4) However, a product to which subregulation (3) applies may be sold by reference to one of the following methods:
 (a) number;
 (b) linear measurement;
 (c) area measurement;
if the Secretary is satisfied that a significant proportion of merchants selling the product in Australia sell it by reference to that method.
 (5) The Secretary must publish and maintain on the National Measurement Institute's website, for each method mentioned in subregulation (4), a list of products for which the Secretary is satisfied that a significant proportion of merchants selling the product in Australia sell it by reference to that method.
 (6) A measurement marking (other than a marking that is expressed by reference to number) must be expressed in terms of a unit of measurement that is permitted by Schedule 6.

4.14  Fractions and significant figures
 (1) If a measurement marking includes a fraction of a unit