Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00311:reg:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00311
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 3/8)
Character Range: 150832–153501

For offences related to marking an AQS mark other than in the manner prescribed by this regulation, see subsections 18JK(2) to (4) of the Act.

Subdivision 2—Special provision for measurement marking of certain products

4.17  Eggs
 (1) The measurement marking of a prepackage containing eggs must be made:
 (a) by reference to the number of eggs in the package; and
 (b) by reference to the minimum total mass of all the eggs in the package.
 (2) The measurement marking of a prepackage containing eggs must not include a marking by reference to the minimum mass of each egg unless each egg in the package has at least the stated minimum mass.

4.18  Products packed in sheets
 (1) This regulation applies to prepacked aluminium foil, facial tissues, toilet paper and waxed paper.
 (2) The product does not require a measurement marking on the package if the number of usable sheets of specified dimensions is marked on the package as if the number and dimensions marked were a measurement marking.

4.19  Number of packages comprising 1 tonne
  If:
 (a) a product is ordinarily sold by mass; and
 (b) 45 or fewer packages of the product have a total mass of 1 tonne;
the measurement marking of the mass of the product may be made on each package by referring to the number of packages to the tonne in a manner that implies that the mass of each package is 1 tonne divided by that number.

4.20  Bedsheets, tarpaulins etc
 (1) The measurement marking relating to:
 (a) bedsheets that are not designed as fitted or semi‑fitted bedsheets; and
 (b) other sheets of hemmed fabric material; and
 (c) tarpaulins;
must be expressed in terms of the finished size of the product.
 (2) The measurement marking relating to:
 (a) a mattress protector; or
 (b) a bedsheet designed as a fitted or semi‑fitted bedsheet;
must be expressed in terms of the suitability of its finished size to fit a mattress of specified dimensions expressed as length × width × depth.

4.21  Pairs of window curtains
  The measurement marking relating to window curtains that are designed to cross over when hung in pairs must be expressed in terms of:
 (a) the finished size of the maximum width of each curtain; and
 (b) the maximum drop of each curtain.

4.22  Marking of width or thickness if it directly affects price
  If a measurement marking may be made in terms of the length of a product, the marking must include any measurement of the product's thickness, width, or both, that bears a direct relationship to the product's price.

Subdivision 3—Special provision concerning measurement marking of outer packages

4.23  Package containing packages of products of the same kind and measurement