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Part 2—Supplementary
Schedule 3—The AQS Mark
Schedule 4—Exemptions from marking
1 Textile goods
2 Food goods
3 Medicinal and toilet goods
4 Hardware goods
5 General goods
Schedule 5—Expression of measurement marking
Schedule 6—Permissible units of measurement
1 Mass
2 Volume
3 Linear measurement
4 Area measurement
5 Mass per specified length
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

Part 1—Preliminary

1.1  Name of Regulations
  These Regulations are the National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009.

1.4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in these Regulations are defined in the Act.
  In these Regulations:
Act means the National Measurement Act 1960.
approved means approved by the Secretary.
approved form means a form approved, in writing, by the Secretary.
approved manner means a manner approved, in writing, by the Secretary.
class, of servicing licence, means a class of servicing licence mentioned in Schedule 2.
class 4 measuring instrument means a measuring instrument of an approved pattern that, in accordance with the approved pattern:
 (a) has not less than 100 but not more than 1000 verification scale intervals, each of which is not less than 5 grams; and
 (b) has a symbol on it that is an oval of any shape, or 2 parallel horizontal lines that are joined at each end by a semi‑circle, with 4 vertical lines in it.
class amount has the meaning given by regulation 2.41.
end‑and‑end measurement, in relation to a loaded or unloaded vehicle being measured on a weighbridge, means a measurement of the vehicle determined by adding separate measurements of the mass of the vehicle supported singly or in combination by the different axles of the vehicle, in which:
 (a) each separate measurement is determined by a separate operation of the weighbridge; and
 (b) the separate measurements are performed consecutively.
glass, in relation to a container, drinking vessel or glass measure, includes any other material permitted by the approved pattern issued under the National Measurement Regulations 1999.
glass measure, in relation to batch testing, means any of the following:
 (a) a container that is:
 (i) made wholly or principally of glass; and
 (ii) intended to be used to sell lubricating oil by volume of the quantity otherwise than as a prepacked article;
 (b) a measure that is:
 (i) made of glass or another rigid or semi‑rigid substance; and
 (ii) intended to be used to sell beer, ale, stout or spirits by quantity otherwise than as a prepacked article;
 (c) a measure that is:
 (i) made wholly or principally of glass; and
 (ii) cylindrical or conical; and
 (iii) used for pharmaceutical purposes.
in‑service inspection:
 (a) means the examination of a material measure or measuring instrument by an inspector to determine