Amendments of the Weights and Measures Regulations (ACT)

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Regulations 1959. No. 15.

Regulation under the Weights and Measures Ordinance

1929-1959.*

I GORDON FREETH, the Minister of State for the Interior, hereby Ordinance 1929-1959.

, make the following Regulation under the Weights and Measures

Dated this thirty-first day of December, 1959.

" GORDON FREETH

Minister of State for the Interior.

AMENDMENTS OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REGULATIONS.!

Regulation 2 of the Weights and Measures Regulations is amended— Modification,

(a) by omitting the words " Weights and Measures Act, 1915 " ReJuliw0?shts

in their stead the words " Weights and Measures Act,Act' 1915-1956-	and " Weights and Measures Ordinance 1932 " and inserting and Measures
1915-1956" and ''Weights and Measures Ordinance 1929-1959", respectively;

ib) by omitting paragraph (a) and inserting in its stead the follow-

ing paragraph:—

" (a) The regulations shall be read—

(i) as if the words ' the first day of August, 1933 ' were substituted for the words ' 6th July, 1917 ' (wherever occurring) and for the words ' the date of the Regulations' (wherever occurring); and

(ii) as if the words ' section 27 of the

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Ordinance' were substituted for the

words 'section 31 of the Act' (where-

• ever occurring);

(c) by omitting paragraph (c) and inserting in its stead the

following paragraph:—

" (c) Regulation 3 of Part I. shall be read—

(i) as if the definitions of * The date of the Regulations* and ' The Act' were omitted; and

(ii) as if, at the end thereof, the following

definitions were added:—

' " the Ordinance" means the

Weights and Measures Ordi-

nance 1929-1959.';

•Notified in the Commonwealth Gazelle on 31st December, 1959.

t Regulations notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20th July, 1933.

Weights and Measures Regulations.

' " the Superintendent" means a per- son authorized by the Minister under sub-section (2.) of section eight of the Ordinance to exer- cise the powers and perform the functions of the Superintendent under these Regulations.';";

{d) by omitting paragraphs (k), (I) and (m);
(e) by inserting after paragraph (n) the following paragraph:—

" (na) Regulation 114A of Part IV. shall be read as if the words 'Subject to regulation 117 of these^ Regulations, the' were substituted for the worq 'The';";

(/) by omitting paragraph (o) and inserting in its stead the

following paragraph:—

" (o) Regulation 115 of Part IV. shall be read as if the words ' the office of an Inspector at the Depart- ment of the Interior' were substituted for the words ' the metropolitan office';";

(g) by omitting paragraphs (p) and (q) and inserting in then-

stead the following paragraph:—

" (p) The regulations shall be read as if the following regulation were substituted for regulation 117 of Part IV.:—

' 117.—(1.) Subject to this regulation,

weights, measures and instruments other than those specified in the last preceding regulation shall be presented, for verification purposes, at the Inspector's office.

' (2.) Weights, measures and instruments may, in lieu of being presented for verification purposes at the Inspector's office in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, be veri- fied at the owner's premises upon payment of

a fee of Fifteen shillings.	.
' (3.) The fee specified in the last preceding sub-regulation is payable in addition to the fee™ prescribed by regulation 114A of these Regula- tions.' ";

(/») by omitting paragraph (r) and inserting in its stead the

following paragraph:—

" (r) Regulation 121 of Part IV. shall be read—

(i) as if the words ' Commonwealth or the

Commonwealth Railways Commis-

sioner ' were substituted for the words ' Commissioner for Railways or any Government Department'; and

(ii) as if the words ' Commonwealth or the Commissioner' were substituted for the words ' Commissioner or such Government Department';";

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Weights and Measures Regulations.

(i) by omitting paragraph (/) and inserting in its stead the

following paragraphs:—

" (0 The regulations shall be read as if the following regulation were substituted for regulation 123 of Part IV.:—

'123. Weighbridges shall be re verified and

stamped once in each period of six months.';

" (ta) The regulations shall be read as if regulations 127 to 129 (inclusive) of Part IV. and the heading to those regulations were omitted;";

(/) by omitting from paragraph (w) the words "Public Health Ordinance 1928-1930 " and inserting in their stead the words "Public Health Ordinance 1928-1951"; and

(k) by inserting after paragraph (cc) the following paragraph:—

" (cd) The regulations shall be read as if regulation 6 of

Part VII. were omitted;".

By Anthorhy: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer. Canberra.