Metric Conversion Act 1975 (NSW)

M E T R I C C O N V E R S I O N A C T .

A N N O V I C E S I M O Q U A R T O

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act N o . 7 2 , 1975 .

An Act to further facilitate the adoption of the metric system of measurement; to amend the Metric Conversion Act, 1974, in certain respects and to amend references to physical quantities in certain other Acts; to validate certain matter; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 6th November, 1975.] B E

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative	Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 .      This Act may be cited as the "Metric Conversion Act,

1975".

(1 ) The provisions of this Act, section 5 excepted, are for the purpose of metric conversion.

2 .

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, an amend­ ment referred to in Items 10 to 24, both inclusive, does not, where the Minister administering the Public Works Act, 1912, so directs, apply in respect of a work that, immediately before the commencement of the Item that relates to that amendment, was an authorised work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1912.

(1) In this Act, sections 5 and 6 excepted, or in an instrument made for the purpose of this Act, a reference to an Item or Item number, however expressed, is a reference to a number, in the column headed "Item No." in Column 2 of the Schedule and the provision of that Schedule set forth

3 .

opposite that number.

(2) In sections 5 and 6, a reference to an Item, followed by a number, is a reference to a number in the column headed "Item No." in Column 2 of the Schedule to the Metric Conversion Act, 1974, and the provision of that Schedule set forth opposite that Item and number.

4. (1) This section and sections 1, 2 and 3 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act.

(2) Sections 5 and 6 shall be deemed to have commenced on 1st July, 1974.

(3) The provisions of section 7, in so far as they effect an amendment specified by an Item in the Schedule, and of that Item, shall commence on such day as may be appointed by the Governor in respect of that Item, whether by reference to that Item or otherwise, and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

(1) The Metric Conversion Act, 1974, is amended by

inserting in section 11 after the word "district" the words "or
a provisional district".

5.

(2) Any act, matter or thing done in relation to the number of water rights (within the meaning of section 130 of the Water Act, 1912, immediately before the amendment of that section by Item 441) which, immediately before the day on which Item 441 commenced were attached to a holding within a provisional district constituted under Part VI of the Water Act, 1912, shall be as valid and effective as it would have been had this section been in force at the time the act, matter or thing was done.

6. The Metric Conversion Act, 1974, is further

amended—

(a)	by omitting from Item 182 the matter " (1A ) ( c ) . " ;
(b)	by inserting in Column 2 after Item 182 the following matter :—

i Section 35 (1A) one-half of a mile 1 kilometre 11 82A.

1  1

( c ) .	I	I
(c)

(c)	by inserting in Item 464 after the word "ton" the
words "(where secondly occurring).";

(d) by omitting Item 601.

Each Act specified in Column 1 of the Schedule is amended in the provision of that Act specified opposite thereto in the column headed "Provision of Act." in Column 2 of the Schedule—

7.

(a)	by omitting from that provision the matter specified opposite that provision in the column headed "Matter to be omitted." in Column 2 of the Schedule, other than such matter, if any, as appears in brackets and is printed in italics; and
(b)	by inserting instead the matter specified opposite that provision in the column headed "Matter to be inserted " in Column 2 of the Schedule.

S C H E D U L E

Column 1. Column 2.

Year and	Short title	Provision	Matter to be	Matter to be	Item
number	of Act.	of Act.	omitted.	inserted.	N o .
of Act.

1909. N o . 5 Motor Traffic Section 8c (1) two tons 2 tonnes 1

Act, 1909.	(a).
Section 8c (1) two tons 2 tonnes 2
(b).

Section 8c (8)	two tons	2 tonnes	3
(a).

1912, N o . 38 Scaffolding and Section 3 (de­ work", para­ twenty-three inches 585 millimetres 4

Lifts	Act,	finition	of
1912.	"Building
graph (b)).

Section 3 (de­ finition five feet I -5 metres 5

of

"Excavation

work"). Section 6 (4) (a)	six feet	1 -8 metres	6
(ii).
Section 6 (4) (b)	fifteen feet	4-5 metres	7
0) .
Section 6 (4) (b)	fifteen feet	4-5 metres	8
(u).
Section 17A (6)	ten ;eet	3 metres	9
(definition of "Scaffolder").

S C H E D U L E

SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1. Column 2.

S h o r t t i t I e

Year and number Provision Matter to be Matter to be Item

of Act of Act of Act omitted. inserted. N o .

1912, No . 45 Public Works Section 80 (h) fifty yards 46 metres 10

Act, 1912.	Section 82 (1) two hundred yards	200 metres	11
(a).

Section 8 2 ( 1 )	five hundred yards	500 metres	12
tc).
Section 125	each acre	each hectare	13
an acre	a hectare	14
per acre	per hectare	15
(wherever occurring)

Section 139 (1) half a statute acre 2 000 square metres 16

Section 140 (1)	half a statute acre	2 000 square metres	17
Section 142 (1)	forty yards	40 metres	18

Section 144 (2) eight feet (wherever 25 metres 19

occurring)

Section 153 one hundred yards 90 metres 20

Fifth	acres	roods	and	hectares	21
Schedule.	perches
a.r.p.	(Hectares.)	22
acre	hectare	23
foot	metre	24

1915, N o	10	Weights and	Section 27 (2)	two fluid ounces	75 millilitres	25
Measures	(e).	two gallons	10 litres	26
Act, 1915.	Section 29o (9)	five ounces	250 grams	27
(b) (i).	five fluid ounces	250 millilitres	28
Section 31 (2)	twenty miles weights	30 kilometres	29

Section 35	five	hundred-	250 kilograms	30
Section 36	five	hundred	250 kilograms	31

weights

1 9 1 9 N o . 4 1 LocalGovern- Section 153 (2) ton tonne 32

ment	Act,	Section 153	ton	tonne	33
1919.	( 2 A ) .

Section 226 (5) sixty-six feet	20 metres	34
(a).
Section 226 (5) twenty feet	6 metres	35

(b). sixty-six feet 20 metres 36

Section 226 (5) twelve feet 3 metres 37

(c). twenty feet 6 metres 38

Section 226 (5) twelve feet	3 metres	39
(d).
Section 227 (1) eighty feet	25 metres	40
(a).
Section 227 (1) sixty-six feet	20 metres	41
(b).

Section 227 (1)

(c).

sixty-six feet 20 metres 42

Section 227 (1)	twelve feet	3 metres	43
(d).
Section 227 (1)	twenty feet	6 metres	44
(e).
Section 229 (2)	three feet	900 millimetres	45
fourteen feet	4 200 millimetres	46
Section 241 (7)	ten feet	3 metres	47
four feet	1 200 millimetres	48

. Section 243 (5) eighteen inches 450 millimetres 49

Section 250	two chains	40 metres	50
( 3 A ) .

Section 288B one and one-half 40 litres 51

(1). cubic feet

Section 308 (3) sixty-six feet 20 metres 52

thirty-three feet 10 metres 53

Section 314	forty feet	12 metres	54
(1A) (d).

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1. Column 2.

S h o r t t i t I e

Year and number Provision Matter to be Matter to be Item

of Act of Act. of Act. omitted. inserted. N o .

1919,No.41— Loca lGov- Section 318(28) five hundred gallons 2 200 litres 55

continued	ernment Act,	Section 326 (1)	acre	hectare	56
1919—
continued	Section 326 (3)	acre (wherever	hectare	57
occurring)

Section 326 (4) five acres 2 hectares 58

(a).	acre	hectare	59
acres (where	hectares	60
secondly occurring)
Section 330	three feet	900 millimetres	61
Section 333 (1)	acre	hectare	62
(f).

Section 379 (1) two hundred and	225 metres	63
(b).	fifty	yards

three feet 1 metre 64

Section 379 (2) two hundred and	75 metres	65
(a).	fifty	feet
Section 379 (5) sixty-five gallons	300 litres	66

(a). thirty gallons 140 litres 67

Section 379 (5a) two hundred and 230 metres 68

fifty yards

Section 420 (1) two hundred and 230 metres 69

(b).	fifty	yards
Section 446 (6) Twenty-feet lane at	St. Thomas Lane.	70

(b).	foot of cemetery wall.
Section 469A	one chain 20 metres 71
(1).
Section 469A	two chains 40 metres 72
(2).
Section 513 (1)	two tons 2 tonnes 73
0).
Section 5 14A	fifty acres (wherever 20 hectares 74
occurring)

Section 524 (2) fifty feet 15 metres 75

(a). two hundred yards 183 metres 76

Section 524 (2) fifty feet 15 metres 77

(ai). Section 536DA	two hundred yards	183 metres	78
forty yards	40 metres	79
(1).
Section 5 3 6 D C	eight feet (wherever	2 400 millimetres	80

(2). occurring)

Schedule 3. ton tonne 81

section 12 (2).

Schedule 7 thirty-three feet 10 metres 82

(definition of	(wherever
"Total area	occurring)

of the site").

Class A.	twenty feet	6 100 millimetres	83
Class B.	ten feet (wherever	3 050 millimetres	84
occurring)

seven feet six inches 2 290 millimetres 85

nine feet 2 740 millimetres 86

Class C. seven feet six inches 2 290 millimetres 87

(wherever occurring) one foot six inches 450 millimetres 88

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1. Column 2.

Year and

number Short title Provision Matter to be Matter to be Item

of Act. of Act. omitted. inserted. N o .

of Act.

1924, N o . 50 Metropolitan Section 32 (2) six feet 2 metres 89

Water. thirty feet 10 metres 90

Sewerage,	Section 89 (a)	two hundred and	225 metres	91
and Drainage	fifty yards
Act, 1924.	three feet	1 metre	92
Section 90 (1)	two hundred and	75 metres	93
(a).	fifty feet
Section 93 (1)	sixty-five gallons	300 litres	94
(a).	thirty gallons	140 litres	95

1930. N o . 18	Transport Act,	Section 50 (1)	one foot and six	457 millimetres	96
1930.	inches
Section 51	ten feet	3-048 metres	97
Section 60 (2)	per ton, per mile	per tonne, per	98
kilometre
Section 204 (3)	mileage	distance	99
(a) (i).
Section 204 (3)	mileage	distance	100
(a) (ii).
1936, N o . 59	Housing	Second	four acres	1 -62 hectares	101
Improvement	Schedule, Second
Act, 1936.	Part One.
eleven and one-half	4-65 hectares	102
Schedule,	acres
Part Two. Second	seven acres	2-83 hectares	103
Schedule, Part Three.
1938, N o . 11	Hunter District	Section 32 (2)	six feet	2 metres	104
Water,	thirty feet	10 metres	105
Sewerage and	Section 92 (a)	two hundred and	225 metres	106
Drainage	fifty yards
Act, 1938.	three feet	1 metre	107
Section 93 (a)	two hundred and	75 metres	108
fifty feet
Section 97 (1)	sixty-five gallons	300 litres	109
(a).
thirty gallons	140 litres	110
1939, N o . 29	.Drainage Act,	Section 28	fifty acres	20 hectares	111
1939.	(wherever occurring) three hundred acres	120 hectares	112
(wherever occurring)
1940, N o . 2	Industrial	Section 5 (2)	one horse power	0-75 kilowatt	113
Arbitration	(b)
Act. 1940.	(definition of

"Factory").

Section 63 (1) eighty-one degrees 27 degrees Celsius 114

(b). Fahrenheit
thermometer
using a wet bulb

1949, N o . 34	Motor Vehicles	Section 3 (1)	five hundredweight	250 kilograms	115
Taxation	(definition of
Management	"Motor Section 7 (3)
Act, 1949.	cycle").
five hundredweight	250 kilograms	116
(f).
Section 7 (3)	five hundredweight	250 kilograms	117
(h).

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1. Column 2.

Year and number Short title Provision Matter to be Matter to be Item

of Act of Act of Act omitted. inserted. N o .

1958, N o . 6	Road	Section 4	four tons	4 1 tonnes	118
Maintenance	Section 4 A	four tons (wherever	4 1 tonnes	119

(Contri- occurring)

bution) Act,	First Schedule	five-eighteenths	of	0 1 7 of one cent per	120
1958.	one cent per ton	tonne
mile	kilometre	121

2. In assessing such charge	2. In assessing such charge	122
fractions of miles	fractions of
and fractions of	kilometres shall be
hundredweights	disregarded and
shall be	kilograms (in
disregarded but	relation to both
hundredweights	tare weight and
(in relation to	load capacity)
both tare weight	shall be taken
and load capacity)	into account as
shall be taken	decimals of tonnes
into account as	except that where
decimals of tons.	a number of kilograms is not a multiple of ten that number shall be regarded as the next lower number that is a multiple of ten.

Second cwt. (wherever tonnes 123

Schedule. occurring)

Miles (wherever	Kilometres	124
occurring)
mile	kilometre	125

1962, N o . 3	Coral Sea Park Schedule	14 acres 0 roods 3J 5-68 hectares	126
Act, 1962.	perches

1962, N o . 43	Factories,	Section 9 (1)	two hundred and	99 degrees Celsius	127
Shops and	(definition of	ten degrees
Industries	"Boiler").	Fahrenheit
Act, 1962.	Section 9 (1)	twelve cubic feet	6 litres per second	128
(definition of	per minute
"Engine").	forty-two and one-	20 litres per second	129
half cubic feet
per minute
eighty-four cubic	40 litres per second	130
feet per minute
one hundred and two cubic feet per	48 litres per second	131
minute
one hundred and	735 square	132

fourteen square

inches

centimetres

Section 9 (1)	two hundred and	99 degrees Celsius	133
(definition of	ten degrees
"Pressure	Fahrenheit
vessel").
Section 23 (1)	four hundred cubic	11 cubic metres	134
(b).	feet
fourteen feet	4-25 metres	135
Section 23 (2)	eight feet	2-4 metres	136
Section 25 (1)	nine superficial feet	0-8 square metre	137
(a).	four and a half	0-4 square metre is	138
superficial feet are
Section 30(1 )	two feet	600 millimetres	139
Section 30 (2)	eighteen inches	450 millimetres	140
(b).

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1. Column 2.

Year and number Short title Provision Matter to be Matter to be Item

of Act	of Act.	of Act.	omitted.	inserted.	N o .
1962, N o . 43	Factories,	Section 36(1 )	weight	mass	141

—continued	Shops and	thirty pounds	14 kilograms	142
Industries	forty pounds	18 kilograms	143
Act, 1962—	twenty pounds	9 kilograms	144
continued	twenty-five pounds	11-5 kilograms	145
thirty-five pounds	16 kilograms	146

Section 36 (2)	weights (wherever	masses	147
occurring)
Section 39 (2)	three feet	1 metre	148
Section 39 (3)	eighteen inches	450 millimetres	149
(a).
Section 39 (3)	three feet	1 metre	150
(b).
Section 39 (4)	eighteen inches	450 millimetres	151
three feet	1 metre	152
Section 40 (2)	ten feet	3 metres	153
Section 40 (3)	four feet	1-2 metres	154
(a).
Section 42 (2)	eighteen inches	450 millimetres	155
(wherever occurring) sixteen inches	400 millimetres	156
(wherever occurring) fourteen inches	350 millimetres	157
Section 42 (7)	four feet	1 -2 metres	158
Section 115	one horse power	0-75 kilowatt	159

(definition of "Factory"). Section 138 five miles 8 kilometres 160

(2) (a).	one mile	1*5 kilometres	161
Section 138	three miles	5 kilometres	162
(2) (b).	one mile	1-5 kilometres	163
Section 138	two miles	3 kilometres	164
(2) (c).
Section 138	three miles	4-5 kilometres	165
(2) (d).

1969, N o . 28	Consumer	Section 40 (1)	one and one-half	40 litres	166
Protection	cubic feet

Act, 1969. Schedule 2, five feet 1-5 metres 167

paragraph 4. Schedule 2,	one half of an inch of an inch wide	12 millimetres long	168
paragraph 7.	long by one-eighth	by 3 millimetres
wide

1969, N o . 34 Rural Workers Section 8 (2) fifty yards 45 metres 169

Accommo-	(b) (ii).
dation Act,	The Schedule,

1969.   Part I,

Clause (3) 50 yards 45 metres 170

(ii).

Clause (3) 200 yards 185 metres 171

(iii).

Clause (6) 26 gauge 0-40 millimetre in 172

(ii). thickness

Clause (7)	eight feet	2-4 metres	173
nine feet	2-7 metres	174
two inches	50 millimetres	175
Clause (11)	six feet six inches	1-95 metres	176
two feet six inches	720 millimetres	177
Clause (12)	ten square feet	0-9 square metre	178

(ii).

SCHEDULE

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SCHEDULE—continued.

Column 1. Column 2.

Year and number Short title Provision Matter to be Matter to be Item

of Art of Act. of Act. omitted. inserted. N o .

1969.No.34— Rural Workers The Schedule,

continued	Accommo-	Part 1—
dation Art,	continued
1969—

continued Clause (13) one thousand cubic 30 cubic metres 179

(i).	feet
twenty-foursquare 150 square 180
inches centimetres

Clause (13) twelve inches 300 millimetres 181

(ii).

Clause (14)	three feet six inches	1 metre	182
one-sixteenth of an	1-5 millimetres	183
inch
Clause (15)	nine inches	225 millimetres	184
seven inches	175 millimetres	185
Clause (16)	four feet	1-225 metres	186
(i) (a). Clause (18)	120 square feet	11 square metres	187
(vii).	60 square feet	5-5 square metres	188
Clause (21)	four feet	1-225 metres	189
(ii) (b). Clause (27)	three feet	925 millimetres	190
40 feet	13 metres	191
Clause (27)	ten feet	3 metres	192
(a) (i). Clause (27)	nine feet	2-7 metres	193
seven feet	2-1 metres	194

(a) (ii). (wherever occurring)

Clause (27) four inches 100 millimetres 195

(b).

Clause (27) three feet 925 millimetres 196

(d).

Clause (27)	12 inches	300 millimetres	197
(e).	18 inches	450 millimetres	198
Clause (27)	six feet six inches	1 -95 metres	199
(f).	two feet six inches	720 millimetres	200
Clause (29)	two hundred yards	200 metres	201
(ii).	three feet	1 metre	202

Clause (31) eight feet six inches 2-55 metres 203

(ii).	six inches (where	150 millimetres	204
secondly occurring)
Clause (31)	ten square feet	0-9 square metre	205

(iii).

Clause (31)	two inches	50 millimetres	206
(v).	half an inch	12 millimetres	207
three-quarters of an inch	19 millimetres	208

Clause (33) eight feet six inches 2-55 metres 209

(i) (b).	six inches (where
secondly

150 millimetres 210

occurring)

Clause (37)(i) 60 yards 55 metres 211

30 yards (wherever	25 metres	212
occurring)
25 yards	20 metres	213

Clause (37)	seven feet	2 1 metres	214
(iv) (b). Clause (37)	three feet six inches	1 0 5 metres	215
(iv) (c). Clause (37)	four feet six inches	1 -35 metres	216
two feet	600 millimetres	217
(iv) (e) (i). Clause (37)	one foot	300 millimetres	218
12 inches	325 millimetres	219

(iv) (f). five feet nine inches 1 -75 metres 220

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SCHEDULE—cont inued .

Column 1. Column 2.

Year and

Year and	Short title of Act.	Provision	Matter to be	Matter to be	Item
number

number	of Act.	omitted.	inserted.	N o .
of Act.
of Act.

1969.No.34— Rural Workers The Schedule,

continued	Accommo-	Part 1—
dation Act,	continued

1969— Clause (37) six inches inch to the foot 150 millimetres 221

continued	(iv) (h).
(iv) (h). one quarter of an 5 millimetres in each 222

300 millimetres

14 inches	350 millimetres	223
12 inches	300 millimetres	224
18 inches	450 millimetres	225

Clause (38)	nine inches	225 millimetres	226
18 inches	450 millimetres	227

Clause (38)

one hundredweight 50 kilograms 228

one foot 300 millimetres 229

Clause (43)	50 yards	45 metres	230
(a)	five feet	1-5 metres	231

Clause (43) (b).

three feet	1 metre	232
six inches	150 millimetres	233

Clause (43) 30 feet 10 metres 234

(d).

Clause (43)(f) 50 yards	50 yards	45 metres	235
The Schedule,

Part 3,

Clause (2) (d) 30 yards 30 metres 236

Clause (2) (e) 25 yards 20 metres 237

Clause (3) 15 square feet 1 -3 square metres 238