Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1973 (WA)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
METRIC CONVERSION (No. 2).
No. 83 of 1973.
AN ACT to amend the Metric Conversion Act,
1972-1973.
[Assented to 21st December, 1973.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Metric z?ZiritiVtlieon,
Conversion Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1973.
| (2) | In this Act the Metric Conversion Act, 1972- |
1973 is referred to as the principal Act.
(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
may be cited as the Metric Conversion Act, 1972-
| No. 83.] | Metric Conversion (No. 2). | [1973. |
Section 4
| amended. | 2. | Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by |
revoking subsection (4) and substituting the fol-
lowing subsection
(4) Every Act referred to in the Second and Third Schedules to this Act may be cited show- ing the figures representing the year of its passing followed by the passage "-1973".
Third
| Schedule | 3. | The principal Act is amended by adding at |
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the end thereof the following Schedule-
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BEEKEEPERS ACT, 1963-1972.
Amendment
| Provision | Amendment |
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| Section 4 | Delete "one foot" in line 3 of the definition of "destroy", substitute "0 . 3 metre" .... | 1 | ,.... |
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| BUSH FIRES ACT, 1954-1970. | 0 e |
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| Section 18 (2) | ••.• | Delete "two miles" in line 3 of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a), substitute "three kilometres" | 1 |
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| Section 18 (2) | .•.• | Delete "ten feet" in line 7 of paragraph (d), substitute "three metres" | .... | 2 | ||
| Section 22 (3) | •••• | Delete "ten feet" in line 2 of paragraph (b), substitute "three metres" | ... |
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| Section 22 (3) | .••• | Delete "three chains" in line 6 of paragraph (b), substitute "sixty metres" .... | 4 |
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| Section 22 (6) | •.•• | Delete "three chains" in line 7 of paragraph (b), substitute "sixty metres" .... | 5 | ‘..-. |
| Section 23 (1) | •••• | Delete "five chains" in line 6 of paragraph (a), substitute "100 metres' | .... | .... | .... | .... | 6 |
| Section 23 (1) | •-• | Delete "one chain" in lino 2 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b), substitute "twenty metres" .... | 7 |
| Section 23 (1) | •••• | Delete "six feet" in line 4 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b), substitute " two metres" | .... | 8 |
| Section 24 | •.•• | Delete "seventy-five acres" in lines 6 and 7 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b), substitute "thirty | 9 | ri |
| hectares" | P |
| Section 24 | Delete "ten feet" in line 2 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b), substitute "three metres" | 10 | oo |
| Section 24 | Delete "six feet" in line 9 of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b), substitute "two metres" | 11 | 54 |
| Section 25 (1) | Delete "ten feet" in line 2 of paragraph (a), substitute "three metres" | .... | .... | 12 |
| Section 25 (1) | Delete "ten feet" in line 5 of paragraph (a), substitute "three metres" | .... | .... | 13 |
| Section 25 (1) | Delete "twenty feet" in lines 10 and 11 of paragraph (b), substitute "six metres" .... | .... | 14 |
| Section 25 (1) | Delete "twenty feet" in line S of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (0), substitute "six metres" | 15 |
BUSH FIRES ACT, 1954-1970 on nued.
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| Provision | Amendment |
| amended | number |
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| Section 25 (1) .... | Delete "twenty feet" in line 2 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c), substitute "six metres" | 16 | 0 |
| Section 25 (1) .... | Delete "six feet" in line 4 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d), substitute "two metres" .... | 17 | co |
| Section 25 (1) .... | Delete "six feet" in line 8 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d), substitute "two metres" | 18 | |
| Section 25 (1) .... | Delete "fifteen feet" in line 3 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d), substitute "five metres" | 19 | |
| Section 25 (1) .... | Delete "six feet" in line 12 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d), substitute "two metres" | 20 | |
| Section 27D (3) | Delete "ten feet" in line 4 of paragraph (c), substitute "three metres" | 21 | |
| Section 28 (3) .... | Delete "two miles" in line 7, substitute "three kilometres" | 22 | |
| Section 31 .... | Delete "twenty yards" in line 3, substitute "twenty metres" .... | 23 |
| Section 34 (1) .... | Delete "ten feet" in line S of paragraph (a), substitute "three metres" | .. | 24 |
| Section 34 (1) .... | Delete "ten chains" in lines 8 and 9 of paragraph (a), substitute "200 metres" | 25 |
| Section 34 (1) .... | Delete "ten chains" in line 8 of paragraph (b), substitute "200 metres" | ... | 26 |
| Section 46 (1) .... | Delete "two miles" in lines 1 and 2 of paragraph (b), substitute "three kilometres" | 27 |
| Section 48 (1) .... | Delete "ten feet" in line 3, substitute "three metres" .... | 28 |
| Section 49 | Delete "two miles" in line 2 of paragraph (c), substitute "three kilometres" | 29 |
FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1928-1951
Amendment
| Provision | Amendment |
| amended | number |
| Section 5C (3) .... | Delete "twenty-eight pounds" in line 3, substitute "12 . 5 kilograms" | 1 |
| Section 50 (4) .... | Delete "twenty-eight pounds" in line 5, substitute "12 . 5 kilograms" | 2 |
| Second Schedule | Delete "grit gauze sieve with 36 meshes to the lineal inch" in lines 9 and 10 of the definition of the |
| standard for "Pollard", substitute "nylon mesh sieve of 520 micrometres nominal mesh size".... | 3 |
| Second Schedule | Delete "grit gauze sieve with 24 meshes to the lineal inch" in lines 11 and 12 of the definition of the |
| standard for "Pollard", substitute "nylon mesh sieve of 850 micrometres nominal mesh size" ... | 4 |
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FERTILISERS ACT, 1928-1955
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Provision
| Amendment | Amendment • |
| amended | number |
| Section 7 (1) .... | Delete "ton" in line 1 of paragraph (g), substitute "tonne" .... | .... | .... | 1 |
| Section 9 | Delete "one hundredweight" in line 7 of paragraph (d), substitute "fifty kilograms" | 2 |
| Section 11 | Delete "two pounds" in line 4, substitute "one kilogram" | 3 |
| Section 11 | .... | Delete "one pound" in line 5, substitute "0 . 5 kilogram" | .... | 4 |
| Section 12 (2) .... | Delete "one hundredweight" in lines 9 and 10, substitute "50 kilograms" | 5 |
HEALTH ACT, 1911-1972.
Provision
| Amendment | Amendment |
| amended | number |
| Section 3 | Delete "three feet" in lines 3 and 4 of the definition of "Cellar", substitute "one metre" | 1 |
| Section 69 | Delete "six feet" in line 5, substitute "1 . 8 metres" | .... | 2 |
| Section 69 | Delete "thirty feet" in line 6, substitute "nine metres" | 3 |
| Section 80 (1) | Delete "three hundred feet" in lines 8 and 9, substitute "ninety-one metres" | 4 | ||
| Section 81 (I) .... | Delete "three hundred feet" in line 9, substitute "ninety-one metres" | 5 | ||
| Section 82 (2) .... | Delete "three hundred feet" in line 4, substitute "ninety-one metres" | 6 | ||
| Section 94 (I) .... | Delete "110° Fahrenheit" in line 5, substitute "43°C" ... | 7 | ||
| Section 120 (3) | Delete "nine inches" in line 5, substitute "230 millimetres" .... | 8 | ||
| Section 134 (14) | Delete "one thousand gallons" in line 19, substitute "4 . 5 cubic metres" | 9 | ||
| Section 174 (3) | Delete "one-eighth of an inch to the foot" in line 2, substitute "1 : 100" .... |
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| Section 174 (3) | Delete "one-twentieth of an inch to the foot" in line 4, substitute "1 : 250" |
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| Section 174 (3) | Delete "half an inch to the foot" in line 6, substitute "1 : 25" |
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| Section 228 (7) | Delete "two miles" in line 1, substitute "three kilometres" .... | 13 | ||
| Section 297 (2) | Delete "ten miles" in line 26, substitute "sixteen kilometres" | 14 | ||
| Section 307 (1) | Delete "twenty miles" in line 30, substitute "thirty-two kilometres" | 15 | ||
| Section 340A | Delete "fifty miles" in line 2 of the definition of "metropolitan area", substitute "eighty kilometres" | 16 |
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1893-1971.
Amendment
| Provision | Amendment |
| amended | number |
| Section 16 | Delete "three miles" in lines 27 and 28, substitute "five kilometres" | 1 |
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1960-1973.
Amendment
| Provision | Amendment |
| amended | number |
| Section 533 (3a) | Delete "one acre" in line 2 of paragraph (a), substitute "4000 square metres" | 1 |
| Section 533 (3c) | Delete "one half acre" in line 1 of paragraph (a), substitute "2000 square metres" | 2 |
Sixteenth Schedule Delete "Acre R. P." where it appears in FORM OF RATE BOOK, substitute "hectares or square
| metres" | 3 |
MINING DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1902-1924
Amendment
| Provision | Amendment |
| amended | number |
| Section 3 | Delete "fifty feet" in line 3 of the definition of "Deep lead", substitute "fifteen metres" .... | 1 |
PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY ACT, 1970
Amendment
| Provision | Amendment |
| amended | number |
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| Section 37 (2) .... | Delete "ton" in line 2, substitute "tonne" | ||
| Section 37 (4) .... |
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PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL ACT, 1960-1967.
Provision
| Amendment | Amendment |
| amended | number |
| Section 3 (1) | Delete the definition of "mile", substitute the following definition, "" | means an international |
| nautical mile of 1852 metres". | ... | • • . • |
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| PRIVATE RAILWAYS (LEVEL CROSSINGS) ACT, 1966. | a |
Provision
| Amendment | Amendment |
| amended | number | co |
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| Section 4 (1) | Delete "a quarter of a mile" in line 5 of paragraph (a), substitute "400 metres" | 1 | O |
STOCK (BRANDS AND MOVEMENT) ACT, 1970-1972.
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| Provision | Amendment | Amendment |
| amended Section 41 (1) | number |
| .... | Delete "three miles" in line 4, substitute "five kilometres". | 1 |
| TRANSPORT COMMISSION ACT, 1966-1972. | P co |
| Provision | Amendment | Amendment |
| amended Section 47B (8) | number |
| Delete "five cents per ton" in line 2 of paragraph (b), substitute "five cents per tonne"..... | 1 |
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