National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1) (Cth)

National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 121

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Measurement Act 1960.

Dated 19 June 2008

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

CRAIG EMERSON

Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 July 2008.

Amendment of National Measurement Regulations 1999

Schedule 1 amends the National Measurement Regulations 1999.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 13

substitute

Schedule 13 Fees

(regulation 90B)

Part 1 Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments

Table 1Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments

Item	Activity code	Activity	Level 1 Fee ($)	Level 2 Fee ($)	Level 3 Fee ($)
1	AP	Application processing	300	300	300
2	IA	Initial assessment	1 000	1 300	1 600
3	IP	Initial performance	1 500	1 800	3 400
4	TT	Temperature test	1 200	2 000	2 200
5	HU	Humidity test	1 400	1 500	1 700
6	VT	Voltage test	600	800	900
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	1 500	1 500	1 500
8	SD	Static discharge test	900	1 800	2 000
9	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility test	3 000	3 500	4 000
10	ESS	Endurance span stability test	600	1 200	1 500
11	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	200	600	800
12	CHK	Checklist	800	1 000	1 200
13	SR	Summary report	600	1 000	1 200
14	CP	Certificate preparation	500	800	1 200
15	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	205 per hour	205 per hour	205 per hour

Note Table 1 sets out three levels of fees that apply to the instruments described, respectively, by subparagraphs 90B (2) (a) (i), (3) (a) (i) and (4) (a) (i).

Part 2 Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments

Table 2Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments

Item	Activity code	Activity	Level 1 Fee ($)	Level 2 Fee ($)	Level 3 Fee ($)
1	AP	Application processing	300	300	300
2	IA	Initial assessment	600	1 000	1 200
3	IP	Initial performance	2 000	3 500	3 800
4	TT	Temperature test	1 800	2 200	2 500
5	HU	Humidity test	1 000	1 200	1 600
6	VT	Voltage test	700	800	900
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	700	800	1 000
8	SD	Static discharge test	700	800	900
9	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility test	3 500	4 000	4 500
10	ESS	Endurance span stability test	700	1 000	1 200
11	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	200	600	800
12	CHK	Checklist	800	1 000	1 200
13	SR	Summary report	600	1 000	1 200
14	CP	Certificate preparation	500	800	1 200
15	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	205 per hour	205 per hour	205 per hour

Note Table 2 sets out three levels of fees that apply to the instruments described, respectively, by subparagraphs 90B (2) (a) (ii), (3) (a) (ii) and (4) (a) (ii).

Part 3 Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)

Table 3Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments

Item	Activity code	Activity	Level 1 Fee ($)	Level 2 Fee ($)	Level 3 Fee ($)
1	AP	Application processing	300	300	300
2	IA	Initial assessment	1 200	2 200	2 600
3	SR	Summary report	600	800	1 000
4	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	400	600	800
5	CP	Certificate preparation	800	1 000	1 200
6	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	205 per hour	205 per hour	205 per hour

Note Table 3 sets out three levels of fees that apply to the instruments described, respectively, by:

(a) paragraph 90B (2) (b) — the level 1 fee; and

(b) paragraph 90B (3) (b) — the level 2 fee; and

Part 4 Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers

Table 4Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers

Item	Activity code	Activity	Fee ($)
1	AP	Application processing	300
2	IA	Initial assessment	600
3	IP	Initial performance	1 000
4	TT	Temperature test	400
5	HU	Humidity test	400
6	VT	Voltage test	1 000
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	2 300
8	SD	Static discharge test	2 000
9	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility test	23 000
10	MS	Mechanical shock	400
11	ME	Magnetic effect	600
12	HC	Hydrocarbons	600
13	SF	Supply frequency	300
14	HTS	High temperature storage	300
15	DHC	Damp heat cyclic	300
16	DCP	DC power supply	3 000
17	DCR	Ripple on DC	2 500
18	VB	Vibration	8 500
19	DB	Durability	3 200
20	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	800
21	CHK	Checklist	800
22	SR	Summary report	600
23	CP	Certificate preparation	800
24	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	205 per hour

Part 5 Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments

Table 5Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments

Item	Activity code	Activity	Fee ($)
1	AP	Application processing	300
2	IA	Initial assessment	600
3	IP	Initial performance	1 500
4	TT	Temperature test	4 300
5	HU	Humidity test	1 500
6	VT	Voltage test	700
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	700
8	SD	Static discharge test	700
9	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility test	3 500
10	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	800
11	CHK	Checklist	800
12	SR	Summary report	1 000
13	CP	Certificate preparation	800
14	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	205 per hour

Part 6 Examination and certification of utility meters

Table 6Examination and certification of utility meters

Item	Activity code	Activity	Fee ($)
1	AP	Application processing	300
2	IA	Initial assessment	1 500
3	SR	Summary report	700
4	CP	Certificate preparation	900
5	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	205 per hour

Part 7 Verification of utility meters used for trade

Table 7Verification of utility meters used for trade

Item	Activity code	Activity	Fee ($)
1	VUM	Verification of utility meters	1 000

Part 8 Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments

Table 8Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments

Item	Activity code	Equipment used	Fee ($) per hour
1	LARLOA	Large load cell facility (capacity 600 kg to 50 000 kg)	70
2	SMALOA	Small load cell facility (capacity 50 kg to 500 kg)	70
3	LIQHYD	Liquid hydrocarbons test facility	180
4	LPG	Liquefied petroleum gas test facility	180
5	CNG	Compressed natural gas test facility	180
6	TEMP	Temperature controlled chamber	70
7	HUM	Humidity test chamber	90
8	REL	Reliability testing equipment	70
9	LINBOR	Line‑borne interference test equipment	70
10	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility testing chamber	200
11	ESD	Electrostatic discharge test equipment	70
12	HRS	Labour for operation of test facilities	205

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