National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1) (Cth)

National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 151

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 24 June 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

KIM CARR

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 July 2009.

Amendment of National Measurement Regulations 1999

Schedule 1 amends the National Measurement Regulations 1999.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 3, definition of maximum permissible error, at the foot

insert

Note Paragraph (b) extends to certificates of approval that refer to Document 118, Schedule of Maximum Permissible Errors for Trade Measuring Instruments, published by the former National Standards Commission in 1986, as the source of maximum permissible errors.

[2] Subregulation 13 (2)

substitute

(2)The Chief Metrologist may verify a standard of measurement other than on application.

(2A)A verifying authority other than the Chief Metrologist:

(a)may, with the written consent of the Chief Metrologist, reverify a standard of measurement otherwise than on application; but

(b)is not otherwise authorised to verify or reverify a standard of measurement otherwise than on application.

Note Regulation 90AB preserves rights and entitlements accrued in relation to verifications and reverifications conducted before the commencement of paragraph (2A) (a).

[3] Subregulation 16 (2)

substitute

(2)Immediately after verifying an Australian primary or secondary, or a State primary, standard of measurement, the Chief Metrologist must mark the standard with a statement of the date of verification of the standard.

[4] Paragraph 42 (h)

omit

verification

insert

certification

[5] Paragraph 55 (i)

omit

verification

insert

certification

[6] Paragraph 57 (2) (b)

omit

approval

insert

certification

[7] Regulation 60, at the foot

insert

Note Regulation 90AA relates to certificates of approval of the patterns of measuring instruments issued before 1 July 2004.

[8] Paragraph 77 (1) (a)

omit

[9] Subparagraph 87 (d) (ii)

omit

Part 3

insert

Part 4

[10] After regulation 90A

insert

90AAPattern approval certificates issued between 1 October 1999 and 1 July 2004

A certificate of approval of the pattern of a measuring instrument that was purported to have been issued by an approving authority in the period starting on 1 October 1999 and ending at the end of 30 June 2004 is taken, for the purposes of these Regulations:

(a)to have been issued in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations as in force when the certificate was purported to have been issued; and

(b)to be a valid certificate.

90ABPreservation of verifications and reverifications made before 1 July 2009

The reverification of a standard of measurement under paragraph 13 (2A) (a) does not affect a right or an entitlement resulting from a verification or a reverification conducted in accordance with these Regulations as in force before 1 July 2009.

[11] Schedule 2, Part 1, table, after item 1.11

insert

1.12

mass concentration

grams of alcohol per 210 litres of exhaled breath

[12] Schedule 2, Part 2, table, after item 2.11

insert

2.12	measurement of the mass concentration of alcohol in exhaled breath

[13] Schedule 12, Part 2, after Division 3

insert

Division 3A Multi-dimensional measuring instruments

1The maximum permissible error applicable to the measurement by the instrument of any of the 3 dimensions for initial and subsequent verification is +/- 1d.

[14] Schedule 12, Part 3, Division 5, table 8

substitute

Table 8Price computing devices

Item	Scale interval	Maximum permissible error for certification, verification and reverification
1	1 cent	±0.5 cent
2	2 cents	±1.0 cent
3	5 cents	±2.5 cents
4	10 cents	±5.0 cents

[15] Schedule 13, Parts 1 to 6

substitute

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	310	310	310
2	IA	Initial assessment	1 050	1 350	1 650
3	IP	Initial performance	1 550	1 850	3 500
4	TT	Temperature test	1 250	2 050	2 200
5	HU	Humidity test	1 450	1 550	1 700
6	VT	Voltage test	620	850	950
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	1 550	1 550	1 550
8	SD	Static discharge test	950	1 850	2 000
9	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility test	3 100	3 600	4 000
10	ESS	Endurance span stability test	620	1 250	1 550
11	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	210	620	850
12	CHK	Checklist	850	1 050	1 300
13	SR	Summary report	620	1 050	1 200
14	CP	Certificate preparation	500	850	1 200
15	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	212 per hour	212 per hour	212 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	310	310	310
2	IA	Initial assessment	620	1 000	1 250
3	IP	Initial performance	2 050	3 600	3 900
4	TT	Temperature test	1 850	2 300	2 500
5	HU	Humidity test	1 000	1 200	1 600
6	VT	Voltage test	750	850	950
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	750	1 000	1 250
11	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	300	650	800
12	CHK	Checklist	850	1 000	1 250
13	SR	Summary report	620	1 000	1 200
14	CP	Certificate preparation	500	800	1 200
15	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	212 per hour	212 per hour	212 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	310	310	310
2	IA	Initial assessment	1 200	2 200	2 600
3	SR	Summary report	700	800	1 000
4	EXT	Extra or miscellaneous test	500	600	800
5	CP	Certificate preparation	800	1 100	1 250
6	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	212 per hour	212 per hour	212 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	310
2	IA	Initial assessment	620
3	IP	Initial performance	1 000
4	TT	Temperature test	500
5	HU	Humidity test	500
6	VT	Voltage test	1 050
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	2 400
8	SD	Static discharge test	2 100
9	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility test	23 000
10	MS	Mechanical shock	450
11	ME	Magnetic effect	650
12	HC	Hydrocarbons	650
13	SF	Supply frequency	310
14	HTS	High temperature storage	310
15	DHC	Damp heat cyclic	310
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	850
22	SR	Summary report	600
23	CP	Certificate preparation	850
24	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	212 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	310
2	IA	Initial assessment	620
3	IP	Initial performance	1 550
4	TT	Temperature test	4 400
5	HU	Humidity test	1 500
6	VT	Voltage test	800
7	LB	Line‑borne interference test	750
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	212 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	310
2	IA	Initial assessment	1 500
3	SR	Summary report	750
4	CP	Certificate preparation	900
5	HRS	Consultations, performance and other tests	212 per hour

[16] Schedule 13, Part 8

substitute

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)	100
2	SMALOA	Small load cell facility (capacity 50 kg to 500 kg)	80
3	LIQHYD	Liquid hydrocarbons test facility	200
4	LPG	Liquefied petroleum gas test facility	200
5	CNG	Compressed natural gas test facility	200
6	TEMP	Temperature controlled chamber	80
7	HUM	Humidity test chamber	100
8	REL	Reliability testing equipment	80
9	LINBOR	Line‑borne interference test equipment	80
10	EMS	Electromagnetic susceptibility testing chamber	250
11	ESD	Electrostatic discharge test equipment	80
12	HRS	Labour for operation of test facilities	212

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