Trade Measurement Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 144 Trade Measurement Act 1990 TRADE MEASUREMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF TRADE MEASUREMENT (MEASURING INSTRUMENTS) REGULATION 1991 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 12 (Owner to provide and pay for labour etc.) . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 13 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 26 (Measurement of precious stones) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE–PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATION 1991 6 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 5 (Exemptions from marking requirements (name, address, measurement)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of s 15 (Unit etc. of measurement to be used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Amendment of sch 1 (Exemptions from marking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of sch 3 (Permissible units of measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s4 Trade Measurement Amendment (No. 1) No. 144, 1999 PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Trade Measurement Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 . PART 2—AMENDMENT OF TRADE MEASUREMENT (MEASURING INSTRUMENTS) REGULATION 1991 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 2 2. This part amends the TradeMeasurement(MeasuringInstruments)Regulation 1991 . ˙ Amendment of s 12 (Owner to provide and pay for labour etc.) 3. Section 12(1)(a), ‘materials or equipment’— omit, insert— ‘materials, electricity, equipment, liquid or gas’. ˙ Amendment of s 13 (Interpretation) 4.(1) Section 13, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Definitions ’. (2) Section 13, definition “glass measure” , paragraph (b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) a measure made of glass or another rigid or semi-rigid substance intended for use for the sale of beer, ale, stout or spirits by quantity other than as a prepacked article.’.

s5 3 s8 Trade Measurement Amendment (No. 1) No. 144, 1999 ˙ Amendment of s 26 (Measurement of precious stones) 5. Section 26(c), ‘0.1 CM’— omit, insert— ‘0.05 CM’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE–PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATION 1991 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 3 6. This part amends the Trade Measurement (Pre-packed Articles) Regulation 1991 . ˙ Amendment of s 5 (Exemptions from marking requirements (name, address, measurement)) 7. Section 5— insert— ‘ (2A) However, if an exempt package has a name and address or measurement marked on it, the way the name and address or measurement is marked on the package must comply with this regulation.’. ˙ Amendment of s 15 (Unit etc. of measurement to be used) 8. Section 15— insert— ‘ (4) In this section— “ordinarily sold” , of an article sold by number or linear or superficial measurement, means the majority of the merchants selling the article in Australia ordinarily sell it by number or linear or superficial measurement.’.

s 9 4 s 10 Trade Measurement Amendment (No. 1) No. 144, 1999 ˙ Amendment of sch 1 (Exemptions from marking) 9. Schedule 1, matter relating to food goods, item 1, from ‘Chaff’ to ‘other like’— omit, insert— ‘Any’. ˙ Amendment of sch 3 (Permissible units of measurement) 10. Schedule 3, section 2(a), after ‘litre’— insert— ‘, decilitre or centilitre’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 June 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 25 June 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Equity and Fair Trading. © State of Queensland 1999