Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation 1991 (ACT)
Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation 1991 (repealed)
SL1991-28
made under the
Trade Measurement Act 1991
Republication No 4
Effective: 2 July 2010
Republication date: 2 July 2010
As repealed by A2010-13 s 4
Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation 1991 (repealed), made under the Trade Measurement Act 1991 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)).It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 2 July 2010.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
Kinds of republications
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Editorial changes
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This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for an individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation 1991 (repealed)
made under the
Trade Measurement Act 1991
Contents
Page
Name of regulation 2
Beer, spirits to be sold by volume 2
Offer etc for sale by reference to measurement 2
Endnotes
About the endnotes 5
Abbreviation key 5
Legislation history 6
Amendment history 6
Earlier republications 7
Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation 1991 (repealed)
made under the
Trade Measurement Act 1991
Name of regulation
This regulation is the Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation 1991.
Beer, spirits to be sold by volume
(1)Beer, stout, ale, brandy (including cognac and armagnac), gin, rum, vodka and whisky (whiskey) are prescribed as articles to which the Act, section 26 applies.
(2)Under that section, a sale of a quantity of such an article is required to be at a price decided by reference to the volume of the quantity.
Offer etc for sale by reference to measurement
(1)This section does not apply to—
(a)prepacked articles; or
(b)the articles described in section 3; or
(c)diamonds or other precious stones.
(2)A person who advertises, offers or exposes an article for sale at a price decided by reference to measurement (being mass, volume, linear measurement or superficial measurement) commits an offence unless the measurement is—
(a)for mass—
(i)1 kilogram; or
(ii)1 kilogram, with another reference to an integral number of kilograms; or
(iii)an integral number of tonnes; or
(iv)if the article is a precious metal—1 gram or 1 troy ounce;
(b)for volume—
(i)1 litre; or
(ii)1 litre, with another reference to an integral number of litres; or
(iii)an integral number of cubic metres;
(c)for linear measurement—
(i)1 centimetre; or
(ii)1 metre; or
(iii)1 metre, with another reference to an integral number of metres; or
(d)for superficial measurement—
(i)1 square centimetre; or
(ii)1 square metre; or
(iii)1 square metre, with another reference to an integral number of square metres;
or is a measurement authorised by subsection (3).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3)The length, width, thickness, diameter or other linear measurement of an article specified in table 4 may be advertised, offered or exposed for sale by the millimetre, centimetre or metre.
Table 4
| column 1 item | column 2 article |
| 1 | carpets |
| 2 | ceramic tiles |
| 3 | chain |
| 4 | cord |
| 5 | cordage |
| 6 | electrical cable |
| 7 | electrical flex |
| 8 | fabrics |
| 9 | floor coverings |
| 10 | hardboard |
| 11 | particle board |
| 12 | plastic mouldings |
| 13 | plywood |
| 14 | resin laminates |
| 15 | rope |
| 16 | rubber material |
| 17 | rubber mouldings |
| 18 | sheet glass |
| 19 | textiles |
| 20 | textile products (other than ready-made clothing) |
| 21 | timber |
| 22 | veneers |
| 23 | wire netting |
Endnotes
About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
Abbreviation key
am = amended ord = ordinance amdt = amendment orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph def = definition pres = present dict = dictionary prev = previous disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative (prev...) = previously Assembly pt = part div = division r = rule/subrule exp = expires/expired renum = renumbered Gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading R[X] = Republication No IA = Interpretation Act 1967 RI = reissue ins = inserted/added s = section/subsection LA = Legislation Act 2001 sch = schedule LR = legislation register sdiv = subdivision LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 sub = substituted mod = modified/modification SL = Subordinate Law o = order underlining = whole or part not commenced om = omitted/repealed or to be expired
Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulations. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Before 12 September 2001, regulations commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Subordinate Laws Act 1989 s 6).
Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Regulation SL 1991 No 28
notified 1 November 1991
commenced 1 November 1991
as amended by
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 387
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)pt 387 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)
Trade Measurement (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No 1) SL2002-37
notified LR 12 December 2002
s 1, s 2 commenced 12 December 2002 (LA S 75 (1))remainder commenced 13 December 2002 (s 2)
as repealed by
Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2010 A2010-13 s 4
notified LR 31 March 2010
s 1, s 2 commenced 31 March 2010 (LA s 75 (1))s 4 commenced 1 July 2010 (s 2 (3) (a))
Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1am R1 LA; R2 LA
Interpretation
s 2om 2001 No 44 amdt 4060
Offer etc for sale by reference to measurement
s 4am 2002 No 37 s 4
Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.
Republication No
Amendments to
Republication date
1 Act 2001 No 44 9 November 2001 2 SL2002-37 13 December 2002 3 SL2002-37 3 November 2004
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