Trade Measurement (Pre-packed Articles) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Trade Measurement Act 1999 .16 November 2009
PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency’s Command,
LISA M SINGH
Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection
1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Trade Measurement (Pre-packed Articles) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Trade Measurement (Pre-packed Articles) Regulations 2000 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 37 substituted Regulation 37 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted: 37Measuring mass of frozen fish (1) In this regulation – fish means – (a) all or part of any cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate or invertebrate; or (b) any number of, or any combination of, any such vertebrates or invertebrates – and includes shell fish but does not include an amphibian or a reptile; frozen means kept in cold storage at a maximum temperature of 0oC; International Standard means a standard made or published by the International Organisation for Standardisation, Geneva; sieve, for determining the mass of frozen fish from a package, means a circular wirecloth sieve – (a) with a diameter of – (i) 200mm, if the measurement marking on the package is not more than 500g; or (ii) 300mm, if the measurement marking on the package is more than 500g; and (b) with a mesh aperture size of 2.36mm; and (c) that complies with the requirements for wirecloth sieves in – (i) Australian Standard AS 1152-1993: Specification for test sieves; or (ii) International Standard ISO 3310-1:2000 (E) Test sieves –Technical requirements and testing. (2) This regulation applies to frozen fish that – (a) is packed as a pre-packed article; and (b) has surface ice on any part of it. (3) For the purposes of the Act, the mass of frozen fish must be determined as follows: (a) measure and record the mass of a sieve; (b) immediately after removing the package of frozen fish from cold storage, remove the frozen fish from the package and take the steps specified in subregulation (4) or (5) , as applicable. (4) If the frozen fish does not exceed the capacity of the sieve – (a) put the frozen fish in the sieve and put the sieve in a water bath containing an amount of water at least 8 times the volume of the fish at a temperature of 25oC ± 5oC; and (b) keep the sieve immersed in the water bath until the surface ice has been removed from the fish; and (c) remove the sieve and the fish from the water bath; and (d) drain the sieve, keeping it at an angle of approximately 20o from the horizontal for at least 2 minutes, but not more than 2 minutes and 15 seconds, to allow water to drain from the fish; and (e) if practicable, remove excess water from the fish by using a cloth or paper towel; and (f) measure and record the combined mass of the sieve and fish; and (g) subtract the recorded mass of the sieve from the recorded combined mass of the sieve and fish to obtain the net mass of the fish. (5) If the frozen fish does exceed the capacity of the sieve – (a) divide the frozen fish into lots that do not exceed the capacity of the sieve; and (b) for frozen fish in a lot that has surface ice on it, complete the steps specified in subregulation (4) ; and (c) for frozen fish in a lot that does not have surface ice on it, measure and record the mass of the fish; and (d) add together the mass of the frozen fish determined in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) to obtain the net mass of the fish. Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 November 2009
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the