Weights and Measures Act Amendment Act 1964 (WA)

1964. ] Weights and Measures. [No. 78.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

13° Elizabeth II., No. LXXVIII.

No. 78 of 1964.

AN ACT to amend the Weights and Measures Act,

1915-1958.

[Assented to 14th December, 1964.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the, authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Weights and	Short title
and citation.

Measures Act Amendment Act, 1964.

(2) In this Act the Weights and Measures Act, Reprinted in Appendix

1915-1958, is referred to as the principal Act.	to the 1926Sessional
Volume of Acts, and

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act amended by Acts Nos. 7

may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act, of 1991 and

1915-1964. 28 of 1958.

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Commence-	2.	This Act shall come into operation on a date
ment.

to be fixed by proclamation.

S. 3A	3.	The principal Act is amended by adding after
added.

section three, the following section-

Construction.	3A. A reference in a law of the State (whether that law was made before or is made after the commencement of the Weights and Measures Act Amendment Act, 1964) to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity shall, if there is a Commonwealth legal unit of measurement of that physical quantity of the same name, be read and construed as a reference to that Commonwealth legal unit of measurement. .
S. 4

amended. 4. Section four of the principal Act is amended

(a) by adding after the interpretation, "Coal", the following interpretation

"Commission" means the National Standards Commission continued in existence by the Commonwealth Act. ;

(b)	by substituting for the figures, "1948" in line two of the interpretation, "Common- wealth Act", the figures, "1960";
(c)	by adding after the interpretation, "Commonwealth Act", the f ollowing interpretation

"Commonwealth legal unit of measure- ment" means a unit of measurement prescribed by or under the Commonwealth Act. ; and

(d) by adding after the interpretation, "Driver", the following interpretation

"Drug" means any substance, organic or

inorganic, used as medicine or in

the composition or preparation of

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medicines, whether for external or internal use; and includes absorbent cotton wool, surgical dressings, and therapeutic substances.

S. 9

5. Section nine of the principal Act is amended amended.

(a)	by inserting immediately after the section number, "9." in line one, the subsection designation, "(1)";
(b)	by inserting after the word, "in" in line three, the passage, "Part I of"; and

(c) by adding the following subsections

(2) Specimens of weights according to the metric system of measurement of mass, as described in Part II of Schedule A, that have been provided by the Commission and deposited at the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of section eight B of this Act are, subject to this Act, standard weights of Western Australia.

(3) The measures of capacity according to the metric system as described in Part III of Schedule A are, subject to this Act, standard measures of Western Australia in relation to the sale of drugs. .

6. Section seventeen of the principal Act is	8.17
amended.

amended by substituting for the passage, "shall be those described in Schedule B", the passage, "according to the imperial system shall be those described in Part I of Schedule B, and the units of weight and of measure of capacity according to the metric system shall be those described in Part II of that Schedule".

7. Section nineteen of the principal Act is Li? amended.

amended

(a) by substituting for paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the following paragraph—

(c) drugs shall be sold by metric weight

or metric measure of capacity in

accordance with the metric weights

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and metric measures of capacity respectively described in Parts II and III of Schedule A, and by no other weights or measures. ; and

(b) by inserting after the word, "weights" in line three of subsection (2), the words, "or measures".

Schedule A

amended. 8. Schedule A to the principal Act is amended

(a) by adding immediately after and below the h e a din g, "STANDARDS.", the following subheading

PART I.—IMPERIAL SYSTEM. ; and

(b) by adding at the end of the Schedule, the following Parts

PART II.—METRIC WEIGHTS.

20 kilogrammes (kg) 2 grammes (g)

10 „ ,, 1 gramme

5   500 milligrammes (mg)

5)   1p

2 „ 200

P, 71 ft

1 kilogramme „ 100 If

500 grammes (g) 50 SI

200	„	,,	20	ll	7/
100	,,	PP	10	,,	,,
50	,,	5	IP	ll
20	„	„	2	,,	ft

10	„	1 milligramme	P)
5

PART III.—METRIC MEASURES OF

CAPACITY..

1 litre 20 millilitres

500 millilitres 10 „

200	„	5	,,
100	„	2

50 „ 1 millilitre

1,000 cubic centimetres 20 cubic centimetres

500 „	ft	10 „
200 „	5 PI tf
100 „	2 „ t
50 „	fl	1 cubic centimetre.

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Schedule B

9. Schedule B to the principal Act is amended amended.

(a) by adding immediately after and below the heading, "UNITS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES", the following subheading

PART I.—IMPERIAL SYSTEM. ; and

(b) by adding at the end of the Schedule, the following part

PART II.—METRIC SYSTEM.

Measures of Weight.

The standard kilogramme shall be the unit of standard measure of metric weight from which all other metric weights and all measures having reference to metric weight shall be ascertained.

One thousand such kilogrammes shall be a tonne; and one hundred such kilogrammes shall be a quintal.

One-tenth part of such kilogramme shall be a hectogramme; one-hundredth part of such kilogramme shall be a dekagramme, and one-thousandth part of such kilogramme shall be a gramme.

One-tenth part of such gramme shall be a decigramme; one hundredth part of such gramme shall be a centigramme; and one- thousandth part of such gramme shall be a milligramme.

Measures of Capacity.

The standard litre shall be the unit or standard measure of the metric system of capacity.

One thousand such litres shall be a kilolitre; one hundred such litres shall be a hectolitre; and ten such litres shall be a dekalitre.

One-tenth part of such litre shall be a decilitre; one-hundredth part of such litre shall be a centilitre; one-thousandth part of such litre shall be a millilitre; and one-millionth part of such litre shall be a microlitre. .