Weights and Measures Act Amendment Act 1974 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

No. 4 of 1974.

AN ACT to amend the Weights and Measures Act,

1915-1973.

[Assented to 19th September, 1974.]

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 Lh'ci'

Measures Act Amendment Act, 1974.

(2) In this Act the Weights and Measures Act,

1915-1973 is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may ,Tati,r,zdfg

be cited as the Weights and Measures Act, 1915-1974. nen ty

1971 and

amended by

Act No. 31

of 1973.

No. 4.] Weights and Measures. [1974.

Commence-

ment.	2. The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day or days as is or are, respectively, fixed by proclamation.
Section 20

repealed. 3. Section 20 of the principal Act is repealed.

Sectio	n
amend	ed• 4. Section 21 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the table in subsection (5) and substituting the following table:—

Kilderkin	77 litres
45-litre keg	43 litres
40-litre keg	38.5 litres
22.5 litre keg	20.5 litres

Section 29

Section 29 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "twenty miles" in line seven of subsection (2) and substituting the words "thirty kilometres".

amended. 5.

Schedule D

deleted. 6. The principal Act is amended by deleting

Schedule D.