Weights and Measures Act Amendment Act 1975 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

No. 48 of 1975.

AN ACT to amend the Weights and Measures

Act, 1915-1974.

[Assented to 18th September, 1975.]

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

Measures Act Amendment Act,1975.	and
Short title
citation.

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

1915-1974 is referred to as the principal Act.

Reprintedas approved

for reprint

21 July,

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may	amended by
1971 and

be cited as the Weights and Measures Act 1915-1975,	Acts Nos. 31
of 1973 and
of 1974.

No. 48.] Weights and Measures. [1975.

Commence-

/cent 2. This Act shall come into operation on a day to

be fixed by proclamation.

Section 27R

a mended. 3. Section 27R of the principal Act is amended

(a)	as to subsection (1), by deleting the words "offences against the regulations", in lines two and three of paragraph (1), and sub- stituting the words "offences against regulations made under this subsection"; and
(b)	by adding after subsection (1) a subsection as follows

(la) Regulations may be made under this section prohibiting, regulating and otherwise relating to deceptive packaging of pre-packaged articles and without prejudice to the generality of the pro- visions of this subsection regulations may be made

(a)	prescribing articles and classes of articles and packages and classes of packages to which regulations made under this subsection apply;
(b)	prescribing standard specifica- tions relating to the maximum permissible free space in cavities or recesses of prescribed articles and classes of articles and pack- ages and classes of packages and the method for ascertaining the maximum permissible free space in prescribed articles and pre- scribed classes of articles and prescribed packages and pre- scribed classes of packages;

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(c) exempting (either wholly or to such extent as may be pre- scribed) or authorising a pre- scribed person to exempt (either unconditionally or subject to such conditions and restrictions as that person may determine) from all or any of the provisions of regulations made under this subsection-

(i)   articles of any description prescribed or referred to in the regulations and packages containing any such articles; and

(ii) prescribed transactions and

classes of sales;

(d) imposing penalties, not exceed- ing two hundred dollars for a first offence and not exceeding four hundred dollars for a second or subsequent offence against regulations made under this subsection. .