STATUTORY RULES
1973 No. 68
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (NATIONAL STANDARDS)
ACT 1960-1966.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth
of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby
make the following Regulations under the Weights and Measures (National
Standards) Act 1960-1966.
Dated this twentieth day of March,
1973.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. L. MORRISON
Minister of State for Science.
Amendments
of the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations
Units of measurement of temperature.
1.
Regulation 64 of the
Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting
from sub-regulation (3.) the word “ Kelvins ” and substituting the word “ kelvins
”.
Second Schedule.
2. The
Second Schedule to the Weights and Measures
(National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
“ Are ...................................................
| 100 .................................... | a
|
Centiare ............................................
| 1 ...................................
| ca ”.
|
Third Schedule.
3. The
Third Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is
amended by omitting the words—
“ Quintal
.............................................
| 100 | q |
Myriagramme ...................................
| 10
| Myriagram
|
Kilogramme
......................................
| 1
| kg or kilogram
|
Hectogramme ...................................
| 0.1
| Hectogram
|
Dekagramme ....................................
| 0.01
| Dekagram
|
Gramme ...........................................
| 0.001
| g or gram
|
Decigramme .....................................
| 0.000 1
| dg or decigram
|
Centigramme ....................................
| 0.000 01
| cg or centigram
|
Milligramme .....................................
| 0.000 001
| mg or milligram
|
Microgramme....................................
| 0.000 000 001
| µg or γ or microgram
”
|
*
Notified in the. Commonwealth Gazette on
1973.
Statutory Rules 1961, No. 142, as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, No. 126;
1964, No. 146; 1965, No. 13; 1968, No. 150; 1970, No. 40; and 1972, Nos. 62,
133 and 160.
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and substituting the words—
“ Kilogram
or kilogramme ..
| 1
| kg
|
Hectogram
or hectogramme ..
| 0.1
| ..
|
Dekagram
or Dekagramme ..
| 0.01
| ..
|
Gram or
gramme .. ..
| 0.001
| g
|
Decigram
or decigramme ..
| 0.000 1
| dg
|
Centigram
or centigramme ..
| 0.000 01
| cg
|
Milligram
or milligramme ..
| 0.000 001
| mg
|
Microgram
or microgramme ..
| 0.000 000 001
| µg ”.
|
Tenth Schedule.
4. The
Tenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting “ or mps ” (in the third
column);
(b)
by omitting “ or cmps ” (in the third
column); and
(c)
by omitting “ kmph ” (in the third column) and substituting “ km/h ”.
Thirteenth Schedule.
5. The
Thirteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards)
Regulations is amended—
(a)
by omitting the words “ British Thermal Unit ” (in
the first column) and substituting the words “ British thermal unit ”; and
(b)
by omitting the words “ Foot pound force ” (in the
first column) and substituting the words “ Foot pound-force ”.
Fifteenth Schedule.
6. The
Fifteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations
is amended by omitting “ M Pa ” and “ k Pa ” (in the third column) and
substituting “ MPa ” and “ kPa ” respectively.
Twentieth Schedule.
7. The
Twentieth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations
is amended by omitting the words—
“ Micromicrofarad or picofarad ............
| 0.000 000 000 001
| µµF or pF ”
|
and
substituting the words—
“ Picofarad...........................................
| 0.000 000 000 001
| pF ”,
|
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