AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE 1971

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 7 of 1971

	Part VI of the Weights and Measures Ordinance 1929-1967 prescribes conditions for the sale of coal and firewood.  Section 31 enables the Minister to specify, by notice published in the Gazette, the areas in which the Part is applicable.

	It is desired to remove the necessity for the Minister to publish notices in the Gazette and at the same time make the provisions of Part VI apply in the whole of the Australian Capital Territory.

	The proposed Ordinance will repeal section 31 and will consequently achieve both objectives.

        R. J. H.
...............................
(Minister’s Initials)