AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 40 of 1982

The Weights and Measures Regulations (Amendment) amends the Weights and Measures Regulations made pursuant to the Weights and Measures Ordinance 1929 to increase various fees and charges.

The Schedule to the Weights and Measures Regulations is amended to increase fees as follows:

TABLE XI

Fees to be paid for Testing or Stamping Weights and Measures and Weighing and Measuring Instruments

			Previous Fee	Amended Fee	
			$	$	
1.	Weights –				
	(a)	not exceeding 1 kilogram	- .50 each	1.00 each	
	(b)	exceeding 1 kilogram but not exceeding 5 kilograms	1.00 each	2.00 each	
	(c)	exceeding 5 kilograms	2.00 for each 20 kg or part of 20 kg	3.00 for each 20 kg or part of 20 kg	
					
2.	Measures of volume –				
	(a)	beverage glasses and oil measuring bottles	- .50 for 12 or lesser number	3.00 for 12 or less number	
	(b)	others not exceeding 1 litre	1.50 each	2.50 each	
	(c)	exceeding 1 litre but not exceeding 5 litres	2.00 each	3.50 each	
	(d)	exceeding 5 litres	3.50 for each 20 litres or part of 20 litres	4.50 for 20 litres or part of 20 litres	
					
3.	Measures of length –				
	(a)	not exceeding 1 metre	1.00 each	2.50 each	
	(b)	exceeding 1 metre but not exceeding 5 metres	1.50 each	4.00 each	

			$	$	
					
	(c)	exceeding 5 metres	3.00 for each 20m or part of 20 m	4.00 for each 20 m or part of 20 m	
					
4.	Fabric, leather or timber-measuring instruments or templates for testing them		8.00 each	Unchanged	
					
5.	Weighing instruments of a capacity –				
	(a)	not exceeding 1 kilogram	2.00 each	4.00 each	
	(b)	exceeding 1 kilogram but not exceeding 5 kilograms	3.00 each	7.50 each	
	(c)	exceeding 5 kilograms but not exceeding 20 kilograms	5.00 each	10.00 each	
	(d)	exceeding 20 kilograms but not exceeding 100 kilograms	10.00 each	15.00 each	
	(e)	exceeding 100 kilograms but not exceeding 1 tonne	20.00 each	25.00 each	
	(f)	exceeding 1 tonne but not exceeding 5 tonnes	40.00 each	50.00 each	
	(g)	exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes	60.00 each	70.00 each	
	(h)	exceeding 10 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes	80.00 each	90.00 each	
	(i)	exceeding 20 tonnes	80.00 plus $5 for each 5 tonnes or part of 5 tonnes in excess of 20 tonnes	90.00 plus $7 for each 5 tonnes or part of 5 tonnes in excess of 20 tonnes	
					
6.	Liquid-measuring instruments –				
	(a)	single petrol pump	10.00 ea	22.50 ea	
	(b)	dual petrol pump	20.00 ea	45.00 ea	
	(c)	proportional blending pump	20.00 ea	45.00 ea	
	(d)	of the slow flow-meter type	7.00 ea	15.00 ea	
	(e)	of a type other than the slow-meter type and –			
	(i)	capable of delivering an amount not exceeding 200 litres per minute	15.00 ea	30.00 ea	
	(ii)	capable of delivering an amount exceeding 200 litres per minute	25.00 ea	40.00 ea	
					
	(f)	tanker not equipped with flow-meters and of a capacity  –			
	(i)	not exceeding 5,000 litres	30.00 ea	50.00 ea	
	(ii)	exceeding 5,000 litres but not exceeding 7,500 litres	40.00 ea	70.00 ea	
					
			$	$	
					
	(iii)	exceeding 7,500 litres	40.00 plus $5 for each 1,000 litres or part of 1,000 litres in excess of 7,500 litres	70.00 plus $7 for each 1,000 litres or part of 1,000 litres in excess of 7,500 litres	
					
	(g)	of types not otherwise specified in this clause	10.00 ea	25.00 ea	
					
7.	Receptacles used as measures of volume for the delivery or sale of earth, sand or ballast –				
	(a)	not subdivided	10.00 each	20.00 each	
	(b)	subdivided	10.00 plus $3 for each subdivision	20.00 plus $5 for each subdivision	
8.	Where a test or verification to Local Standards accuracy is required		
10.00 (additional)	
15.00 (additional)