AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 25 of 1974

	These Regulations will increase the existing fees charged by the Department for the testing, verifying and stamping of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments used for trade.

2.	The existing fees were introduced in 1966 and are now too low, particularly when compared with those being charged by other states.  The increased fees are on a level compatible with those existing in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.