This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART I -- 1.1. Citation 1.3. Interpretation PART II -- 2.1. Departmental Standards 2.2. Tolerance 2.3. Local Standards 2.4. Tolerance 2.5. Inspectors PART III -- 3.1. Power of Inspectors 3.2. Inspector may issue notice to re-stamp or remove 3.3. When re-balancing required PART IV -- 4.1. Inspector may verify weight, measure or instrument 4.2. Requirements for verification 4.2A. Consent required for certain verifications 4.3. Inspector may obliterate stamp on rejected weight etc. 4.4. Approval of instrument etc. with novel features 4.5. Approval and certificate of Chief Inspector 4.6. Certificate may be conditional 4.7. Inspector to stamp approved weight etc. 4.8. Avoirdupois weights 4.9. Troy, apothecaries’ and decimal grain weights 4.10. Metric carat weights 4.11. Avoirdupois weights 1 ounce and over to have adjusting hole 4.12. Weights that may have an adjusting hole 4.13. Weights where adjusting holes not permitted 4.14. Adjusting holes 4.15. Adjusting holes in flat circular iron weights 4.16. Adjusting holes in other iron weights 4.17. Adjusting holes in other weights 4.18. Location of stamp 4.19. Denomination to be shown on weight 4.20. Maker’s name 4.21. Certain weights not to be verified 4.22. Method of verification 4.23. Tolerance 4.24. Measures of length 4.25. Graduations 4.26. Tolerance 4.27. Definition of “liquid measure” 4.28. Liquid measures 4.29. Size of cylindrical measures 4.30. Capacity of cylindrical metal measures 4.31. Conical or bell-shaped metal measures 4.32. Cylindrical measures with conical tops 4.33. Subdivision of cylindrical metal measures 4.34. No subdivision of other metal measures 4.35. Capacity of glass measures 4.36. Subdivision of glass measures 4.37. Stamping plug 4.38. Verification stamp 4.39. Subdivisions to be verified 4.39A. Method of verification 4.40. Tolerance 4.41. Definition of “Apothecaries’ measures” 4.42. Apothecaries’ glass measures 4.43. Tolerance 4.44. Definition of “dry measure” 4.45. Dry measures 4.46. Method of verification 4.47. Tolerance 4.47A. Farm milk tanks 4.48. Weighing instruments generally 4.49. Travelling poise 4.50. Loose counterpoise weights 4.51. Counterpoise cup 4.52. Restrictions on all weighing machines 4.53. Inspector may require instrument to be disassembled 4.54. Verification of instruments subject to wind, dust etc. 4.54A. Coal, coke or firewood weighing instruments 4.55. Definition of “beam scale” 4.56. Classes of beam scales 4.57. Attachments to be permanently fastened 4.58. Beam scales 4.59. Stamping plug 4.60. Certain beam scales not to be verified 4.61. Definition of “counter scale” 4.62. Counter scales 4.63. Balancing box 4.64. Certain counter scales not to be verified 4.65. Tolerance 4.66. Definition of “spring balance” 4.67. Spring balances 4.68. Graduation on dial or scale 4.69. Graduation on vertical slide 4.70. Verification subject to approval of Chief Inspector 4.71. Tolerance 4.72. Definition of “self-indicating counter machine” 4.73. Self-indicating counter machines 4.74. Restrictions on machines with sliding or tare weights 4.75. Value computing charts 4.76. Tolerance 4.77. Steelyards 4.78. Graduation 4.79. Steelyards for use with coal and firewood 4.80. Stamping of steelyards 4.82. Steelyards to be reversible 4.83. Tolerance 4.84. Wall beams 4.85. Tolerance 4.86. Definition of “dead-weight machine” 4.87. Dead-weight machines 4.88. Tolerance 4.89. New “union” scales not to be stamped 4.90. Placement of load on platform weighing machines 4.91. Platform weighing machines and weighbridges 4.92. Steelyards of platform weighing machines or weighbridges 4.93. Self-indicating platform weighing machines or weighbridges 4.93A. New self-indicating weighing instruments 4.94. Self-indicating pit bank weighing machines 4.95. Weighbridges 4.96. Road weighbridges 4.97. Truck weighbridges 4.98. Tolerance 4.99. Overhead weighing machines 4.100. Crane weighing machines 4.101. Notice required on certain hydraulic machines 4.102. Hydraulic machines not to be tested for sensitiveness 4.103. Tolerance 4.104. Definition of “automatic weighing machines” 4.105. Automatic weighing machines 4.107. Tolerance 4.108. Hopper grain scales 4.109. Other types of weighing machines 4.110. Measuring instruments generally 4.110A. Measuring instruments used for trade 4.110B. Measuring instruments subject to disturbances etc. 4.110C. Measuring instruments to be of approved type 4.110D. Miscellaneous measuring instruments 4.111. Petrol measuring instruments 4.112. Manual petrol measuring instruments 4.113. Tolerance 4.113A. Petrol and kerosene drum-filling machines 4.113B. Wholesale flow meters 4.113C. Restrictions on wholesale flow meters 4.113D. Restrictions on use of drum filling meters 4.113DD.Calibrated tanks 4.113E. Retail flow meters 4.113F. Restrictions on retail flow meters 4.113G. Calibrating measures and instruments 4.114. Fabric measuring instruments 4.114A. Design and construction of fabric measuring machines 4.114B. Limitations to be indicated 4.114C. Adjusting devices 4.114D. Tolerance 4.115. Leather measuring instruments 4.115A. Tolerance 4.116. Chondrometer 4.117. Steelyards of chondrometers 4.118. Graduations on chondrometers 4.119. Tolerance 4.120. Chondrometers to be cased 4.121. Application for verification 4.122. Verification in metropolitan office 4.123. Verification of weighbridges and fixed instruments 4.124. Verification of other weights, measures and instruments 4.125. Obligations of applicant 4.126. Further obligations of applicant 4.127. Exemption from stamping 4.128. Weighbridges 4.128A. Calibrating measures 4.129. Pit-bank weighing instruments 4.130. Notification to coal mine owners 4.131. Obligation of owner etc. of coal mine PART V -- 5.1. Use of weights etc. other than for intended purpose 5.2. Measuring liquid for sale 5.3. Limitations on use of weights, measures and instruments 5.4. Spillage to be prevented when delivering liquid 5.5. Instruments to be identified if 2 or more on same premises 5.6. Change of ownership of weighing machine or instrument 5.7. Notification of sale by manufacturer or trader PART IX -- 9.1. Interpretation 9.2. Application of Part IX 9.3. Retail seller to provide weighing instrument 9.4. Hawking of coal or firewood 9.5. Hawking of coke 9.6. Sacks to be marked with net weight 9.7. Coal delivered by vehicle 9.8. Coke delivered by vehicle 9.9. Labelling of sacks 9.10. Delivery note for coal etc. in sacks 9.11. Sacks to be allocated to purchasers 9.12. Delivery note for bulk coal or coke 9.13. Delivery note for bulk firewood 9.14. Bulk coal or coke for different purchasers to be carried on separate vehicles 9.15. Inspector may require coal or coke to be bagged 9.16. Bulk firewood for different purchasers to be kept separate 9.17. Powers of inspectors 9.18. Sale of underweight sacks an offence 9.19. Application of the Part to delivery by rail PART X -- 10.1. Public weighbridges to be registered 10.2. Certificate of registration 10.3. Change of ownership of weighbridge 10.4. Requirements for registration 10.5. Cancellation of registration 10.6. Closure of weighbridge to public 10.7. Obligation of owner or lessee 10.7A. Licenced weighmen 10.8. Offences relating to public weighbridges 10.9. Weighman’s licence 10.10. False statements or misrepresentation 10.11. Applicant to appear in person 10.12. Suspension or cancellation of weighman’s licence 10.13. Duties of weighmen 10.13A. Alteration of weighbridge tickets 10.14. Obligations of weighmen 10.15. Offences by weighmen PART XA -- Sale of earth, sand, etc. 10A.1. Earth etc. to be measured by weight or volume 10A.2. Obligations of seller, driver, etc. PART XB -- Metric conversion 10B.1. Application of Part 10B.2. Articles to be sold in metric units 10B.3. Total price of articles sold at a price per unit 10B.4. Non-metric instruments not to be used for trade PART XC -- Regulation of sale of fuel by reference to volume 10C.1. Definitions 10C.2. Regulation of sale of fuel by reference to volume PART XI -- Miscellaneous 11.1. Inspector may adjust or service weights etc. 11.2. Unstamped scales not to be used for trade 11.3. Scale adjusters or repairers 11.4. Scale adjuster’s license 11.5. Scale repairer’s license 11.6. Fees for scale adjuster’s or repairer’s licence 11.9. Fees 11.10. Tables form part of regulations 11.11. Penalty for breach of regulations SCHEDULE Compilation table