STATUTORY RULES
1972 No. 133
REGULATIONS UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (NATIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1960-1966.*
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of 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 the third day of August, 1972.
Rohan Delacombe
Administrator.
By His Excellency’s Command,
MALCOLM FRASER
Minister of State for Education and 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 adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—
“ (3.) Kelvin degrees may also be referred to as Kelvins.”.
Fifth Schedule.
2. The Fifth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
| “ millilitre .................................................. | 0.000 001 .............. | Ml ” |
the words—
| “ microlitre................................................. | 0.000 000 001 ....... | µl ” |
Seventh Schedule.
3. The Seventh Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
| “ Gramme per cubic centimetre ................. | 1000 ...................... | g/cc or g/cm3 ” |
the words—
| “ Tonne per cubic metre ............................ | 1000 ...................... | t/m3 or t/cu m ”. |
Eighth Schedule.
4. The Eighth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the words—
| “ Nanosecond ............................................ | 0.000 000 001 ....... | ns ”. |
Tenth Schedule
5. The Tenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
| “ Centimetre per second ............................ | 0.01 ....................... | cm/sec or cm/s or cmps ” |
the words—
| “ Millimetre per second ............................. | 0.001 ..................... | mm/s ”. |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
† Statutory Rules 1961, No. 142, as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, No. 126; 1964, No. 146; 1963, No. 13; 1968, No. 150; 1970, No. 40; and 1972, No. 62.
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Eleventh Schedule.
6. The Eleventh Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
| “ Centimetre per second per second .......... | 0.01 ....................... | cm/sec2 or cm/s2 ” |
the words—
| “ Millimetre per second per second ........... | 0.001 ..................... | mm/s2 ”. |
Twelfth Schedule.
7. The Twelfth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
| “ Newton ................................................... | 1 ................ | N ” |
and inserting in their stead the words—
| “ Meganewton ........................................... | 1 000 000 .............. | MN |
| Kilonewton ................................................ | 1000 ............... | kN |
| Newton ...................................................... | 1 ................ | N |
| Millinewton ............................................... | 0.001 ......... | mN ”. |
Thirteenth schedule.
8. The Thirteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—
THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE
Regulation 38.
Units of Measurement of Work and Energy.
| First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
| Name of Unit | Work and Energy in Joules or Foot Poundals | Abbreviation |
| | Joules | |
| Gigajoule ........................................... | 1 000 000 000 .............................. | GJ |
| Megajoule .......................................... | 1 000 000 .............................. | MJ |
| Kilojoule ............................................ | 1 000 .............................. | kJ |
| Joule .................................................. | 1 .............................. | J |
| Erg ..................................................... | 0.000 000 1 ............. | .. |
| Gigawatt hour .................................... | 3 600 000 000 000 ............................ | GWh |
| Megawatt hour ................................... | 3 600 000 000 ............................ | MWh |
| Kilowatt hour ..................................... | 3 600 000 ............................ | kWh |
| Watt hour ........................................... | 3 600 ........................... | Wh |
| Kilocalorie ......................................... | 4 186.8 ........................ | kcal |
| Calorie ............................................... | 4.186 8 ................. | cal |
| Therm ................................................ | 105 506 000 .......................... | .. |
| British Thermal Unit .......................... | 1 055.06 .................... | Btu |
| Mega-electron-volt ............................. | 1.602 07.10-13........................ | MeV |
| Kilo-electron-volt ............................... | 1.602 07.10-16........................ | keV |
| Electron-volt ...................................... | 1.602 07.10-19........................ | eV |
| | Foot Poundals | |
| Horsepower hour ............................... | 63 705 000 .......................... | hph |
| Foot pound force or foot pound ........ | 32.174 ..................... | ft lbf or ft lb |
| Foot poundal ...................................... | 1 ........................... | ft pdl |
Fourteenth Schedule.
9. The Fourteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting before the words—
| “ Megawatt ..................................... | 1 000 000 ..................................... | MW ” |
the words—
| “ Gigawatt ...................................... | 1 000 000 000 .................................... | GW ” |
Fifteenth Schedule.
10. The Fifteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
| “ Newton per square metre ......... | 1 .............. | N/sq m or N/m2 ” |
the words—
| “ Megapascal ................................. | 1 000 000 ............... | M Pa |
| “ Kilopascal ................................... | 1 000 ............... | k Pa ”. |
Sixteenth Schedule.
11. The Sixteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—
SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE.
Regulation 47.
Units of Measurement of Viscosity and Kinematic Viscosity.
| First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
| Name of Unit | Viscosity in Poises or Kinematic Viscosity in Stokes | Abbreviation |
| Viscosity— | | |
| Pascal second ..................................... | 10 ............................... | Pa.s |
| Poise .................................................. | 1 .............................. | P |
| Millipascal second .............................. | 0.01 ......................... | mPa.s |
| Centipoise .......................................... | 0.01 ......................... | cP |
| Kinematic Viscosity— | | |
| Square metre per second .................... | 10 000 ............................. | m2/s |
| Stokes ................................................ | 1 .............................. | St |
| Square millimetre per second ............. | 0.01 ......................... | mm2/s |
| Centistokes ......................................... | 0.01 ......................... | cSt |
Seventeenth Schedule.
12. The Seventeenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting before the words—
| “ Ampere ...................................... | 1 ............ | A or amp ” |
the words—
| “ Kiloampere ................................. | 1000 ........... | kA ”. |
Nineteenth Schedule.
13. The Nineteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by inserting before the words—
| “ Megohm ...................................... | 1 000 000 ........ | MΩ ” |
the words—
| “ Gigohm ....................................... | 1 000 000 000 ........ | GΩ ”. |
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