STATUTORY RULES
1973 No. 68
REGULATIONS UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (NATIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1960-1966.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over 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 this twentieth day of March, 1973.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. L. MORRISON
Minister of State for 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 omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the word “ Kelvins ” and substituting the word “ kelvins ”.
Second Schedule.
2. The Second Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
| “ Are ................................................... | 100 .................................... | a |
| Centiare ............................................ | 1 ................................... | ca ”. |
Third Schedule.
3. The Third Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
| “ Quintal ............................................. | 100 | q |
| Myriagramme ................................... | 10 | Myriagram |
| Kilogramme ..................................... | 1 | kg or kilogram |
| Hectogramme ................................... | 0.1 | Hectogram |
| Dekagramme .................................... | 0.01 | Dekagram |
| Gramme ........................................... | 0.001 | g or gram |
| Decigramme ..................................... | 0.000 1 | dg or decigram |
| Centigramme .................................... | 0.000 01 | cg or centigram |
| Milligramme ..................................... | 0.000 001 | mg or milligram |
| Microgramme.................................... | 0.000 000 001 | µg or γ or microgram ” |
* Notified in the. Commonwealth Gazette on 1973.
† Statutory Rules 1961, No. 142, as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, No. 126; 1964, No. 146; 1965, No. 13; 1968, No. 150; 1970, No. 40; and 1972, Nos. 62, 133 and 160.
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and substituting the words—
| “ Kilogram or kilogramme .. | 1 | kg |
| Hectogram or hectogramme .. | 0.1 | .. |
| Dekagram or Dekagramme .. | 0.01 | .. |
| Gram or gramme .. .. | 0.001 | g |
| Decigram or decigramme .. | 0.000 1 | dg |
| Centigram or centigramme .. | 0.000 01 | cg |
| Milligram or milligramme .. | 0.000 001 | mg |
| Microgram or microgramme .. | 0.000 000 001 | µg ”. |
Tenth Schedule.
4. The Tenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting “ or mps ” (in the third column);
(b) by omitting “ or cmps ” (in the third column); and
(c) by omitting “ kmph ” (in the third column) and substituting “ km/h ”.
Thirteenth Schedule.
5. The Thirteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting the words “ British Thermal Unit ” (in the first column) and substituting the words “ British thermal unit ”; and
(b) by omitting the words “ Foot pound force ” (in the first column) and substituting the words “ Foot pound-force ”.
Fifteenth Schedule.
6. The Fifteenth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting “ M Pa ” and “ k Pa ” (in the third column) and substituting “ MPa ” and “ kPa ” respectively.
Twentieth Schedule.
7. The Twentieth Schedule to the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
| “ Micromicrofarad or picofarad ......... | 0.000 000 000 001 | µµF or pF ” |
and substituting the words—
| “ Picofarad.......................................... | 0.000 000 000 001 | pF ”, |
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