Australian Capital Territory Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

TRADE MEASUREMENT (PREPACKED ARTICLES) REGULATION 1991 (REPEALED) - REG 34

    (1)     If the package containing a prepacked article is, in accordance with this regulation, marked ‘mass at standard condition' or with other words that have a similar meaning—

        (a)     the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency specified in table 34, column 3 opposite the description of the class of article in column 2; and

        (b)     the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency specified in table 34, column 3 opposite the description of the class of article in column 2

    (2)     If the article consists of a mixture of any 2 or more of class A, B or C fibres (as described in table 34, column 2)—

        (a)     the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula

6x + 2y + 5

; and

        (b)     the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula

6x + 2y

where:

"x" means the proportion that the mass of all class A fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article.

"y" means the proportion that the mass of all class B fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article.

Table 34

column 1 item	column 2 class of article	column 3 permissible actual deficiency (%)	column 4 permissible average deficiency (%)
1	class A fibre (wool or other animal fibre, viscose or cuprammonium rayon, or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)	11	6
2	class B fibre (silk, cotton or cellulose acetate or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)	7	2
3	class C fibre (a fibre, or a mixture of fibres, that is not a class A or class B fibre)	5	0