Australian Capital Territory Repealed Regulations Australian Capital Territory Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
Schedule 3 Permissible units of measurement
(see s 14)
If the measurement marking is to be expressed in terms of mass, the permissible units of measurement are as follows:
(a) kilogram is permissible in all cases;
(b) gram is also permissible if the mass does not exceed 1 000g;
(c) milligram is also permissible if the mass does not exceed 1 000mg.
If the measurement marking is to be expressed in terms of volume, the permissible units of measurement are as follows:
(a) litre, decilitre or centilitre is permissible for liquids in all cases;
(b) cubic metre is permissible for solids in all cases;
(c) millilitre is also permissible for a liquid if the volume does not exceed 1 000mL;
(d) cubic centimetre is also permissible for a solid if the volume does not exceed 1 000m 3 .
If the measurement marking is to be expressed in terms of linear measurement, the permissible units of measurement are as follows:
(a) metre is permissible in all cases;
(b) centimetre is also permissible if the length does not exceed 100cm;
(c) millimetre is also permissible if the length does not exceed 1 000mL;
(d) millimetre is also permissible for paper lengths not longer than 10 000mL, building material in sheet form and coated abrasive belts;
(e) millimetre is also permissible for an article if it was customary before this regulation commenced to express the linear measurement of the article in millimetres.
If the measurement marking is to be expressed in terms of superficial measurement, any unit of superficial measurement is permissible.
If the measurement marking is to be expressed in terms of mass per specified length, the permissible units of measurement are grams for mass and kilometres for length.