Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A State primary standard of measurement may, at the request of the appropriate State authority, be verified by or on behalf of the Chief Metrologist by means of, by reference to, by comparison with or by derivation from:
(a) an appropriate Australian primary standard of measurement;
(b) an appropriate Australian secondary standard of measurement; or
(c) 2 or more standards of measurement each of which is an appropriate Australian primary standard of measurement or an appropriate Australian secondary standard of measurement.
(2) Verification of such a standard of measurement shall be carried out in a manner that is, having regard to the nature of the standard of measurement to be verified, appropriate for the purpose.
(3) Where a State primary standard of measurement is verified by the Chief Metrologist or by a person on behalf of the Chief Metrologist, the Chief Metrologist or the person, as the case may be, shall specify the period within which the standard is to be verified again, and the standard shall be verified again within that period.