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NATIONAL MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 19

Certificates of verification of reference standards of measurement

  (1)   A certificate of verification of a reference standard of measurement must state:

  (a)   the name and address of the verifying authority; and

  (b)   that the standard is verified as a reference standard of measurement:

  (i)   if a verifying authority verified the standard--by the verifying authority; or

  (ii)   if a verifying authority supervised verification of the standard--under the supervision of the verifying authority; and

  (c)   the date of verification; and

  (d)   the value ascertained for the standard on that date in terms of an Australian legal unit of measurement; and

  (e)   the accuracy with which the standard is verified; and

  (f)   the value (stating the uncertainty) of any relevant environmental or other influence factors, like temperature and pressure, at the time of the verification; and

  (g)   a description of any mark on or attached to, the standard under these regulations; and

  (h)   the period, from the date of verification, for which the certificate is given.

  (2)   For paragraph   (1)(e), the accuracy of a reference standard of measurement must be ascertained and expressed in a manner determined in writing by the Chief Metrologist.

Note:   For further provisions relating to paragraph   (1)(e), see regulations   25, 26, 27 and 28.



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