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NATIONAL MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 1999 1999 No. 110 1999 - REG 21

Recognition of foreign reference standards of measurement
(1)
The Commission may, by instrument under the seal of the Commission, recognise a verification (however described) of a reference standard of measurement in a foreign country as a reference standard of measurement if:

(a)
the verified values of the standard of measurement are established by means of, by reference to, by comparison with or by derivation from, the primary standards of measurement of the foreign country; and

(b)
appropriate comparability is established between:

(i)
the relevant primary standards of measurement of the foreign country; and
(ii)
one or more Australian primary standards of measurement.
(2)
A recognised reference standard of measurement is taken to be a verified reference standard of measurement.

(3)
The instrument of recognition of the reference standard of measurement is taken to be a certificate issued under regulation 19 for the reference standard of measurement.



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