Tasmanian Numbered Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE-PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATIONS 2000 (S.R. 2000, NO. 165)

- (S.R. 2000, NO. 165)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title and commencement
   2.      Interpretation
   3.      Definitions – packaged articles
   4.      Exemptions from marking requirements (name, address, measurement)
   5.      Exemptions for packages containing paper
   6.      Requirements applicable to both inner and outer packages
   7.      Exemptions for certain inner and outer packages

   PART 2 - Marking of name and address

   8.      Marking of name and address on packages
   9.      Exemption for packaged seed

   PART 3 - Marking of measurement

           Division 1 - General requirements for measurement marking

   10.     Requirement to mark measurement
   11.     General position of measurement marking
   12.     Set-out and form of measurement marking
   13.     Size, &c., of characters in measurement marking
   14.     Unit, &c., of measurement to be used
   15.     Fractions and significant figures
   16.     Special provision marking by approved printing device
   17.     Marking by reference to minimum measurement

           Division 2 - Special provision for measurement marking of certain articles

   18.     Eggs
   19.     Articles packed in sheets
   20.     Number of pre-packed articles comprising 1 tonne
   21.     Bedsheets, tarpaulins, &c.
   22.     Pairs of window curtains
   23.     Marking of width or thickness if it directly affects price

           Division 3 - Special provisions concerning measurement marking of outer packages

   24.     Package containing packages of articles of the same kind and measurement
   25.     Inner and outer packages of single article
   26.     Package containing articles of different kinds or different measurements

           Division 4 - Other markings concerning measurement

   27.     Unit price marking – retail sales of certain foods by mass

   PART 4 - Prohibited and restricted expressions

   28.     Marking of "mass when packed"
   29.     Marking of "mass at standard condition"
   30.     Restrictions on use of "gross mass"
   31.     Prohibited expressions

   PART 5 - Short measure

   32.     Extent of deficiency necessary to constitute short measure
   33.     Articles marked "mass when packed", &c.
   34.     Articles marked "mass at standard condition"
   35.     Other pre-packed articles
   36.     Method of determining average measurement ( section 33 of the Act)

   PART 6 - Miscellaneous

   37.     Mass of frozen pre-packed scallops
   38.     Application for permit to sell certain articles
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3