(1)  Except for an article specifically provided for by subregulation (2) , the measurement marking of an article must be expressed as follows:

(a) if the article is ordinarily sold by number, by reference to number;

(b) if the article is ordinarily sold by linear or superficial measurement, by reference to that kind of measurement;

(c) if the article is a liquid, by reference to volume;

(d) if the article is solid (including in the form of powder or flakes), semi-solid or partly solid and partly liquid, and is not included in paragraph (a) , by reference to mass.

(2)  The measurement marking of an article of a kind described in Column 1 of Schedule 2 must be expressed by reference to the kind of measurement specified in Column 2 of that Schedule opposite the description of the article.

(3)  A measurement marking (other than in terms of number) must be expressed in terms of a unit of measurement permissible as specified in Schedule 3 .

(4)  In this regulation,

ordinarily sold , of an article sold by number, linear or superficial measurement, means the majority of the merchants selling the article in Australia ordinarily sell it by number, linear or superficial measurement.