Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1915

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title and commencement
            
   3.      Repeal
            
   3A.     Construction
            
   4.      Definitions
            
   5.      Administration of Act
            
   6.      Appointment of inspectors
            
   7.      Control of inspectors
            
   8.      Application of Act to Government Railways

   PART II -- Standards and units  

   9.      Standards of measurement to be provided
            
   10.     Primary State Standards
            
   11.     Secondary State Standards
            
   12.     Tertiary State Standards
            
   13.     Inspector’s Standards
            
   14.     Inspector’s Standards to be stamped
            
   15.     Use of standards prohibited unless verified
            
   16.     Falsifying standards an offence
            
   17.     Units of weight and measure
            
   17A.    Governor may amend Schedule A by Order in Council

   PART III -- The law of weights and measures  

   18.     Contracts and sales to be according to standard weights and measures
            
   19.     Articles to be sold by Commonwealth legal unit of measurement
            
   21.     Sales by net weight or measure
            
   24.     Provision for weighing or measuring
            
   25.     False declaration as to measures, weights, etc.
            
   26.     Offence of false representation
            
   26A.    Certain provisions of this Part not to apply to certain articles and packages
            
   27.     Fraud in using weight or measure

   PART IIIA -- Pre-packed articles  

   27A.    Interpretation
            
   27B.    Exemptions
            
   27C.    Names, etc., of packer, etc., to be marked on packages
            
   27D.    Certain articles to be packed and sold only in certain denominations
            
   27E.    Packages, etc., to be marked with particulars of the quantity of the articles contained therein
            
   27F.    Permits for sale of articles that do not comply with the prescribed requirements
            
   27G.    Incorrect weight or measure
            
   27H.    Articles that may be marked “Net weight when packed”
            
   27HA.   Articles that may be marked “Net weight at standard condition”
            
   27HB.   Method of determining true weight of certain frozen articles, etc.
            
   27J.    Prohibition and restriction of use of certain expressions on packages
            
   27K.    Proceedings for offences in certain cases
            
   27L.    Defences
            
   27M.    Certificate of incorrect guarantee or warranty
            
   27N.    Approval of brands
            
   27P.    Evidentiary provisions
            
   27Q.    Powers of inspectors
            
   27R.    Regulations
            
   27S.     Provisions of this part to prevail

   PART IV -- Verification and stamping  

   28.     Verification and stamping
            
   29.     Reverification and restamping
            
   30.     Penalty for using unstamped weights, etc.
            
   31.     Using defective or repaired weights, etc., until restamped
            
   32.     Fees for verifying and stamping

   PART V -- Sale of coal and firewood  

   33.     Sale to be by weight or measure
            
   34.     Fraudulent sales
            
   35.     Regulations

   PART VI -- General and supplemental  

   36.     Inspection of weights, measures, and instruments
            
   37.     Inspection of articles in packages
            
   38.     Obstruction of inspector
            
   39.     Forged stamp
            
   39A.    Standards damaged and repaired to be reverified
            
   40.     General provisions relating to offences
            
   41.     Forfeiture
            
   42.     Imprisonment for fraud
            
   44.     Conviction not to affect civil remedy
            
   45.     This Act not to exempt person from indictment
            
   46.     Evidence as to possession
            
   46A.    Liability of principal for acts of agent
            
   46B.    Liability of employer for offence by employee
            
   47.     Offences by corporations
            
   48.     Costs on failure of prosecution
            
   49.     Costs on conviction
            
   50.     Evidence of regulations
            
   51.     Fees to be paid into Treasury
            
   52.     Regulations
            
   53.      Regulations and by-laws
           SCHEDULE A
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