National Measurement Guidelines 2016 [F2016L00538]-Response required [2016] AUSStaCSDLM 129 (3 May 2016)

Instrument	National Measurement Guidelines 2016 [F2016L00538]
Purpose	Govern the way in which Australian legal units of measurement may be combined to produce an Australian legal unit of measurement, and with prefixes to produce Australian legal units of measurement
Last day to disallow	15 sitting days after tabling (2 May 2016)
Authorising legislation	National Measurement Act 1960
Department	Industry, Innovation and Science
Scrutiny principle	Standing Order 23(3)(a)

No statement of compatibility

Section 9 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 requires a rulemaker to prepare a statement of compatibility in relation to an instrument to which section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 applies. The statement of compatibility must include an assessment of whether the legislative instrument is compatible with human rights, and must be included in the ES for the legislative instrument.

With reference to these requirements, the committee notes that the ES for this instrument does not include a statement of compatibility.

The committee requests the advice of the minister in relation to this matter; and requests that the ES be updated in accordance with the requirements of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.