National Measurement Amendment (Fees and Verification) Regulation 2013
Select Legislative Instrument No. 111, 2013
I, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the National Measurement Act 1960.
Dated 13 June 2013
Marie Bashir
Administrator
By Her Excellency’s Command
Greg Combet AM
Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation
Contents
1............ Name of regulation.............................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Authority............................................................................................. 1
4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
National Measurement Regulations 1999 2
1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the National Measurement Amendment (Fees and Verification) Regulation 2013.
2 Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 July 2013.
3 Authority
This regulation is made under the National Measurement Act 1960.
4 Schedule(s)
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
National Measurement Regulations 1999
1 Regulation 3 (definition of verifying authority)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
verifying authority:
(a) for all standards of measurement and artefacts—means the Chief Metrologist; and
(b) for Australian secondary standards of measurement of ionising radiation—includes:
(i) the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; and
(ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency; and
(c) for a particular reference standard of measurement—includes a body or person appointed under regulation 73 in relation to reference standards of measurement of the same kind as the particular reference standard of measurement; and
(d) for a particular artefact—includes a body or person appointed under regulation 73 in relation to an artefact of the same kind as the particular artefact.
2 Regulation 9
Repeal the regulation, substitute:
9 Verification of Australian secondary standard of measurement
(1) The Chief Metrologist may verify an Australian secondary standard of measurement.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation may verify an Australian secondary standard of measurement of ionising radiation.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency may verify an Australian secondary standard of measurement of ionising radiation.
3 Clause 1A.1 of Schedule 13
Before “The following”, insert “(1)”.
4 Clause 1A.1 of Schedule 13
Omit “The”, substitute “Subject to subclause (2), the”
5 Clause 1A.1 of Schedule 13 (at the end of the table)
Add:
(2) For an instrument or activity mentioned in items 4(b), 4(f), 7(b), 7(d) or 7(e) of the table to Part 1A.1 of this Schedule:
(a) fees prescribed for the activity mentioned in item 10 of the table to Part 1 of this Schedule do not apply to this subregulation; and
(b) for this subregulation, the fee for the activity mentioned in item 10 of the table to Part 1 of this Schedule is $220 per hour.
6 Parts 1 to 6 of Schedule 13
Repeal the Parts, substitute:
Part 1—Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments
Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Level 1 fee
Level 2 fee
Level 3 fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
$330
$330
2
AA
Application
assessment
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$1 320
$2 090
$2 280
5
HU
Humidity test
$1 510
$1 660
$1 770
6
VT
Voltage test
$650
$890
$980
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$1 570
$1 590
$1610
8
SD
Static discharge test
$1 060
$1 960
$2 170
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$3 520
$3 830
$4 150
10
ESS
Endurance
$640
$1 280
$1 570
11
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$200
$585
$825
12
CHK
Checklist
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
13
SR
Summary report
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
14
CP
Certificate preparation
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
15
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
Part 2—Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments
Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Level 1 fee
Level 2 fee
Level 3 fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
$330
$330
2
AA
Application assessment
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$1 940
$2 520
$2 620
5
HU
Humidity test
$1 070
$1 330
$1 680
6
CHU
Cyclic humidity test
$3 250
$3 500
$3 800
7
VT
Voltage test
$800
$920
$990
8
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$730
$850
$1 040
9
SUR
Surges
$730
$850
$1 040
10
SD
Static discharge test
$800
$880
$970
11
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$3 570
$4 150
$4 670
12
EMHF
Electromagnetic Susceptibility Test High Frequency
$1 780
$2 210
$2 660
13
ESS
Endurance
$840
$1 060
$1 310
14
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$285
$605
$745
15
CHK
Checklist
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
16
SR
Summary report
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
17
CP
Certificate preparation
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
18
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
Part 3—Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)
Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)
Item
Activity code
Activity
Level 1 fee
Level 2 fee
Level 3 fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
$330
$330
2
AA
Application assessment
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
3
SR
Summary report
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
4
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$470
$570
$745
5
CP
Certificate preparation
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
6
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$220/hour
$220/hour
$220/hour
Part 3A—Examination and certification of point of sale systems
Examination and certification of point of sale systems
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
2
AA
Application assessment
$220/hour
Part 4—Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers
Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
2
AA
Application assessment
$220/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$220/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$520
5
HU
Humidity test
$540
6
VT
Voltage test
$1 080
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$2 430
8
SD
Static discharge test
$2 220
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$23 230
10
MS
Mechanical shock
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
11
ME
Magnetic effect
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
12
HC
Hydrocarbons
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
13
SF
Supply frequency
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
14
HTS
High temperature storage
$330
15
DHC
Damp heat cyclic
$330
16
DCP
DC power supply
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
17
DCR
Ripple on DC
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
18
VIB
Vibration
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
19
DB
Durability
the sum of the third party provider cost and $220/hour
20
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$745
21
CHK
Checklist
$220/hour
22
SR
Summary report
$220/hour
23
CP
Certificate preparation
$220/hour
24
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$220/hour
Part 5—Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments
Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
2
AA
Application assessment
$220/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$220/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$4 490
5
HU
Humidity test
$1 530
6
VT
Voltage test
$820
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$760
8
SD
Static discharge test
$810
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$3 670
10
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$745
11
CHK
Checklist
$220/hour
12
SR
Summary report
$220/hour
13
CP
Certificate preparation
$220/hour
14
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$220/hour
Part 6—Examination and certification of utility meters
Examination and certification of utility meters
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$330
2
AA
Application assessment
$220/hour
3
SR
Summary report
$220/hour
4
CP
Certificate preparation
$220/hour
5
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$220/hour
7 Part 8 of Schedule 13
Repeal the Part, substitute:
Part 8—Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments
Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments
Item
Activity code
Equipment used
Fee
1
LARLOA
Large load cell facility (capacity 600 kg to 50 000 kg)
$115/hour
2
SMALOA
Small load cell facility (capacity 50 kg to 500 kg)
$87/hour
3
LIQHYD
Liquid hydrocarbons test facility
$205/hour
4
LPG
Liquified petroleum gas test facility
$205/hour
5
CNG
Compressed natural gas test facility
$205/hour
6
TEMP
Temperature controlled chamber
$93/hour
7
HUM
Humidity test chamber
$110/hour
8
REL
Reliability testing equipment
$87/hour
9
LINBOR
Line‑borne interference test equipment
$93/hour
10
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility testing chamber
$260/hour
11
ESD
Electrostatic discharge test equipment
$95/hour
12
HRS
Labour for operation of test facilities
$220/hour
