National Measurement Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 84
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General 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 24 May 2012
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
GREG COMBET
Minister for Industry and Innovation
1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the National Measurement Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 July 2012.
3 Amendment of National Measurement Regulations 1999
Schedule 1 amends the National Measurement Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Regulation 90B
substitute
90B Fees
For paragraph 20 (1) (l) of the Act, the fees for activities undertaken by the Commonwealth are set out in Schedule 13.
[2] Schedule 13
substitute
Schedule 13 Fees
(regulation 90B)
Part 1A Fee levels
1A.1 Level 1, 2 and 3 fees
The following table sets out the kinds of instruments and activities in relation to which level 1, 2 and 3 fees are prescribed in Parts 1 to 3.
Item
Instrument or activity
Level 1 fees
1
Volume measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) simple mechanical liquor measures or dispensers;
(b) simple mechanical indicators or counters for flow;
(c) fuel dispenser consoles (excluding computer‑based systems);
(d) pulse counters and pulse generators
2
Weighing and dimensional measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) class 3 and 4 weighing instruments with a capacity of up to 100 kg;
(b) simple instruments for weighing or dimensional measurement
3
Examination and certification, under mutual recognition agreements, of patterns of measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) simple instruments with one or 2 variants;
(b) load cells with one or 2 variants
Level 2 fees
4
Volume measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) simple electronic and multi-liquor measuring systems;
(b) single product fuel dispensers (except for use with gaseous products);
(c) tank level gauges (excluding volume conversion and correction devices);
(d) electronic flowmeter indicators or calculators;
(e) computer‑operated consoles for fuel dispensers;
(f) mass flowmetering systems (excluding liquefied petroleum gas)
5
Weighing and dimensional measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) class 2 non-automatic weighing instruments;
(b) class 3 and 4 non-automatic weighing instruments with a capacity of more than 100 kg and less than 600 kg;
(c) baseworks for non-automatic weighing instruments with a capacity of 600 kg and above;
(d) loadcells;
(e) simple indicators with no linearisation;
(f) overhead-track weighing instruments;
(g) semi-automatic multi-dimensional measuring instruments;
(h) static wheel weighers;
(i) length measuring instruments;
(j) area measuring instruments
6
Examination and certification, under mutual recognition agreements, of patterns of measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) simple instruments with 3 or 4 variants;
(b) load cells with 3 or 4 variants;
(c) instruments with integral printers;
(d) fuel dispensers
Level 3 fees
7
Volume measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) milk metering systems;
(b) other flowmetering systems;
(c) controllers and calculator-indicators with conversion, linearisation or correction functions for flow;
(d) multi-product dispensers;
(e) single product dispensers for use with gaseous products
8
Weighing and dimensional measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) belt weighers;
(b) weighing-in-motion systems for trains and road vehicles;
(c) catchweighers;
(d) totalising hopper weighers;
(e) class one weighing instruments;
(f) controllers and indicators with conversion or linearisation functions for weighing;
(g) automatic multi-dimensional measuring instruments
9
Examination and certification, under mutual recognition agreements, of patterns of measuring instruments of the following kinds:
(a) simple instruments with 5 variants or more;
(b) automatic instruments
10
Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments other than those covered in items 7 to 9
Part 1 Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Level 1 fee
Level 2 fee
Level 3 fee
1
AP
Application processing
$310
$310
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$1 260
$2 010
$2 190
5
HU
Humidity test
$1 450
$1 600
$1 700
6
VT
Voltage test
$630
$860
$950
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$1 550
$1 560
$1 570
8
SD
Static discharge test
$1 000
$1 840
$2 030
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$3 400
$3 710
$4 020
10
ESS
Endurance
$600
$1 220
$1 500
11
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$195
$580
$820
12
CHK
Checklist
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
13
SR
Summary report
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
14
CP
Certificate preparation
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
15
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
Part 2 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
$310
$310
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$1 860
$2 420
$2 520
5
HU
Humidity test
$1 010
$1 260
$1 610
6
VT
Voltage test
$770
$880
$950
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$710
$830
$1 020
8
SD
Static discharge test
$750
$830
$910
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$3 420
$3 980
$4 480
10
EMHF
Electromagnetic Susceptibility Test High Frequency
$1 690
$2 100
$2 530
11
ESS
Endurance
$800
$1 010
$1 250
12
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$280
$600
$740
13
CHK
Checklist
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
14
SR
Summary report
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
15
CP
Certificate preparation
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
16
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
Part 3 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
$310
$310
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
3
SR
Summary report
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
4
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$465
$564
$740
5
CP
Certificate preparation
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
6
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$211/hour
$211/hour
$211/hour
Part 3A Examination and certification of point of sale systems
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
Part 4 Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$211/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$505
5
HU
Humidity test
$505
6
VT
Voltage test
$1 050
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$2 410
8
SD
Static discharge test
$2 080
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$22 500
10
MS
Mechanical shock
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
11
ME
Magnetic effect
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
12
HC
Hydrocarbons
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
13
SF
Supply frequency
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
14
HTS
High temperature storage
$310
15
DHC
Damp heat cyclic
$310
16
DCP
DC power supply
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
17
DCR
Ripple on DC
3rd party provider cost + $211/ hour
18
VIB
Vibration
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
19
DB
Durability
3rd party provider cost + $211/hour
20
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$740
21
CHK
Checklist
$211/hour
22
SR
Summary report
$211/hour
23
CP
Certificate preparation
$211/hour
24
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$211/hour
Part 5 Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
3
IP
Instrument performance
$211/hour
4
TT
Temperature test
$4 340
5
HU
Humidity test
$1 470
6
VT
Voltage test
$800
7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
$750
8
SD
Static discharge test
$760
9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
$3 550
10
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
$740
11
CHK
Checklist
$211/hour
12
SR
Summary report
$211/hour
13
CP
Certificate preparation
$211/hour
14
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$211/hour
Part 6 Examination and certification of utility meters
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
AP
Application processing
$310
2
AA
Application assessment
$211/hour
3
SR
Summary report
$211/hour
4
CP
Certificate preparation
$211/hour
5
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
$211/hour
Part 7 Verification of utility meters used for trade
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee
1
VUM
Verification of utility meters
$1 000
Part 8 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)
$110/hour
2
SMALOA
Small load cell facility (capacity 50 kg to 500 kg)
$85/hour
3
LIQHYD
Liquid hydrocarbons test facility
$195/hour
4
LPG
Liquified petroleum gas test facility
$195/hour
5
CNG
Compressed natural gas test facility
$195/hour
6
TEMP
Temperature controlled chamber
$90/hour
7
HUM
Humidity test chamber
$105/hour
8
REL
Reliability testing equipment
$85/hour
9
LINBOR
Line‑borne interference test equipment
$90/hour
10
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility testing chamber
$250/hour
11
ESD
Electrostatic discharge test equipment
$90/hour
12
HRS
Labour for operation of test facilities
$211/hour
Note
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