National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1) (Australia)

National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)

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National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 121
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Measurement Act 1960.
Dated 19 June 2008
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
CRAIG EMERSON
Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy
1         Name of Regulations
           These Regulations are the National Measurement Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).
2         Commencement
           These Regulations commence on 1 July 2008.
3         Amendment of National Measurement Regulations 1999
           Schedule 1 amends the National Measurement Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1        Amendment
(regulation 3)

[1]        Schedule 13
substitute
Schedule 13      Fees
(regulation 90B)
Part 1          Examination and certification of volume measuring instruments
Table 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
300
300
300

2
IA
Initial assessment
1 000
1 300
1 600

3
IP
Initial performance
1 500
1 800
3 400

4
TT
Temperature test
1 200
2 000
2 200

5
HU
Humidity test
1 400
1 500
1 700

6
VT
Voltage test
600
800
900

7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
1 500
1 500
1 500

8
SD
Static discharge test
900
1 800
2 000

9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
3 000
3 500
4 000

10
ESS
Endurance span stability test
600
1 200
1 500

11
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
200
600
800

12
CHK
Checklist
800
1 000
1 200

13
SR
Summary report
600
1 000
1 200

14
CP
Certificate preparation
500
800
1 200

15
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
205
per hour
205
per hour
205
per hour

Note   Table 1 sets out three levels of fees that apply to the instruments described, respectively, by subparagraphs 90B (2) (a) (i), (3) (a) (i) and (4) (a) (i).
Part 2          Examination and certification of weighing and dimensional measuring instruments
Table 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
300
300
300

2
IA
Initial assessment
600
1 000
1 200

3
IP
Initial performance
2 000
3 500
3 800

4
TT
Temperature test
1 800
2 200
2 500

5
HU
Humidity test
1 000
1 200
1 600

6
VT
Voltage test
700
800
900

7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
700
800
1 000

8
SD
Static discharge test
700
800
900

9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
3 500
4 000
4 500

10
ESS
Endurance span stability test
700
1 000
1 200

11
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
200
600
800

12
CHK
Checklist
800
1 000
1 200

13
SR
Summary report
600
1 000
1 200

14
CP
Certificate preparation
500
800
1 200

15
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
205
per hour
205
per hour
205
per hour

Note   Table 2 sets out three levels of fees that apply to the instruments described, respectively, by subparagraphs 90B (2) (a) (ii), (3) (a) (ii) and (4) (a) (ii).
Part 3          Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments (including under mutual recognition agreements)
Table 3    Examination and certification of patterns of measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Level 1 Fee ($)
Level 2 Fee ($)
Level 3 Fee ($)

1
AP
Application processing
300
300
300

2
IA
Initial assessment
1 200
2 200
2 600

3
SR
Summary report
600
800
1 000

4
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
400
600
800

5
CP
Certificate preparation
800
1 000
1 200

6
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
205
per hour
205
per hour
205
per hour

Note   Table 3 sets out three levels of fees that apply to the instruments described, respectively, by:
(a)   paragraph 90B (2) (b) — the level 1 fee; and
(b)   paragraph 90B (3) (b) — the level 2 fee; and
(c)   paragraphs 90B (4) (b) and (c) and subregulation 90B (5) — the level 3 fee.
Part 4          Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers
Table 4    Examination and certification of evidential breath analysers
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee ($)

1
AP
Application processing
300

2
IA
Initial assessment
600

3
IP
Initial performance
1 000

4
TT
Temperature test
400

5
HU
Humidity test
400

6
VT
Voltage test
1 000

7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
2 300

8
SD
Static discharge test
2 000

9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
23 000

10
MS
Mechanical shock
400

11
ME
Magnetic effect
600

12
HC
Hydrocarbons
600

13
SF
Supply frequency
300

14
HTS
High temperature storage
300

15
DHC
Damp heat cyclic
300

16
DCP
DC power supply
3 000

17
DCR
Ripple on DC
2 500

18
VB
Vibration
8 500

19
DB
Durability
3 200

20
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
800

21
CHK
Checklist
800

22
SR
Summary report
600

23
CP
Certificate preparation
800

24
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
205
per hour

Part 5          Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments
Table 5    Examination and certification of grain protein measuring instruments
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee ($)

1
AP
Application processing
300

2
IA
Initial assessment
600

3
IP
Initial performance
1 500

4
TT
Temperature test
4 300

5
HU
Humidity test
1 500

6
VT
Voltage test
700

7
LB
Line‑borne interference test
700

8
SD
Static discharge test
700

9
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility test
3 500

10
EXT
Extra or miscellaneous test
800

11
CHK
Checklist
800

12
SR
Summary report
1 000

13
CP
Certificate preparation
800

14
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
205
per hour

Part 6          Examination and certification of utility meters
Table 6    Examination and certification of utility meters
Item
Activity code
Activity
Fee ($)

1
AP
Application processing
300

2
IA
Initial assessment
1 500

3
SR
Summary report
700

4
CP
Certificate preparation
900

5
HRS
Consultations, performance and other tests
205
per hour

Part 7          Verification of utility meters used for trade
Table 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
Table 8    Additional fees for use of equipment in examination of instruments
Item
Activity code
Equipment used
Fee ($) per hour

1
LARLOA
Large load cell facility (capacity 600 kg to 50 000 kg)
70

2
SMALOA
Small load cell facility (capacity 50 kg to 500 kg)
70

3
LIQHYD
Liquid hydrocarbons test facility
180

4
LPG
Liquefied petroleum gas test facility
180

5
CNG
Compressed natural gas test facility
180

6
TEMP
Temperature controlled chamber
70

7
HUM
Humidity test chamber
90

8
REL
Reliability testing equipment
70

9
LINBOR
Line‑borne interference test equipment
70

10
EMS
Electromagnetic susceptibility testing chamber
200

11
ESD
Electrostatic discharge test equipment
70

12
HRS
Labour for operation of test facilities
205

Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.