New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRADE MEASUREMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 28

28 Requirements as to packaging of pre-packed articles

(1) A person who packs an article as a pre-packed article is guilty of an offence unless the package complies with the provisions of the regulations made for the purposes of this section as to the packaging of such an article when it is packed.

Penalty: $10,000.

(2) A person who sells a pre-packed article is guilty of an offence unless the package complies with the provisions of the regulations made for the purposes of this section as to the packaging of such an article when it is sold.

Penalty: $10,000.

(3) The regulations may make provision:

(a) restricting the quantities in which articles may be packed or sold as pre-packed articles, and

(b) requiring the marking on the package containing a pre-packed article when it is packed or sold of:

(i) the name and address of the person who packed the article or on whose behalf it was packed,

(ii) the measurement of the article and other information concerning the measurement of the article, and

(iii) the price of the article and other information concerning the price of the article.

(4) This section does not apply to the sale of a pre-packed article by a person if the sale is authorised under Division 2.