Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT (PREPACKED ARTICLES) REGULATION 1991

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   3.      Definitions—general
   4.      Definitions—packaged articles
   5.      Exemptions from marking requirements (name, address, measurement)
   6.      Exemptions for packages containing paper
   7.      Requirements applicable to both inner and outer packages
   8.      Exemptions for certain inner and outer packages

           Part 2--Marking of name and address

   9.      Marking of name and address on packages
   10.     Exemption for packaged seed

           Part 3--Marking of measurement

           Division 1--General requirements for measurement marking

   11.     Requirement to mark measurement
   12.     General position of measurement marking
   12A.    Position of measurement marking on standard wine package
   13.     Set-out and form of measurement marking
   14.     Size etc. of characters in measurement marking
   15.     Unit etc. of measurement to be used
   16.     Fractions, significant figures
   17.     Special provision—marking by approved printing device
   18.     Marking by reference to minimum measurement

           Division 2--Special provision for measurement marking of certain articles

   19.     Eggs
   20.     Articles packed in sheets
   21.     Number of pre-packed articles comprising 1 tonne
   22.     Bedsheets, tarpaulins etc.
   23.     Pairs of window curtains
   24.     Marking of width or thickness if it directly affects price

           Division 3--Special provision concerning measurement marking of outer packages

   25.     Package containing packages of articles of the same kind and measurement
   26.     Inner and outer packages of single article
   27.     Package containing articles of different kinds or different measurements

           Division 4--Other markings concerning measurement

   28.     Unit price marking—retail sales of particular foods by mass

           Part 4--Prohibited and restricted expressions

   29.     Marking of "mass when packed"
   30.     Marking of "mass at standard condition"
   31.     Restrictions on use of "gross mass"
   32.     Prohibited expressions

           Part 5--Short measure

   33.     Extent of deficiency necessary to constitute short measure
   34.     Articles marked "mass when packed" etc.
   35.     Articles marked "mass at standard condition"
   36.     Other pre-packed articles
   37.     Method of determining average measurement (s.33)

           Part 6--Miscellaneous

   38.     Measuring mass of frozen fish
   39.     Application for permit to sell certain articles
           SCHEDULE 1 -- EXEMPTIONS FROM MARKING
           SCHEDULE 2 -- EXPRESSION OF MEASUREMENT MARKING
           SCHEDULE 3 -- PERMISSIBLE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
   1.      Mass
   2.      Volume
   3.      Linear measurement
   4.      Superficial measurement
   5.      Mass per specified length
           Endnotes