South Australian Numbered Regulations

TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE-PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATIONS 2008 (NO 224 OF 2008)

under the Trade Measurement Act 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   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
   13.     Position of measurement marking on wine package
   14.     Set-out and form of measurement marking
   15.     Size etc of characters in measurement marking
   16.     Unit etc of measurement to be used
   17.     Fractions, significant figures
   18.     Special provision marking by approved printing device
   19.     Marking by reference to minimum measurement

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

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

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

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

           Division 4--Other markings concerning measurement

   29.     Unit price marking--retail sales of certain foods by mass

   PART 4--Prohibited and restricted expressions

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

   PART 5--Short measure

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

   PART 6--Miscellaneous

   39.     Mass of frozen pre-packed scallops
   40.     Application for permit to sell certain articles
           SCHEDULE 1--Exemptions from marking
           SCHEDULE 2--Expression of measurement marking
           SCHEDULE 3--Permissible units of measurement
           SCHEDULE 4--Revocation of Trade Measurement (Pre-Packed Articles) Regulations 1993
           Legislative history