Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1915

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title and commencement  
   3.      Repeal  
   3A.     Construction  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Administration of Act  
   6.      Appointment of inspectors  
   7.      Control of inspectors  
   8.      Application of Act to Government Railways  

   PART II -- Standards and units  

   9.      Standards of measurement to be provided  
   10.     Primary State Standards  
   11.     Secondary State Standards  
   12.     Tertiary State Standards  
   13.     Inspector’s Standards  
   14.     Inspector’s Standards to be stamped  
   15.     Use of standards prohibited unless verified  
   16.     Falsifying standards an offence  
   17.     Units of weight and measure  
   17A.    Governor may amend Schedule A by Order in Council  

   PART III -- The law of weights and measures  

   18.     Contracts and sales to be according to standard weights and measures  
   19.     Articles to be sold by Commonwealth legal unit of measurement  
   21.     Sales by net weight or measure  
   24.     Provision for weighing or measuring  
   25.     False declaration as to measures, weights, etc.  
   26.     Offence of false representation  
   26A.    Certain provisions of this Part not to apply to certain articles and packages  
   27.     Fraud in using weight or measure  

   PART IIIA -- Pre-packed articles  

   27A.    Interpretation  
   27B.    Exemptions  
   27C.    Names, etc., of packer, etc., to be marked on packages  
   27D.    Certain articles to be packed and sold only in certain denominations  
   27E.    Packages, etc., to be marked with particulars of the quantity of the articles contained therein  
   27F.    Permits for sale of articles that do not comply with the prescribed requirements  
   27G.    Incorrect weight or measure  
   27H.    Articles that may be marked “Net weight when packed”  
   27HA.   Articles that may be marked “Net weight at standard condition”  
   27HB.   Method of determining true weight of certain frozen articles, etc.  
   27J.    Prohibition and restriction of use of certain expressions on packages  
   27K.    Proceedings for offences in certain cases  
   27L.    Defences  
   27M.    Certificate of incorrect guarantee or warranty  
   27N.    Approval of brands  
   27P.    Evidentiary provisions  
   27Q.    Powers of inspectors  
   27R.    Regulations  
   27S.    Provisions of this part to prevail  

   PART IV -- Verification and stamping  

   28.     Verification and stamping  
   29.     Reverification and restamping  
   30.     Penalty for using unstamped weights, etc.  
   31.     Using defective or repaired weights, etc., until restamped  
   32.     Fees for verifying and stamping  

   PART V -- Sale of coal and firewood  

   33.     Sale to be by weight or measure  
   34.     Fraudulent sales  
   35.     Regulations  

   PART VI -- General and supplemental  

   36.     Inspection of weights, measures, and instruments  
   37.     Inspection of articles in packages  
   38.     Obstruction of inspector  
   39.     Forged stamp  
   39A.    Standards damaged and repaired to be reverified  
   40.     General provisions relating to offences  
   41.     Forfeiture  
   42.     Imprisonment for fraud  
   44.     Conviction not to affect civil remedy  
   45.     This Act not to exempt person from indictment  
   46.     Evidence as to possession  
   46A.    Liability of principal for acts of agent  
   46B.    Liability of employer for offence by employee  
   47.     Offences by corporations  
   48.     Costs on failure of prosecution  
   49.     Costs on conviction  
   50.     Evidence of regulations  
   51.     Fees to be paid into Treasury  
   52.     Regulations  
   53.     Regulations and by-laws  
           SCHEDULE A  
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