National Measurement Act 1960

This Division deals with the verification of measuring instruments.

Verification is defined in section 18GG. It is a process of ensuring that measuring instruments operate accurately.

Trade measurement inspectors, servicing licensees and employees of servicing licensees are permitted to verify measuring instruments (other than utility meters) (see section 18GH).

Utility meter verifiers are permitted to verify utility meters (see section 18GI).

Certain requirements must be met before a measuring instrument may be verified (see section 18GK).

This Division contains offences for persons who:

use a verification mark when not permitted to do so (see section 18GM); and

sell or supply measuring instruments that have been marked with a verification mark by a person not permitted to do so (see section 18GN); and

mark measuring instruments in a misleading way (see section 18GO); and

possess false verification marks (see section 18GP); and

fail to obliterate verification marks if a measuring instrument’s metrological performance is affected by repairs (see sections 18GPA and 18GQ).