National Measurement Regulations 1999

An application for appointment as a verifying or certifying authority must be:

made in the form provided by the Chief Metrologist to applicants; and

be given to the Chief Metrologist.

The Chief Metrologist may vary the appointment on written application by the authority to which the appointment relates.

If the Chief Metrologist decides not to approve an application, or to vary an approval in a way not sought by the applicant, the Chief Metrologist must give written notice of the reasons for its decision to the applicant as soon as practicable.

If the Chief Metrologist has not granted an application or given notice to the applicant under subregulation (3) within 3 months after receiving the application, the Chief Metrologist must, at the request of the applicant, give written notice to the applicant of the reasons for the delay.