Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) A person must not use for trade a measuring instrument for the purpose of measuring gold, silver or another precious metal if:
(a) the measuring instrument has a verification scale interval that is greater than the verification scale interval specified for the instrument's capacity; and
(b) the measuring instrument has a combination of capacity and verification scale specified in an item of the following table.
|
Item |
Capacity of instrument |
Verification scale interval |
|
1 |
Less than 1 kg |
10 mg |
|
2 |
1 kg or more but less than 10 kg |
100 mg |
|
3 |
10 kg or more |
1 g |
(2) A person who engages in conduct that contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) The offence mentioned in subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .