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Trade Measurement
Transition to national system of Trade Measurement
From 1 July 2010, the Commonwealth took responsibility for legislation and administration of trade measurement through the National Measurement Institute (NMI).
Please refer to the NMI website for further information www.measurement.gov.au.
The NMI is Australia’s peak measurement organisation, a division of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in the Australian Government; it is responsible for maintaining the primary standards of measurement and providing the legal and technical framework for the dissemination of measurement standards. The NMI adds value to the Australian economy by providing a reliable foundation for measurement, thus providing certainty to measurements used in legal transactions and trade.
This national legislation covers:
- pre-packed articles
- vegetables
- the use of measuring instruments for trade
- testing and certification of measuring instruments in use for trade
- transactions by measurement
- public weighbridges
- instrument certifying businesses (servicing licensees)
Trade measurement legislation aims to create consumer and business confidence in the marketplace by ensuring that consumers get what they pay for and businesses benefit by reducing the over-supply of goods.
Background
On 13 April 2007, following a review of state and territory trade measurement systems, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to the introduction of a single national system of trade measurement, administered and funded by the Commonwealth. Commonwealth administration will commence on 1 July 2010 and National Measurement Institute (NMI), a division of the Department of Industry, Innovation Science and Research, will be the responsible agency.
Commencing in September 2008, NMI released the first in a series of three consultation papers in relation to servicing licensing regulation, public weighbridge regulation and trade measurement regulation. The submissions to each of these consultation processes have been summarised and are now available from the NMI website.
On 11 September 2009 the National Trade Measurement Regulations 2009 (Cth) commenced. This is an important milestone in the transition of trade measurement responsibilities from the state and territory jurisdictions to the Commonwealth.