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Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[NTM 13,085] Permissible variations17

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a standard of measurement that on verification is found not to be greater or less than its denomination by an amount exceeding the amount of permissible variation specified in Table 3 and which is used to verify standards or measuring instruments in use for trade—

(a)may, if it is a primary or secondary standard of measurement, be deemed to be of value equal to its denominations;
(b)shall, if it is a reference standard of measurement be deemed to be of value equal to its denomination, unless the certificate issued under regulation 10 states otherwise.

(2) The variation of the standard of measurement from its denomination stated in the certificate issued by the Director shall be determined to an uncertainty that is equal to or better than the maximum permissible uncertainty for that standard prescribed in Table 3.

TABLE 3
STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT
A. Length — flexible line standards

Length	Maximum Permissible Uncertainties				Maximum Permissible Variations
Length	Primary	Secondary	Reference 1	Reference 2	Reference 1	Reference 2
Up to 10 m	± 0.1 mm	± 0.2 m m	± 0.5 mm	± 1.5 mm	± 1.5 mm	± 5.0 mm
Over 10 m	± 0.001%	± 0.002%	± 0.005%	± 0.015%	± 0.015%	± 0.05%

B. Length — rigid line standards, up to 2 metres

Length	Maximum Permissible Uncertainties (± mm)			Maximum Permissible Variations (± mm)
Length	Primary	Secondary	Reference 1	Reference 1
Up to 500 mm	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.15
Over 500 mm and up to 1,000 mm	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.2
Over 1000 mm and up to 2,000 mm	.........................	.........................	0.7	0.2

The maximum permissible uncertainties and maximum permissible variations apply to the length between any 2 scale marks on the standard.
C. Area

Area dm²	Maximum Permissible Uncertainties ±dm²		Maximum Permissible Variations ±dm²
Area dm²	Reference 1	Reference 2	Reference 1	Reference 2
Up to 35	0.06	0.06	0.18	0.18
40	0.06	0.07	0.18	0.20
50	0.06	0.08	0.18	0.25
60	0.06	0.10	0.18	0.30
70	0.07	0.12	0.21	0.35
80	0.08	0.13	0.24	0.40
90	0.09	0.15	0.27	0.45
100	0.10	0.17	0.30	0.50
150	0.15	0.25	0.45	0.75

D. Mass

	Maximum Permissible Uncertainties (±mg)				Maximum Permissible Variations
Denomination	Primary	Secondary	Reference 1 and 2	Reference 3	(±mg) Reference
Denomination	Primary	Secondary	Reference 1 and 2	Reference 3	1	2	3
1,000 kg	.........................	.........................	.........................	23,300	.........................	.........................	70,000
500	.........................	.........................	.........................	11,600	.........................	.........................	35,000
200	.........................	.........................	.........................	4,000	.........................	.........................	14,000
100	.........................	.........................	.........................	2,300	.........................	.........................	7,000
50	.........................	150	200	1,150	200	400	3,500
25	.........................	75	100	580	100	200	1,750
20	20	60	80	500	80	160	1,550
10	10	30	40	360	40	80	1,100
5	5	15	20	260	28	55	780
2	2	6	13	165	18	35	500
1	1	3	9	115	13	25	350
500 g	0.5	1.5	6.5	80	9	18	250
200	0.2	0.6	4.2	50	6	11	160
	Maximum Permissible Uncertainties (±mg)				Maximum Permissible Variations (±mg)
Denomination	Primary	Secondary	Reference 1 and 2	Reference 3	Reference
Denomination	Primary	Secondary	Reference 1 and 2	Reference 3	1	2	3
100	0.1	0.3	3.0	35	4	8	110
50	0.05	0.15	2.1	”	3	5	”
20	0.02	0.06	1.3	”	2	3.5	”
10	0.01	0.03	0.9	”	1.5	2.5	”
5	0.01	0.03	0.65	”	1.0	2.0	”
2	0.01	0.03	0.42	”	0.6	1.0	”
1	0.01	0.03	0.30	”	0.4	0.8	”

500 mg	0.005	0.015	0.21	”	0.3	0.6	”
200	0.005	0.015	0.13	”	0.2	0.35	”
100	0.005	0.015	0.09	”	1.15	0.25	”
50	0.002	0.006	0.06	”	0.10	0.20	”
20	0.002	0.006	0.04	”	0.06	0.10	”
10	0.002	0.006	0.03	”	0.04	0.08	”
5	0.002	0.006	0.02	”	0.03	0.06	”
2	0.002	0.006	0.01	”	0.02	0.035	”
1	0.002	0.006	0.01	”	0.02	0.025	”

E. Volume

Denomination	Maximum Permissible Uncertainties (±mL)		Maximum Permissible Variations (±mL)
Denomination	Secondary	Reference 1	Reference 2
10,000 L	1,000	2,000	6,000
5,000	500	1,000	3,000
2,000	200	400	1,200
1,000	100	200	600
500	50	100	300
200	20	40	120
100	10	20	60
50	5	9	27
20	2	5	15
15	1.5	4	12
10	1.0	3	9
5	0.5	2	6
2	0.2	1	3
1	0.1	0.6	2

500 mL	0.05	0.4	1.2
250	0.02	0.26	0.8
200	0.02	0.22	0.7
100	0.01	0.14	0.4
50	0.005	0.09	0.27
25	0.005	0.06	0.17
20	0.005	0.05	0.15
10	0.005	0.03	0.09
5	0.005	0.02	0.06
2	0.005	0.01	0.03
1	0.005	0.006	0.02
0.5	0.001	0.003	0.01
0.2	0.001	0.003	0.01
0.1	0.001	0.003	0.01

[subreg (2) am LN 99 of 2016 reg 178, opn 1 Dec 2016]