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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 6 June 1997

[NTM 15,215] Articles marked “net mass at standard condition”44 

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(1) If the package containing a pre-packed article is, in accordance with regulation 38 marked “net mass at standard condition” or with other words that have a similar meaning—
  • (a)the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency specified in Column 2 of TABLE 4 to this regulation opposite the description of the class of article in Column 1 of that TABLE;
  • (b)the permisssible average deficiency is the deficiency specified in Column 3 of TABLE 4 to this regulation opposite the description of the class of article in Column 1 of that TABLE.
(2) If the article consists of a mixture of any 2 or more of class A, B or C fibres (as described in Column 1 of TABLE 4)—
  • (a)the permissible actual deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula 6x + 2y + 5; and
  • (b)the permissible average deficiency is the deficiency, expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with the formula 6x + 2y,

where—

  • xis the proportion that the mass of all class A fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article; and
  • yis the proportion that the mass of all class B fibre (if any) in the article bears to the total mass of the article.

TABLE 4

Column 1
(Description of article)		Column 2
(Permissible actual deficiency —%)		Column 3
(Permissible average deficiency —%)
Class A fibre (wool or other animal fibre, viscose or cuprammonium rayon, or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)116
Class B fibre (silk, cotton or cellulose acetate or a mixture of any 2 or more of them)72
Class C fibre (a fibre, or a mixture of fibres, that is not a Class A or B fibre).50