Metric Conversion Act 1972 (WA)

Western Australia Metric Conversion Act 1972 Western Australia Metric Conversion Act 1972 Contents 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 5. Amendments to Acts may be made by proclamations 2 6. Amendments of statutory instruments 3 7. Power to amend subsidiary legislation 3 Notes Compilation table 5 Defined terms Western Australia Metric Conversion Act 1972 An Act to facilitate the use of the metric system of measurement by amending certain references to physical quantities in certain Acts 2; to authorise the amendment, by proclamation or notice of other such references in Acts and other statutory instruments; and for incidental and other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Metric Conversion Act 1972 1.

2. Commencement Subject to section 4(2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent 1.

3. Terms used In this Act unless the contrary intention appears — metric system of measurement means measurement in terms of — (a) the units comprised in the International System of Units for the time being approved by the General Conference on Weights and Measures; (b) units decimally related to those units and for the time being so approved; (c) such other units as are declared from time to time pursuant to the Metric Conversion Act 1970 of the Commonwealth 3, as amended from time to time, or pursuant to any Act of the Commonwealth in substitution for that Act, to be within the metric system; statutory instrument means — (a) any proclamation or Order in Council; (b) any regulation, rule, local law, by‑law, notice, order or other instrument promulgated, made, given or published under or for the purposes of any Act. [Section 3 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.] [4. Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]

5. Amendments to Acts may be made by proclamations (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act or law, but subject to subsection (2), the Governor may by proclamation, in any case where he is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do for giving proper effect to the purposes for which an Act was enacted, amend any reference in the Act to a physical quantity that is not expressed in terms of a unit or units in the metric system of measurement by substituting for that reference a reference to a physical quantity expressed in terms of a unit or units in the metric system of measurement. (2) A proclamation may be so made under subsection (1) as to — (a) take effect on such day or days as are specified therein, not being a day or days earlier than the day on which the proclamation is published in the Government Gazette; and (b) alter the physical quantity in the reference amended by the proclamation, but so that the physical quantity substituted by the proclamation — (i) is not less by more than 10% than; and (ii) does not exceed by more than 10%, the physical quantity amended by the proclamation. (3) The Minister administering an Act affected by a proclamation made under this section shall cause a copy of the proclamation to be laid on the Table of each House of Parliament within the first 6 sitting days of the House after the publication of the proclamation in the Government Gazette. (4) If either House of Parliament passes a resolution of which notice has been given within the first 14 sitting days of that House after the copy of a proclamation made under this section has been laid on the table of that House, that the proclamation be disallowed, the proclamation thereupon ceases to have effect, but the disallowance of the proclamation does not affect or invalidate anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith before the passing of the resolution.