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National Standards Commission (1950 - )

Function: Advisory or Regulatory Body and Weights or Measurement Industries

Location: North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

The National Standards Commission was established in 1950 as a Commonwealth statutory authority. The Commission operates under the National Measurement Act 1960. The Commission is responsible for advising the Government on the scientific, technical and legislative requirements of Australia's national measurement system, and has specific responsibilities for coordinating the national measurement system, ensuring that trade measurement instruments comply with international and national legal metrology standards, and for the completion of metrication. Taken in part from their web site, August 2001.

Details

URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.measurement.gov.au/

Reference/Legal Number(s): CA 2924
Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Online Sources

'Primary description of agency CA 2924; National Standards Commission. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+2924. [ Details ]

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001282. [ Details ]

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Created: 20 August 2001
Modified: 8 May 2006

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