Dear Bill, Ralph, and All,
The relevant section of the Australian 'National Measurement Act 1960'
(Reprinted as at 30 June 1993) has a section 12. (1), which reads:
'On and after the date from which the Australian legal units of measurement
of a physical quantity are the sole legal units of measurement of that
physical quantity, every contract, dealing or other transaction made or
entered into for any work, goods or other thing that is to be done, sold,
carried or agreed for by measurement of that physical quantity shall be made
or entered into by reference to Australian legal units of measurement of
that physical quantity, and if not so made or entered into is void.'
'Australian legal units of measurement' are defined elsewhere (in
regulations to the Act) as SI units.
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Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
on 2001/05/25 05.04, Bill Potts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Simple -- and brilliant!
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>> Behalf Of Ralph Gillmann
>> Sent: May 24, 2001 11:51
>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>> Subject: [USMA:12976] Achieving metrication
>>
>>
>> My personal opinion is that the key step would be having
>> contracts and regulations declared unenforceable if they use
>> non-SI units. No one would be _required_ to do anything. But if
>> they wanted the courts to help them, they would be out of luck without SI.
>>
>> Ralph Gillmann
>>
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