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2005-09-22 Communiqué - Order Amending Schedules I and IV to the Weights and Measures Act (SOR/2005-277)
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2005 - 09 - 22 Communiqué - Order Amending Schedules I and IV to the Weights and Measures Act (SOR/2005-277), in PDF format, 113 KB
Modifications have been made to Schedules I and IV to the Weights and Measures Act (the Act). These modifications also address the reference standards and prefixes referred to in Sections 3 and 4 of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act.
In Part I to Schedule I to the Act, the definition of candela, the unit of luminous intensity, has been modified to be consistent with the internationally recognized definition.
The prefixes yotta, zetta, zepto, and yocto, and their symbols have been added to Part V to Schedule I to reflect the infinitely large and the infinitely small.
The symbol “g” for gram has been added to the explanatory note to Part V of Schedule I. This amendment establishes a legal symbol for the gram (not a basic SI unit), since it is one-thousandth of a kilogram (a basic SI unit).
Schedule IV to the Act has been amended by inserting reference standards used to measure temperature and by updating the list of reference standards for the measurement of electricity and gas, by deleting obsolete standards and inserting new reference standards.
The proposed amendments will have no effect on enforcement activities and will require no new compliance or enforcement mechanisms.
References
The official text of the Order Amending Schedules I and IV to the Weights and Measures Act was published on pages 2148 to 2152 of Part II of the Canada Gazette, volume 139, number 19, on September 21, 2005. It is available on the Canada Gazette web site and at pages 300 to 304 of the PDF version.
The new amendments will be integrated into the Weights and Measures Act, which is available on the Justice Canada Web site. Please update your documentation accordingly.
For further information, please contact:
André Gagné
Senior Program Officer
Program Development
Telephone: (613) 948-1579
Fax: (613) 952-1736
André Gagné
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Measurement Canada
