{"id":"F2009B00176","name":"National Measurement Act 1960 - para 8A(1)(a) - Determination by the National Standards Commission - Recognized-Value Standard of Measurement of Acceleration Due to Gravity","slug":"national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121595,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00176-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Measurement Act 1960 - para 8A(1)(a) - Determination by the National Standards Commission - Recognized-Value Standard of Measurement of Acceleration Due to Gravity","content":"national measurement act 1960\n\ndetermination by the national standards commission\n\nRecognized-Value Standard of Measurement\n\nof Acceleration due to Gravity\n\nIn pursuance of paragraph 8A(1) (a) of the National Measurement Act 1960, the National Standards Commission hereby determines that the magnitude of the acceleration in vacuum of a body due to the gravitational attraction of the earth as designated in the Schedule shall be a recognized-value standard of measurement.\n\nThe Schedule\n\nPlace Acceleration\n\nAt any point on the floor of\n\nroom B245 of the National 9.796 376 m.s \\-2\n\nMeasurement Laboratory,\n\nLindfield, New South Wales.\n\nFor the purposes of this determination the above value is exact.\n\nDated this 21st day of March 1985\n\nThe common seal of the national T.J. PETRY\n\nstandards commission was herto\n\naffixed by authority of the\n\nCommission in the presence of","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2177},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination remains precisely scoped to establishing a recognized-value standard for gravitational acceleration at the specified location in Lindfield, NSW. It has not expanded beyond this specific metrological purpose since its creation in 1985."},"complexity_factors":["Single physical constant defined (acceleration due to gravity)","Single geographic location specified (room B245, Lindfield)","No conditional provisions, exceptions, or internal cross-references","Straightforward directive language with exact numerical value"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument legally fixes the acceleration due to gravity at room B245, National Measurement Laboratory, Lindfield NSW, as exactly 9.796376 m/s².  \n\nThat recognized-value standard governs calibration labs, researchers and legal metrology officers who rely on a definitive, traceable gravity reference for high-precision weighing and force measurements at that facility, preventing disputes about measurement accuracy."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni","history":"/api/acts/national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-measurement-act-1960-para-8a-1-a-determination-by-the-national-standards-commission-recogni/documents"}}