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Weights and Measures Act 1987

Administration - Accredited persons

30C: Duration and renewal of accreditation

You could also call this:

“How long accreditation lasts and how to renew it”

When you get a letter of accreditation, it usually lasts for 3 years from the day you get it. You can ask to have it renewed if it hasn’t been taken away or stopped for any reason.

If you want to renew your letter, you need to write to the Secretary. You might need to use a special form and pay a fee.

The Secretary will renew your letter for another 3 years if you:

  • Ask for it to be renewed
  • Pay any fee that’s required
  • Still meet all the rules for having the letter

If you ask to renew your letter at least 3 months before it runs out, but the Secretary hasn’t decided about it before your letter expires, your letter will stay valid until the Secretary makes a decision.

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Part 5 Administration
Accredited persons

30CDuration and renewal of accreditation

  1. Subject to this section and to sections 30D and 30DA, every letter of accreditation issued under section 30A shall be in force for a period of 3 years beginning on the date of its issue.

  2. Every letter of accreditation, unless it has been revoked pursuant to section 30D or is, at the time of application for its renewal, suspended under section 30DA, may from time to time be renewed in accordance with this section.

  3. An application for the renewal of a letter of accreditation shall be made in writing, in the prescribed form (if any), to the Secretary, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

  4. The Secretary must renew a letter of accreditation for a period of 3 years if the Secretary—

  5. receives an application for the renewal of that letter of accreditation under subsection (3); and
    1. receives payment of the prescribed fee (if any); and
      1. is satisfied that the applicant continues to meet the requirements for accreditation prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

        1. Subsection (6) applies if—

        2. an application for the renewal of a letter of accreditation is made no later than 3 months before the letter of accreditation expires; and
          1. the application is not dealt with before the letter of accreditation expires.

            1. The letter of accreditation continues in force until the application is dealt with by the Secretary.

            Notes
            • Section 30C: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 9).
            • Section 30C(1): amended, on , by section 6(1)(a) of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 118).
            • Section 30C(1): amended, on (applying only to a letter of accreditation issued after that date), by section 6(1)(b) of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 118).
            • Section 30C(2): amended, on , by section 6(3) of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 118).
            • Section 30C(4): substituted, on (applying only to an application for the renewal of a letter of accreditation received by the Secretary after that date), by section 6(4) of the Weights and Measures Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 118).
            • Section 30C(5): replaced, on , by section 186 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
            • Section 30C(6): inserted, on , by section 186 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).