BIPM - Australia [Member State]

General info.
CIPM MRA
BIPM services
CBKT
Senior engagement
Quality infrastructure

Australia became a Member State in 1947.

Dr Barry Inglis, formerly Executive Director and Chief Metrologist at the NMIA, was a member of the CIPM from 2000 until 2019. He served as President of the CIPM from 2011 to 2019, President of the Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism (CCEM) from 2003 to 2015, and Vice-President of the CIPM from 2002 to 2011.

Representatives of the NMIs or designated institutes of Australia (see CIPM MRA) participate in the following Consultative Committees:

CCAUV	CCEM	CCL	CCM	CCPR	CCQM	CCRI	CCT	CCTF	CCU

Note: This summary chart also includes personal members where applicable.


Metrology institutes
	NMIA** (National Measurement Institute)
	ANSTO* (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
	ARPANSA* (Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency)

National legal metrology authorities
	National Measurement Institute (NMIA)

National accreditation bodies
	National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA)

National standards bodies
	National Measurement Institute (NMIA)
	Standards Australia (SAA)

** Signatory of the CIPM MRA ; * Also participating in the CIPM MRA.

Contact:

NMIA
GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601
Street address: 36 Bradfield Road
NSW 2070 Lindfield
Tel.: + 61 2 8467 3600
Fax: + 61 2 8467 3610
Web: http://www.measurement.gov.au/

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999

Signed by: Barry D. INGLIS (then Director, NML CSIRO*)

Signatory/NMI:

National Measurement Institute (NMIA), Lindfield

Designated institute(s):

For ionizing radiation: activity of radionuclides: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Menai

For ionizing radiation: exposure to ionizing radiation, absorbed dose of ionizing radiation: Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), Yallambie

The following institutes are authorized to use the CIPM MRA logo, for the fields of measurement supported by CMCs published in the KCDB:

	ARPANSA	from 7 February 2007
	NMIA	from 7 November 2006

[See the full list of participants]

Over the last 15 years this State has benefited from BIPM comparison and calibration services in the following fields:

Chemistry
Electricity
Ionizing Radiation
Mass
Time

BIPM calibration certificates issued to Australia and/or its NMI(s)

Delegates at the meeting of the CGPM in November 2018:

Ms Merih Malmqvist Nilsson
Dr Bruce Warrington (Head of Delegation)
Dr Peter Fisk
Mr Brendan Berne
Mr Angus Mackenzie
Dr Alex Cooke

Nationals having participated in/benefited from the BIPM CBKT programme:

No participants yet

Nationals having contributed to the BIPM CBKT programme:

2017: Dr Ilya Budovsky (NMIA)

Lecturer, Sound beginning in the CIPM MRA

National institutes having sponsored a BIPM CBKT initiative (in full or in part):

No sponsorship yet