Clothes and Fabrics (Labelling) Act Amendment Act 1977 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

CLOTHES AND FABRICS

(LABELLING).

No. 30 of 1977.

AN ACT to amend the Clothes and Fabrics

(Labelling) Act, 1973.

[Assented to 3rd November, 1977.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Clothes and	Short title
and citation.

Fabrics (Labelling) Act Amendment Act, 1977.

(2) In this Act the Clothes and Fabrics	Act No. 106
of 1973.

(Labelling) Act, 1973 is referred to as the principal

Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Clothes and Fabrics (Labelling and Sales) Act, 1973-1977.

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CommenCe-

ment. 2. This Act shall come into operation on a date

to be fixed by proclamation.

Long title

amended. 3. The long title of the principal Act is amended

by adding after the word "labelling" in line one

the words "and sale".

Section 4

amended. 4. Subsection (1) of section 4 of the principal Act

is amended

(a) by deleting the passage commencing with the word "Regulations" in line one and ending with the passage "labelled—" in line four and substituting the following passage

Regulations made under this Act

may

(a) provide that any article of clothing, textile or other fabric that is a scheduled article to which this Act applies shall be marked or labelled— ;

(b)	by re-numbering paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) as subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) respectively;
(c)	by deleting the passage "size." in the last line and substituting the following passage

size; and

(b) require that the surface burning time of any article of clothing, textile or other fabric that is a scheduled article shall be not less than such minimum time as is thereby prescribed. .

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5. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by gme ferj.

adding two new subsections as follows

(3) Where a minimum surface burning time is prescribed in respect of any particular kind of article the Governor may, from time to time, by proclamation fix a date, being a date not later than six months after the publication of the proclamation in the Government Gazette, as the date on and after which the provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall have effect in relation to articles of that kind, and may by subsequent proclamation amend or revoke any such proclamation.

(4) On and after the date fixed in relation to the article for the purposes of this subsection by proclamation made under subsection (3) of this section a person shall not sell any article of a kind to which that proclamation relates unless the surface burning time of that article exceeds the minimum time prescribed in respect of that article.

Penalty: Five hundred dollars. .