Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 33 of 2011 - Revocation of interim ban and imposition of permanent ban on certain babies' dummies to which there are crystals, beads or other similar ornaments attached (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010

Consumer Protection Notice No.  33  of 2011

REVOCATION OF INTERIM BAN AND IMPOSITION OF PERMANENT BAN ON CERTAIN BABIES’ DUMMIES TO WHICH THERE ARE CRYSTALS, BEADS OR OTHER SIMILAR ORNAMENTS ATTACHED

I, DAVID BRADBURY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer:

(a)pursuant to section 113 of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (the Australian Consumer Law), REVOKE Consumer Protection Notice No. 26 of 2011, being the interim ban on babies’ dummies to which there are crystals, beads or other similar ornaments attached to the ring or handle or plug or shield imposed under subsection 109(1)(a) of the Australian Consumer Law. That interim ban ceases to be in force on the day this Notice is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and

(b)pursuant to subsection 114(1)(b) of the Australian Consumer Law, IMPOSE a permanent ban on consumer goods of a kind specified below. The permanent ban comes into force on the day this Notice is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Particulars of Consumer Goods

Babies’ dummies to which there are crystals, beads or other similar ornaments attached that do not comply with both:

(i)         the mandatory safety standard for babies’ dummies (F2006L03455 on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments); and

(ii)        the following requirements of Australian Standard, AS 2432—2009            Babies’ dummies:

Clause 7.2 – Compression test;

Clause 7.3 – Bite test; and

Clause 7.4 – Impact test.

Interpretation

Dummy

A fully assembled article used to pacify a baby, which includes a teat that the baby sucks, but from which the baby does not obtain fluid. Babies’ dummies are also known as ‘pacifiers’ or ‘soothers’.

Hazard Identified

Crystals, beads and other similar ornaments attached to dummies can detach and become a small parts choking, inhalation or ingestion hazard.

Note: Goods subject to this Notice and which fail to comply may be subject to compulsory recall.

Dated this 5^th day of September 2011.

DAVID BRADBURY