Fair Trading Act 1987 Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards) Amendment (Household Cots) Regulation 1998 (1998-71) [GG No 25 of 13.2.1998, p 659] (NSW)
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New South Wales Fair Trading (Product Safety
Standards) Amendment (Household
Cots) Regulation 1998
under the
Fair Trading Act 1987
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Fair Trading Act 1987.
Brian Langton MP
Minister for Fair Trading
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to provide a product safety standard for children’s household cots in accordance with the relevant Australian and New Zealand Standard.
The Standard sets out the requirements for cots for household use, including such matters as construction, design, packaging, labelling and marking
The Regulation also contains amendments by way of law revision.
This Regulation is made under the Fair Trading Act 1987, including section26 (Safety standards) and section 92 (the general regulation-making power).
Published in Gazette No 25 of 13 February 1998, page 659 Page 1
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C l a u s e 1 Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards) Amendment (Household Cots) Regulation 1998 Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards)
Amendment (Household Cots) Regulation 1998
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards)
Amendment (Household Cots) Regulation 1998.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 July 1998.
3 Amendment of Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards)
Regulation 1995
The Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards) Regulation 1995 is amended as set out in Schedules 1 and 2.
4 Notes
The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.
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Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards) Amendment (Household Cots) Regulation 1998
Amendment relating to children’s household cots Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment relating to children’s
household cots
(Clause 3)
Schedule 18
Insert after Schedule 17:
Schedule 18
Children’s Household Cots 1 Definitions
In this Schedule:
AS/NZS 2172 means the Australian and New Zealand
Standard entitled “Cots for household use-Safety
requirements”, and numbered AS/NZS 2172: 1995, as in
force on 5 April 1995.household cot means a cot designed for use in household
situations, but does not include:
(a) a folding portable cot, or (b) a carry cot, or (c) a cradle.
2 Safety standard
The product safety standard prescribed for children’s household cots is that they must comply with clauses 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of AS/NZS 2172.
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Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards) Amendment (Household Cots) Regulation 1998
Schedule 2 Amendments by way of law revision Schedule 2 Amendments by way of law revision
(Clause 3)
[1] Schedule 8, clause 1, definition of “children’s toys”
Omit paragraphs (1) and (m). Insert instead:
(l)
writing materials, including crayons, chalk, pencils and pens, or
(m)
paints (including finger paints and water paints), paint brushes and other painting implements, or
[2] Schedule 8, clause 1, definition of “children’s toys” Omit “for use as a means of providing buoyancy in water” from paragraph (o).
[3] Schedule 8, clause 1, definition of “children’s toys”
Reletter the paragraph inserted by Schedule 1 [9] of the Fair Trading (Product Safety Standards) Amendment (Sunglasses and Fashion Spectacles and children's Toys) Regulation 1997 as paragraph (t).
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