Fair Trading Amendment (Children's Portable Folding Cots) Regulation 2009 (NSW)
2009 No 92
New South Wales
Fair Trading Amendment (Children’s
Portable Folding Cots) Regulation 2009
under the
Fair Trading Act 1987
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Fair Trading Act 1987.
VIRGINIA JUDGE MP Minister for Fair Trading
Explanatory note
Fair Trading Regulation 2007
The object of this Regulation is to amend the to prescribe a general regulation-making power).
product safety standard for children’s portable folding cots.
The product safety standard prescribed is that children’s portable folding cots must comply
with certain provisions of the Australian/New Zealand Standard entitled AS/NZS 2195:1999,
Folding cots—Safety requirements.
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Fair Trading Amendment (Children’s Portable Folding
Cots) Regulation 2009
under the
Fair Trading Act 1987
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Fair Trading Amendment (Children’s Portable
Folding Cots) Regulation 2009.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the
NSW legislation website.
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Part 2, Division 17A
Insert after Division 17:
Division 17A Children’s portable folding cots 71A Definition In this Division: entitled AS/NZS 2195:1999, Folding cots—Safety requirements published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand on 15 November 1999.
71B Safety standard The product safety standard prescribed for children’s portable folding cots is that they must comply with AS/NZS 2195.
71C Variation of AS/NZS 2195 For the purposes of this Division, AS/NZS 2195 is taken to have been amended as follows:
(a) by omitting the second paragraph from the Foreword, (b) by omitting from clause 1 all matter after the first sentence, (c) by omitting clauses 2, 3, 5 and 6, (d) by omitting clause 7 and by inserting instead:
7 Construction and assembly The cot mattress and components within the cot must not be of inflatable construction.
(e) by omitting the note to clause 8.1 (b), (f) by omitting from clause 8.1 (d) the words “on warning labels specified in Clauses 12.1(i), 12.2 and 13.2(b) (measured horizontally)”, (g) by omitting note 2 to clause 8.1, (h) by omitting the note to clause 8.3 (a), (i) by omitting clause 8.3 (b),
(j) by omitting the note to clause 8.3 (c), (k)
by omitting “distinct locking position” from clause 8.4.1 and by inserting instead “clearly distinct locked position”,
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(l) by omitting clause 8.4.2 and Figure 1, (m)
by omitting “before and after being tested in accordance with Appendix G” from clause 8.4.3 (e),
(n) by omitting the note to clause 8.4.3, (o) by omitting clauses 8.5–8.7, (p) by omitting clause 9, (q) by omitting clause 10.1 and by inserting instead:
10.1
General The applicable tests specified in Clauses 10.2, 10.5, 10.13 and 10.14 must be performed on the same folding cot assembled in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and without any accessories fitted.
(r)
by omitting clause 10.2, including Figure 2, and by inserting instead:
10.2
Entrapment hazard test The folding cot must be tested in accordance with Appendix A using the 95 mm probe. All gaps accessible within the folding cot must not allow the 95 mm probe to pass through.
(s)
by omitting clauses 10.3, 10.4, 10.6–10.12, 10.15 and 10.16,
(t)
by omitting “500 mm” from clause 10.13 (c) and by inserting instead “400 mm”,
(u) by omitting clauses 11 and 12, (v) by omitting clauses 13.1 and 13.2 and by inserting instead:
13.2 Safety marking The folding cot must be
permanently, prominently and legibly marked onthe inside with at least the following:
(a)
instructions for assembly and locking procedures,
(b)
a warning to check before each use that the cot is correctly assembled and locking devices are engaged,
(c)
either a warning to use a mattress of specified dimensions or a warning to use the mattress supplied by the manufacturer,
(d)
a warning not to add an extra mattress as this may cause suffocation.
(w) by omitting clauses 13.3 and 13.4, (x) by omitting “finger, limb and” from clause A1 of Appendix A,
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(y)
by omitting “A series of probes are” from clause A2 of Appendix A and by inserting instead “A probe is”,
(z)
by omitting “the probes” from clause A2 of Appendix and by inserting instead “the probe”,
(aa) by omitting notes 1 and 2 to clause A2 of Appendix A, (ab) by omitting clause A3 of Appendix A and by inserting
instead:
A3 Apparatus The following apparatus is required:
(a)
a spherical probe made of a suitable rigid material having a diameter of 95 ± 0.5 mm. The probe may be mounted on a rod of a diameter not greater than 15 mm for the purpose of applying the specified force,
(b) a means of applying a force of 50 ± 5 N.
(ac) by omitting clause A4 (e)–(o) of Appendix A, (ad) by omitting clause A5 (b)–(d) of Appendix A, (ae) by omitting Appendices B, D–J, M and N.
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