Fair Trading (Product Safety Standard) Amendment Regulations 2008 (WA)

27 June 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3051

CE301*

Fair Trading Act 1987

Fair Trading (Product Safety Standard)

Amendment Regulations 2008

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Fair Trading (Product Safety
Standard) Amendment Regulations 2008.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows:

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.            The regulations amended

have a back above the seating plane;

The amendments in these regulations are to the Fair Trading
(Product Safety Standard) Regulations 2001.

4.            Part 24 inserted

After regulation 57 the following Part is inserted —

Part 24 — Child restraint systems for use in

motor vehicles

58. Terms used in this Part
In this Part —
"booster cushion" means a device to raise a child's

position in a motor vehicle and adapt an adult seat belt for use as a child restraint, and which does not

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"booster seat" means a device to raise a child's

position in a motor vehicle and adapt an adult seat
belt for use as a child restraint, and which has a

back above the seating plane;

"child restraint" means a restraining device for a

child passenger in a motor vehicle that is intended
to reduce the risk of bodily injury to the child in

the event of a motor vehicle impact;

"restraint component" means a device to restrain a

child in a child restraint, to anchor a child restraint

to a motor vehicle or to restrain a vehicle seat.

59. Product safety standard for child restraint systems
for use in motor vehicles

The product safety standard for child restraints, restraint components, booster seats and booster cushions consists of—

(a)	the standard set Out in Schedule 16 Division 1 clause 1, as varied by Schedule 16 Division 2; or
(b)	the standard set Out in Schedule 16 Division 1 clause 2, as varied by Schedule 16 Division 2; or
(c)	the standard set Out in Schedule 16 Division 1 clause 3, as varied by Schedule 16 Division 2.

60.          Product to which this Part does not apply

This Part does not apply to a device that is -

(a)	designed for children with a disability; or
(b)	an integrated feature of a motor vehicle.

5.            Schedule 16 inserted

After Schedule 15 the following Schedule is inserted

Schedule 16 - Standard for child restraint systems

for use in motor vehicles

[r. 59]

Division 1 Standards

1.             AS/NZS 1754:2004

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2004 "Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles" published by Standards Australia on 8 November 2004 as amended by Amendment No. 1 of 29 December 2004.

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2.             AS/NZS 1754:2000

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2000 "Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles" published by Standards Australia on 1 February 2000 as amended by Amendment No. 1 of 27 April 2001.

3.             AS/NZS 1754:1995

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:1995
"Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles"
published by Standards Australia on 5 December 1995 as
amended Amendment No. 1 of 2 May 1997, Amendment
No. 2 of 9 May 1997 and Amendment No. 3 of 2 May 1998.

Division 2 — Variations to Standards

4. Clause 1.1
In clause 1.1 —

(a) delete "passenger cars and derivatives,", insert " motor vehicles, ";

their

(b) delete the second sentence.

5.             Clauses deleted

Delete clauses 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.12, 5.2.2(b) and 6.3(h).

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

G. M. PIKE, Clerk of the Executive Council.