Fair Trading (Product Safety Standard) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002 (WA)

23 April 2002 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2121

CE301*

Fair Trading Act 1987

Fair Trading (Product Safety Standard)

Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.           Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Fair Trading (Product
Safety Standard) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 November 2002.

3.            The regulations amended

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

Division 2.

r Published in Gazette 15 January 2002, p. 183-2281

4.            Part 9 inserted

After Part 8 the following Part is inserted —

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Part 9— Bunk beds

29. Product safety standard for bunk beds until
30 April 2007

Until the end of 30 April 2007, the product safety standard for a bunk bed consists of the standard set out in Schedule 7 Division 1, as varied by Schedule 7

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5.            Schedule 7 inserted

After Schedule 6 the following Schedule is inserted -

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Schedule 7 - Standard for bunk beds

[r. 29]

Division 1 - AS/NZS 4220: 1994

1.             AS/NZS 4220: 1994

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4220: 1994
"Bunk beds", approved by Standards Australia on
8 June 1994.

Division 2 - Variations to AS/NZS 4220: 1994

2.             Clauses 1 and 2

Delete the clauses.

3.             Clause 3.1

Delete the text, insert instead -

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Bunk Bed—

(a)	A set of components that are assembled or are ready for assembly into single beds or double/single combination beds which will be stacked one over the other; or
(b)	Any single bed, other than a hospital bed, where the upper surface of the mattress base is at least 800 mm above the floor surface.

4.             Clauses 4, 5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 and 6.9

Delete the clauses.

5.             Clause 7.1

(1)

In paragraph (b) delete the dimension "75 mm" and insert

instead -
"	95 mm ".

(2)

Delete paragraph (c).

6.             Clauses 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and 8

Delete the clauses.

7.             Clause 9

(1)	Delete paragraph (b)(i).
(2)	Insert at the beginning of paragraph (c) -
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For the upper bed where the height of the guard rail is less than 360 mm above the mattress base:

(3) Delete paragraph (d).

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8.             Appendix A

(1)	In part A3(a)(iv) delete the spherical probe diameter dimension "75 ± 0.5 mm" and insert instead —
" 95 ± 0.5 mm ".
(2)	Delete Part A3(b).
(3)	In part A5(a), delete "Place a mattress on each of the mattress bases of the bunk bed.".
(4)	In parts A5(e) and A6(c) delete the dimension "75 mm" and insert instead —
" 95 mm ".
9.	Appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J Delete the Appendices.

By Command of the Governor.

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.