Fair Trading (Product Safety Standard) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007 (WA)

24 April 2007 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1759

CE301*

Fair Trading Act 1987

Fair Trading (Product Safety Standard)

Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Fair Trading (Product Safety
Standard) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007.

2.            The regulations amended

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

[* Reprint 1 as at 7 October 2005.

For amendments to 16 February 2007 see Western and Gazette 21 March, 24 October and 29 December 2006.]

by subregulation (2);

3. Part 23 inserted
Before Schedule 1 the following Part is inserted —

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Part 23 — Safety pins with catch covers

57. Product safety standard for safety pins with catch
covers

(1) In this regulation —

"prescribed tests" has the meaning given to that term

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"safety pin with a catch cover" means a safety pin the catch of which has a sliding cover that is designed to prevent the pin from being opened from the

catch when the cover is closed over the catch.

(2) The prescribed tests are -

(a)	the torque test in clause 5.24.5 of; and
(b)	the tension test in clause 5.24.6.1 of,

the Australian Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002,
Safety of toys, Part 1: Safely aspects related to
mechanical and physical properties (ISO 8124-1:
2000), published by Standards Australia on 30 April

2002.

(3) The product safety standard for safety pins with catch

covers consists of the requirements of this regulation.

(4) The catch cover on a safety pin with a catch cover must

remain attached to the safety pin when the safety pin

and its catch cover are subjected to the prescribed tests.

(5) For the purposes of subjecting a safety pin with a catch cover to the prescribed tests, the tests must be read and applied as if—

(a)	the safety pin and its catch cover were a toy with a projection; and
(b)	the catch cover were the test component; and
(c)	the words "Determine whether the toy continues to conform to the relevant requirements of clause 4." were deleted.

By Command of the Governor,

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