Sale of Hazardous Goods (Lead in Children's Toys) Order 2008 (TAS)

Sale of Hazardous Goods (Lead in Children's Toys) Order 2008

The Products Safety Committee makes the following order under section 8 of the Sale of Hazardous Goods Act 1977 .

1Short titleThis order may be cited as the Sale of Hazardous Goods (Lead in Children’s Toys) Order 2008 . 2CommencementThis order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette. 3InterpretationIn this order – accessible material means any part of a child’s toy that has a reasonable probability of coming into contact with a child’s mouth; Toy Safety Standard means the Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003 entitled "Safety of toys – Part 3: Migration of certain elements" published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand on 23 May 2003 as in force on the day this order takes effect. 4Prohibition on sale of toys containing specified amounts of leadA person must not sell a child’s toy that has accessible material with a lead migration level greater than 90 milligrams per kilogram of lead when tested in accordance with the testing procedures and interpretation of results specified in the Toy Safety Standard.

This order was made by the Products Safety Committee at a meeting held on 19 March 2008.

CHRIS BATT

Chairman

F. HEALY

Member

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 9 April 2008

This is administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order) This order prohibits the sale of children’s toys containing more than a specified amount of lead.