Trade Practices Act 1974 Consumer Protection Notice No. 17 of 2010 Unsafe Goods Notice (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No. 17 of 2010

UNSAFE GOODS NOTICE

I, CRAIG EMERSON, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65C(5) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, DECLARE goods of the kind specified below to be unsafe goods:

Particulars of goods:

Imitation cigarettes that contain a fine powder such as talc (hydrated magnesium silicate) or similar substances, and that allow users to blow into, or inhale from, the imitation cigarette to produce a cloud of fine dust. These may be known as 'Puff Cigarettes' or by other names.

The effect of this declaration is to ban the supply of these goods for a period of 18 months.

Dated this 30th day of June 2010

CRAIG EMERSON

Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs