Trade Practices Act 1974 Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010 Consumer Product Safety Standard: Portable Ramps for Vehicles (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR PORTABLE RAMPS FOR VEHICLES

I, Craig Emerson, Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs, pursuant to subsection 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 and for the purposes of section 65C of that Act, hereby:

(a)         REVOKE the consumer product safety standard for portable ramps for vehicles declared by consumer protection notice No. 6 of 1997 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 11 of 19 March 1997; and

(b)         DECLARE that in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice, the standard approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule is a consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of the goods

Portable ramps for vehicles with a nominated capacity of up to and including 1.5 tonnes.

Division 2: The Standard

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2640:1994 Portable ramps for vehicles, approved by Standards Australia on 10 February 1994.

Division 3: Variations

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2640:1994 is varied by:

(a)Deleting clause 1 and replacing it with:

“1  SCOPE  This Standard specifies requirements for the design, construction, performance and marking of portable vehicle ramps with a nominated capacity of up to and including 1.5 tonnes.”.

Dated this  4th  day of  February  2010

Craig Emerson

Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs