Trade Practices Act 1974 Consumer Protection Notice No. 22 of 2010 Temporary ban on goods (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 22 of 2010

TEMPORARY BAN ON GOODS

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:

Art, craft and stationery sets for use by a child containing an undeclared knife or cutter with a metal blade.

Interpretation:

The declaration that the art, craft or stationery set includes a knife or cutter must be easily legible and prominently displayed on the outside packaging and the lettering must not be less than 3mm high.

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