Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1) (Cth)

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1998No. 364

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under theTrade Practices Act 1974.

Dated 17 December 1998.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

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Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1998No. 3642

made under the

Trade Practices Act 1974

  

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1Name of regulations

 These regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations

Schedule 1 amends the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations.

Schedule 1Amendments of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations

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[1]Regulation 1

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1Name of regulations

 These regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations 1991.

[2]Subregulation 5 (6)

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• (6)

  If a cosmetic product may contain a colour additive mentioned in subregulation (4), the list of ingredients:

  • (a)

    must say that the product may contain the additive; and

  • (b)

    must do so by using:

    • (i)

      the words ‘may contain’ (or other words of similar meaning) and the name of the additive; or

    • (ii)

      the symbol ‘+/-’ and the name of the additive.

[3]Paragraph 5 (7) (a)

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• (a)

  the word ‘flavour’, ‘flavours’, ‘aroma’ or ‘aromas’; or

[4]Paragraph 5 (8) (a)

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• (a)

  the word ‘fragrance’, ‘fragrances’, ‘parfum’ or ‘parfums’; or

[5]Regulation 6

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6   Form of ingredients list

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  A list of ingredients must be:

  • (a)

    prominently shown; and

  • (b)

    clearly legible.

• (2)

  The names of the ingredients in the list must be either their English names or their International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient names.

• (3)

  There may also be a list of ingredients in another language.

Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1991 No. 327.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 17 December 1998, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette