Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1) (Cth)

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 238

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 13 October 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Joe Hockey

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 2382

made under the

Trade Practices Act 1974

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 30 November 1999.

3Amendment of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations

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

Schedule 1Amendments

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[1]Regulation 1

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations 1979.

[2]Regulation 11A, heading

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11AElastic luggage straps — consumer product safety standard until 31 May 2001 (Act s 65C (2))

[3]Subregulation 11A (2)

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• (2)

  Until the end of 31 May 2001, the consumer product safety standard for elastic luggage straps is:

  • (a)

    the standard set out in subregulations (3) and (4); or

  • (b)

    the standard set out in subregulations 11B (3), (4) and (5).

[4]Subregulation 11A (3)

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referred to in subregulation (2)

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mentioned in paragraph (2) (a)

[5]After regulation 11A

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11BElastic luggage straps — consumer product safety standard from 1 June 2001 to 30 November 2004 (Act s 65C (2))

• (1)

  In this regulation:

elastic luggage strap has the meaning given by subregulation 11A (1).

• (2)

  For the period from 1 June 2001 to the end of 30 November 2004, the consumer product safety standard for elastic luggage straps is the standard set out in this regulation.

• (3)

  Elastic luggage straps must have permanently attached to them a label bearing the following warning:

 WARNING. Avoid eye injury. DO NOT overstretch. ALWAYS keep face and body out of recoil path. DO NOT use when strap has visible signs of wear or damage.

• (4)

  The label must:

  • (a)

    bear the word ‘warning’ in upper case black letters of not less than 4 millimetres in height on a yellow background; and

  • (b)

    bear the words ‘do not’ and ‘always’ in upper case black letters of not less than 2 millimetres in height on a yellow background; and

  • (c)

    bear the remaining words in lower case black letters of not less than 2 millimetres in height on a yellow background.

• (5)

  The label must be clearly displayed.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1979 No. 134, as amended by 1980 No. 31; 1981 No. 167; 1986 No. 310; 1987 No. 246; 1989 Nos. 336 and 375; 1997 No. 20.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 13 October 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 October 1999.