Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1) (Cth)

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 3322

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Dated 1 December 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRIS PEARCE

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 December 2004.

3Amendment of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations 1979

Schedule 1 amends the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations 1979.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1]After regulation 11B

insert

11CElastic luggage straps — consumer product safety standard from 1 December 2004 (Act s 65C (2))

1. (1)

   In this regulation:

elastic luggage strap means:

1. (a)

   an elastic strap or cord, or 2 or more elastic straps or cords, permanently joined and:

   1. (i)

      having a hook, buckle or other fastening device at each extremity; and

   2. (ii)

      designed to be used for the purpose of securing luggage or other objects;

but does not include:

1. (b)

   elasticised cargo nets; and

2. (c)

   elasticised straps specifically made for the purpose of securing a vehicle jack or toolkit within a vehicle.

1. (2)

   From 1 December 2004, the consumer product safety standard for elastic luggage straps is the standard set out in this regulation.

2. (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.

1. (4)

   The label must:

   1. (a)

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

   2. (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

   3. (c)

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

2. (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; 1999 No. 238.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette