Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1989 No. 3361

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Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety

Standards) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Dated 29 November 1989.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

N. Bolkus

Minister of State for Consumer Affairs

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations.

Warnings accompanying goods

2. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “62” and substituting “65c”.

Consumer product safety standard for apparel and related goods

3. Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulation (1) “62” and substituting “65c”.

Consumer product safety standard for candles

4. Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulation (1) “62” and substituting “65c”.

Consumer product safety standard for airpots

5. Regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulation (1) “62” and substituting “65c”.

 

(S.R. 54/89)—Cat. No. 16/2.3.1989

 

Consumer product safety standard for balloon-blowing kits

6. Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulation (1) “62” and substituting “65c”.

7. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following regulation and Schedule:

Warrant for purposes of section 65q of the Act

“12. The form of warrant in the Schedule may be used for the purposes of subsection 65q (5) of the Act.

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SCHEDULE Regulation 12

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

WARRANT UNDER SECTION 65Q

To , an authorised officer within the meaning of section 65q of the Trade Practices Act 1974. WHEREAS application has been made to me by (full name of applicant for warrant),an authorised officer within the meaning of section 65q of the Trade Practices Act 1974,for the issue under subsection (5) of that section of a warrant to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under subsection (2) of that section in relation to the premises situated at (here insert address of premises);

AND WHEREAS I, (full name) a Judge of the Court of :

(a) have been furnished with an affidavit setting out the grounds on which the issue of the warrant is being sought;

(b) have been given such further information (if any) as I require concerning the grounds on which the issue of the warrant is being sought; and

(c) am satisfied there are reasonable grounds for issuing the warrant;

NOW THEREFORE I, under that section, hereby authorise you, with such assistance as you think necessary and if necessary by force, to enter those premises and to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under subsection (2) of that section, namely:

(d) to inspect goods of a particular kind, being (here specify kind of goods),which you have reason to believe are intended to be used or are of a kind likely to be used by a consumer, being goods that will or may cause injury to any person;

(e) to take samples of goods of that kind;

(f) to inspect any documents relating to goods of that kind and make copies of, or take extracts from, those documents; or

(g) to inspect equipment used in the manufacturing, processing or storage of goods of that kind;

in relation to those premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether goods of that kind will or may cause injury to any person;

AND I HEREBY AUTHORISE you to enter on those premises at any time of the day or night (or during the following hours of the day or night, namely ).

THIS WARRANT ceases to have effect on (insert date not being date later than 7 days after the day of issue of the warrant.)

Issued on 19 .

Judge of the

Court of  ”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 December 1989.

2. Statutory Rules 1979 No. 134 as amended by Statutory Rules 1980 No 31; 1981 No. 167; 1986 No. 310; 1987 No. 246.

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