COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Trade Practices Act 1974
Consumer Protection Notice No. 9 of 1997
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD – EXERCISE CYCLES
I, GEOFFREY DANIEL PROSSER, Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, hereby:
(a) REVOKE the consumer product safety standard in respect of exercise cycles published in Gazette No. GN41, 19 October, 1994; and
(b) DECLARE that, in respect of goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice, the standard approved by the Standards Association of Australia specified in Division2 of the Schedule as varied by the variations specified in Division 3 of the Schedule, is a consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 65C of the Act.
SCHEDULE
Division 1: Particulars of goods
Exercise cycles, being stationary devices designed to be used for personal physical exercise by means of an activity simulating bicycle riding.
Division 2: The Standard
Australian Standard 4092 – 1993, Exercise cycles – Safety requirements, approved by the Standards Association of Australia on 26 August 1993 and published on 11 October 1993.
Division 3: Variations
The standard specified in Division 2 is varied by deleting clauses 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.1,3.3 and 4.1.
Dated this 24th day of February 1997
GEOFFREY DANIEL PROSSER
Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs