Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2010 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Vehicle Jacks (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2010

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR VEHICLE JACKS

I, Craig Emerson, Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs, pursuant to subsection 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 and for the purposes of section 65C of that Act, hereby:

(a) REVOKE the consumer product safety standard for vehicle jacks declared by consumer protection notice No. 15 of 2003 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 50 of 17 December 2003; and

(b) DECLARE that

(i) in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1(a) of the Schedule to this Notice, the standards approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule, are consumer product safety standards for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974. The standards specified at Divisions 2(b) and 2(c) of the Schedule to this Notice will cease to operate as consumer product safety standards from 1 July 2011;

(ii) in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1(b) of the Schedule to this Notice, the standards approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule, are consumer product safety standards for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of the goods

(a) Vehicle jacks with a nominated capacity of up to and including 8 tonnes but excluding goods of the kind specified in Division 1(b).

(b) Vehicle jacks with a nominated capacity of up to and including 8 tonnes manufactured before 1 July 2011 which are:

(i) limited in their application to a specific vehicle or model(s) or model designation(s) of vehicles