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Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 21 of 2011 - Safety standard: Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010
 
Consumer Protection Notice No. 21 of 2011
 
SAFETY STANDARD: CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES
 
I, DAVID BRADBURY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 105(1) of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, hereby:
 
(a)          REVOKE the Consumer Product Safety Standard declared under section 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 by Consumer Protection Notice No. 12 of 2007;
(b)          DECLARE that, in respect of consumer goods of a kind specified in Division 1 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 safety standards for the purposes of section 106 of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
 
THE SCHEDULE
 
Division 1: Particulars of the consumer goods
 
The following consumer goods are specified:
 
(1)          Child restraints for use in motor vehicles, being devices to reduce the risk of bodily injury to a child passenger in the event of a motor vehicle impact.
(2)          Components:
(a)       to restrain a child in a child restraint;
(b)       to anchor a child restraint to a motor vehicle; and
(c)       to restrain a vehicle seat.
(3)          Booster seats for use in motor vehicles, being devices:
(a)       for raising a child’s position in a motor vehicle; and
(b)       for adapting an adult seat belt for use as a child restraint; and
(c)       having a back above the seating plane.
(4)          Booster cushions for use in motor vehicles, being devices:
(a)       for raising a child’s position in a motor vehicle; and
(b)       for adapting an adult seat belt for use as a child restraint; and
(c)       having no back above the seating plane.
Note: This safety standard does NOT apply to motor vehicle child restraints designed for children with a disability or to items that are an integrated feature of a motor vehicle.
 
 
Division 2: The Standards
 
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2010, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, published 24 February 2010 as amended by, and incorporating, all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia prior to the date of this instrument;
 
or
 
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2004, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, published 8 November 2004 as amended by, and incorporating, all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia prior to the date of this instrument;
 
or
 
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2000, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, published 1 February 2000 as amended by, and incorporating, all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia prior to the date of this instrument.
 
 
Division 3: Variations
 
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2010 (as amended) is varied by:
 
(1)       Deleting the text “passenger cars and their derivatives,” and replacing with “motor vehicles,” in the first sentence of clause 1.1;
 
(2)         Deleting the second sentence of clause 1.1;
 
(3)         Deleting clauses 2.3; 2.4; and 2.5; and
 
(4)         Deleting clauses 3.12; 5.2.2(b); and 6.3(h).
 
 
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2004 (as amended) is varied by:
 
(1)          Deleting the text “passenger cars and their derivatives,” and replacing with “motor vehicles,” in the first sentence of clause 1.1;
(2)          Deleting the second sentence of clause 1.1;
(3)          Deleting clauses 2.4; 2.5; and 2.6; and
(4)          Deleting clauses 3.12; 5.2.2(b); and 6.3(h).
 
 
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2000 (as amended) is varied by:
 
(1)          Deleting the text “passenger cars and their derivatives,” and replacing with “motor vehicles,” in the first sentence of clause 1.1;
(2)          Deleting the second sentence of clause 1.1;
(3)          Deleting clauses 2.4; 2.5; and 2.6; and
(4)          Deleting clauses 3.12; 5.2.2(b); and 6.3(h).
 
 
 
 
Dated this 2nd day of May 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
DAVID BRADBURY
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer