{"id":"F2017L01563","name":"Consumer Goods (Vehicle Support Stands) Safety Standard 2017","slug":"consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439403,"registerId":"F2017L01563-fast-fetch-1775955445334","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consumer Goods (Vehicle Support Stands) Safety Standard 2017","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nConsumer Goods (Vehicle Support Stands) Safety Standard 2017\n\nI, Michael McCormack, Minister for Small Business, make the following safety standard.\n\nDated 30 November 2017\n\nMichael McCormack\n\nMinister for Small Business\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Safety standard\n\n6 Requirements during transitional period\n\n7 Safety standard for vehicle support stands after transitional period\n\n8 Variation of the Australian Standard\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nConsumer Product Safety Standard for Vehicle Support Stands (Consumer Protection Notice No 12 of 2008) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2008L04579)\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Vehicle Support Stands) Safety Standard 2017.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under sections 104 and 105 of the Australian Consumer Law.\n\nNote: The reference to the Australian Consumer Law is a reference to Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as it applies as a law of the Commonwealth, States and Territories: see section 140K of that Act and corresponding provisions of Acts of States and Territories applying that Schedule.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAustralian Standard means Australian Standard AS 2538:2016 Vehicle support stands, as in force on the commencement of this instrument.\n\nNote: The Australian Standard could in 2017 be purchased from SAI Global’s website (https://www.saiglobal.com). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission can make a copy of the standard available for viewing at one of its offices, subject to licensing conditions.\n\ntransitional period means the period of 24 months beginning on the day this instrument commences.\n\nvehicle support stand means a vehicle support stand (within the meaning of the Australian Standard) that has a nominated capacity (in accordance with that Standard) of 1,500 kilograms or less.\n\nPart 2—Safety standard\n\n \n\n6  Requirements during transitional period\n\n (1) During the transitional period, a vehicle support stand must comply with:\n\n (a) the Consumer Product Safety Standard for Vehicle Support Stands (Consumer Protection Notice No 12 of 2008), as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument; or\n\n (b) the Australian Standard as varied by section 8.\n\nNote: The Consumer Product Safety Standard for Vehicle Support Stands could in 2017 be viewed on the Federal Register of Legislation website (https://www.legislation.gov.au).\n\n (2) This section is repealed at the end of the last day of the transitional period.\n\n7  Safety standard for vehicle support stands after transitional period\n\n  After the transitional period, the Australian Standard, as varied by section 8, is declared to be a safety standard for vehicle support stands.\n\n8  Variation of the Australian Standard\n\n  For the purposes of this Part, the Australian Standard is varied by replacing section 1 of the Australian Standard with the following:\n\n1 SCOPE\n\nThis standard specifies requirements for the design, construction, performance and labelling of vehicle support stands with a nominated capacity of 1,500 kilograms or less.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nConsumer Product Safety Standard for Vehicle Support Stands (Consumer Protection Notice No 12 of 2008) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2008L04579)\n\n1  The whole of the standard\n\nRepeal the standard.\n\nNote: Under item 4 of Schedule 7 to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Standard for Vehicle Support Stands continued in force from the start of 1 January 2011 as if it were a safety standard made under section 104 of the Australian Consumer Law (because it was taken under section 65E of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to be a prescribed consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 65C of that Act immediately before 1 January 2011).\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument replaces the earlier 2008 consumer product safety standard with AS 2538:2016 as varied and explicitly defines regulated products as vehicle support stands with a nominated capacity of 1,500 kg or less (s8, s5, Schedule 1). This is a substantive change of the regulatory instrument: the previous standard is repealed and the new instrument ties compliance to an external Australian Standard and a clear capacity limit."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation by reference of an external technical standard (AS 2538:2016) rather than embedding technical rules (s5, s7, s8)","24‑month transitional regime that gives businesses a choice between the old standard and the varied AS (s6(1), s2, s5 definition of transitional period)","Variation achieved by replacing a single clause of the Australian Standard rather than listing technical changes explicitly (s8)","Complete repeal of the prior 2008 consumer product safety standard (Schedule 1)","Scope defined by nominated capacity (≤1,500 kg), requiring use of the AS’s internal definitions (s5)","Practical compliance friction from licensing/cost to obtain the AS and limited public viewing subject to ACCC conditions (s5 note)","Authority and enforceability grounded in Australian Consumer Law sections 104–105 (s3)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument replaces the 2008 consumer product safety standard for vehicle support stands with Australian Standard AS 2538:2016 as varied, and requires that, after a 24‑month transitional period, vehicle support stands with a nominated capacity of 1,500 kg or less meet that standard (s7, s8, s5). During the transitional period manufacturers, importers and retailers may comply with either the old 2008 standard or the varied AS; after that only the varied AS applies (s6(1)). Businesses may need to obtain the AS and adapt design, labelling and testing (s5 note, s8)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope focused specifically on vehicle support stands rated at 1,500kg or less. The update from the 2008 to 2016 Australian Standard represents a routine technical update rather than scope creep. The explicit limitation to 1,500kg capacity in the varied scope section actually tightens the focus rather than expanding it."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (approximately 2 pages of substantive content)","Only 5 defined terms in the interpretation section","Simple two-phase structure (transitional period + permanent standard)","Single variation to the incorporated Australian Standard (replacement of section 1)","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to the Australian Consumer Law sections 104-105 and the repealed 2008 standard)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond the transitional period alternative compliance"],"plain_english_summary":"This law updates safety requirements for vehicle support stands (e.g., jack stands) rated 1,500 kg or less, affecting manufacturers, suppliers and users by mandating modern engineering and labelling standards to reduce catastrophic failures. \n\nIt repeals the 2008 standard and adopts AS 2538:2016 (with a narrowed scope to ≤1,500 kg). Suppliers have a 24‑month transition to meet either the old or new standard; after that all stands must meet the 2016 standard."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017","history":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-vehicle-support-stands-safety-standard-2017/documents"}}