{"id":"F2010L03284","name":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 17 of 2010 - Unsafe Goods Notice","slug":"trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":85550,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L03284-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 17 of 2010 - Unsafe Goods Notice","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\nTRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974\n\n \n\nConsumer Protection Notice No. 17 of 2010\n\n \n\nUNSAFE GOODS NOTICE\n\n \n\nI, CRAIG EMERSON, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65C(5) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, DECLARE goods of the kind specified below to be unsafe goods:\n\n \n\nParticulars of goods:\n\nImitation cigarettes that contain a fine powder such as talc (hydrated magnesium silicate) or similar substances, and that allow users to blow into, or inhale from, the imitation cigarette to produce a cloud of fine dust. These may be known as 'Puff Cigarettes' or by other names.\n\n \n\nThe effect of this declaration is to ban the supply of these goods for a period of 18 months.\n\n \n\nDated this 30th day of June 2010\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nCRAIG EMERSON\n\nMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1796},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice maintains a narrow, targeted focus on the specific safety hazard of powdered imitation cigarettes, consistent with its original purpose of preventing respiratory injury from inhalable dust."},"complexity_factors":["Single-page instrument with no sections, parts, or schedules","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","Only one legislative cross-reference (section 65C(5) of the Trade Practices Act)","Simple binary operation: goods matching the description are banned for a fixed 18-month term","Plain English description of the physical product rather than technical specifications"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice imposes an 18‑month emergency ban on novelty \"Puff Cigarettes\" and similar imitation cigarettes that contain fine powder (e.g., talc) which forms a dust cloud when blown or inhaled. \n\nSuppliers, importers, and retailers may not sell or supply these items; consumers aren’t criminalized for possession. The aim is to remove hazardous products that risk serious respiratory harm, especially to children."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-17-of-2010-unsafe-goods-notice/documents"}}