{"id":"F2010L03280","name":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 19 of 2009 - Unsafe Goods Notice","slug":"trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":85536,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L03280-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice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. 19 of 2009 - 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. 19 of 2009\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 a kind specified below to be unsafe goods.\n\n \n\nParticulars of goods:\n\n \n\n'Sky Lanterns'. A Sky Lantern is essentially a miniature, unmanned hot air balloon that relies on an open flame as a heat source to heat the air inside the lantern with the intention of causing it to lift into the atmosphere.\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\n \n\nDated this 22nd day of September 2009\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nCRAIG EMERSON\n\nMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1514},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice implements a specific, temporary safety ban on sky lanterns exactly as originally intended. The scope remains strictly limited to prohibiting the supply of the defined unsafe goods for the stated 18-month period, with no expansion into unrelated areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clearly defined product category with plain English description","Simple prohibition with fixed 18-month duration","No exceptions, conditions, or nested definitions","Only one operative section referenced (section 65C(5))"],"plain_english_summary":"This Consumer Protection Notice bans the sale, import and supply of sky (Chinese) lanterns in Australia for 18 months. \n\nIt targets retailers, importers and manufacturers because lanterns—small open‑flame paper balloons—pose uncontrolled fire, aviation and litter hazards when released."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-19-of-2009-unsafe-goods-notice/documents"}}