{"id":"F2010L00296","name":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Portable Ramps for Vehicles","slug":"trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":123150,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L00296-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Portable Ramps for Vehicles","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nTrade Practices Act 1974\n\nConsumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010\n\nCONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR PORTABLE RAMPS FOR VEHICLES\n\nI, 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:\n\n(a) REVOKE the consumer product safety standard for portable ramps for vehicles declared by consumer protection notice No. 6 of 1997 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 11 of 19 March 1997; and\n\n(b) DECLARE that in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice, the standard approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule is a consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE\n\nDivision 1: Particulars of the goods\n\nPortable ramps for vehicles with a nominated capacity of up to and including 1.5 tonnes.\n\nDivision 2: The Standard\n\nAustralian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2640:1994 Portable ramps for vehicles, approved by Standards Australia on 10 February 1994.\n\n  \nDivision 3: Variations\n\nAustralian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2640:1994 is varied by:\n\n(a) Deleting clause 1 and replacing it with:\n\n“1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for the design, construction, performance and marking of portable vehicle ramps with a nominated capacity of up to and including 1.5 tonnes.”.\n\nDated this 4th day of February 2010\n\nCraig Emerson\n\nMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2113},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Notice maintains a precise, limited scope focused exclusively on portable vehicle ramps with a nominated capacity up to 1.5 tonnes, consistent with its stated purpose of regulating safety for this specific consumer product category."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation by reference of external standard AS/NZS 2640:1994","Single variation modifying only the scope clause (clause 1)","Revocation of one preceding instrument","No nested exceptions or conditional logic within the notice itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This Notice makes compliance with updated safety rules mandatory for portable vehicle ramps rated up to 1.5 tonnes, replacing the 1997 standard and adopting AS/NZS 2640:1994 narrowed to light-duty ramps. It prohibits supplying non‑compliant ramps.\n\nIt affects manufacturers, importers and retailers of consumer metal or plastic ramps, and matters because it reduces risk of sudden collapse by ensuring ramps meet load-bearing, construction and labelling requirements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-consumer-protection-notice-no-2-of-2010-consumer-product-safety-standard-po/documents"}}