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Australian Consumer Law Safety Standard Protective Helmets for Motor Cyclists Revocation Notice 2015

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This notice removes the federal consumer safety standard for motorcycle helmets, so manufacturers and retailers are no longer bound by that specific Australian Consumer Law requirement. It doesn’t legalise riding without a helmet: helmet obligations remain under state and territory road rules and vehicle safety regimes (e.g., Australian Design Rules). The change shifts helmet regulation from consumer law into transport safety frameworks and avoids duplicate regulation.

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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010

Consumer Protection Notice No. 5 of 2015

I, KELLY O’DWYER, Minister for Small Business & Assistant Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 104(1) of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (the Australian Consumer Law), hereby REVOKE the safety standard for protective helmets for motor cyclists made under section 104(1) of the Australian Consumer Law on 1 January 2011 by reason of Item 4 of Schedule 7 of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No.2) 2010 (see note 1 below).

COMMENCEMENT

This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Notes:

The set of requirements for the safety standard revoked by this Notice are the same requirements as those which were prescribed as the consumer product safety standard for protective helmets for motor cyclists for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974. Those requirements are contained in Trade Practices Act 1974 – Consumer Protection Notice No.9 of 1990 – Consumer Product Safety Standard: Protective Helmets for Motor Cyclists (Federal Register of Legislative Instruments No. F2005B01097).

Dated this 20 day of November 2015.

Kelly O’Dwyer

Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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