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Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2013 - Safety Standard: Baby Walkers

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This notice revokes the earlier baby‑walker safety standard and replaces it with a safety standard that requires suppliers to meet specified sections of the ASTM F977 standard. It covers devices defined as baby walkers and takes effect the day after registration.

Suppliers may comply with either the 2000 or the 2012 ASTM sections until 1 April 2014; from that date suppliers must comply with the 2012 sections, and may be required to nominate which set they will use (see Division 2; Application of the safety standard).

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Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2013 - Safety Standard: Baby Walkers

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010

Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2013

SAFETY STANDARD: BABY WALKERS

I, DAVID BRADBURY, Assistant Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 104(1) of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (the Australian Consumer Law), hereby:

(a) REVOKE the safety standard for baby walkers 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); and

(b) MAKE, in respect of consumer goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice and for the purposes of section 106 of the Australian Consumer Law, a safety standard consisting of a set of requirements specified in Division 2 of the Schedule (see note 2).

COMMENCEMENT

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (the commencement date).

APPLICATION OF THE SAFETY STANDARD

(1) On and from the commencement date, a supplier of consumer goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice can comply with the safety standard made in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Notice by complying with either of the sets of requirements specified in Division 2 of the Schedule.

(2) The set of requirements specified at paragraph (1) of Division 2 of the Schedule to this Notice will cease to operate on 1 April 2014.

(3) On and from 1 April 2014, a supplier of consumer goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice must comply with the set of requirements specified at paragraph (2) of Division 2 of the Schedule.

THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of the consumer goods

The following consumer goods are specified:

Baby walker means a device that:

(1) consists of a frame on wheels designed to support, inside the frame and with the child’s feet touching the ground, a child who has not yet learned to walk; and

(2) is propelled by the movement of the child.

Division 2: The Safety Standard

The following sets of requirements are the specified requirements for baby walkers:

(1) The following sections of American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM F977‑00, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers, published in 2000:

(1) Section 6.1 Stability

(2) Section 6.4 Prevention of Falls Down Step(s)

(3) Section 7.3 Stability Test

(4) Section 7.6 Step(s) Tests

(5) Section 9.3 Labelling

(2) The following sections of American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM F977‑12, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers, published in May 2012: