1Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 3 of 2014 - Safety Standard: Child Restraint Systems for use in Motor Vehicles

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010

Consumer Protection Notice No. 3 of 2014

SAFETY STANDARD: CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES

I, the Hon. Bruce Billson MP, Minister for Small Business, pursuant to subsection 105(1) of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), being Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, hereby:

(a) REVOKE the Consumer Product Safety Standard declared under section 105(1) of the ACL by Consumer Protection Notice No. 21 of 2011;

(b) DECLARE that, in respect of consumer goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice, each version of the standard approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule, is an alternative safety standard for the purposes of section 106 of the ACL.

THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of the consumer goods

The following consumer goods are specified:

(1) Child restraints for use in motor vehicles, being devices to reduce the risk of bodily injury to a child passenger in the event of a motor vehicle impact.

(2) Components:

(a) to restrain a child in a child restraint;

(b) to anchor a child restraint to a motor vehicle; and

(c) to restrain a vehicle seat.

(3) Booster seats for use in motor vehicles, being devices:

(a) for raising a child’s position in a motor vehicle; and

(b) for adapting an adult seat belt for use as a child restraint; and

(c) having a back above the seating plane.

(4) Booster cushions for use in motor vehicles, being devices:

(a) for raising a child’s position in a motor vehicle; and

(b) for adapting an adult seat belt for use as a child restraint; and

(c) having no back above the seating plane.

Note: This safety standard does NOT apply to motor vehicle child restraints designed for children with a disability or to items that are an integrated feature of a motor vehicle.

Division 2: The Declared Standard

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2013, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, approved by Standards Australia and published on 7 June 2013;

or

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2010, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, published 24 February 2010 as amended by, and incorporating, all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia prior to the date of this instrument;

or

Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1754:2004, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, published 8 November 2004 as amended by, and incorporating, all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia prior to the date of this instrument.