1Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard 2014

logo_100x48mm-300dpi-BW

Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard 2014

Consumer Protection Notice No.4 of 2014 as amended

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

This compilation was prepared on 21 October 2015 incorporating amendments up to Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard Amendment 2015 (Consumer Protection Notice No. 4 of 2015) (F2015L01146 which came into force on 14 July 2015

Part 1 - Preliminary

1. Name of Safety Standard

This safety standard is the Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard 2014.

2. Commencement

(1) This safety standard commences on the date that the Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard Amendment 2015 is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

(2) If:

(a) a bean bag or bean bag cover is supplied during the period from the commencement date of the Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Amendment 2015 to 30 June 2016; and

(b) the bean bag or bean bag cover complies with the safety standard for bean bags 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 (the existing standard) [1]; the bean bag or bean bag cover is taken to comply with the requirements of this standard.

Note: There will be two systems of regulation for bean bags and bean bag covers in operation in the period from the commencement date of this standard to 30 June 2016:

(a) the system set out in this standard; and

(b) the system set out in the existing standard.

During that period, suppliers of bean bags or bean bag covers that were subject to the existing standard may continue to supply bean bags or bean bag covers in compliance with that standard, or may supply bean bags or bean bag covers in compliance with this standard.

From 1 July 2016, all bean bags and bean bag covers must comply with this standard.

3. Authority

This safety standard is made under section 104(1) of the Australian Consumer Law.

4. Revocation

On 1 January 2016 the safety standard for bean bags 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, is revoked.

Note: The set of requirements for the safety standard revoked by paragraph (a) of this Notice are the same requirements as those which were prescribed as the consumer product safety standard for bean bags for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974. Those requirements are contained in Regulation 11 of the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standards) Regulations 1979.