6Application

6 Application

(1) This instrument applies to consumer goods containing a button/coin battery.

Note: Goods include any component part of, or accessory to, goods: see paragraph (d) of the definition of goods in section 2 of the Australian Consumer Law.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), consumer goods contain a button/coin battery if: (a) the battery is installed, or is to be installed, in the consumer goods to power the consumer goods; or (b) the consumer goods are designed to store such batteries. (3) However, this instrument does not apply to the following: (a) consumer goods that were first supplied to a consumer before the application day; (b) consumer goods supplied in a one‑off transaction by a supplier who had acquired the goods as a consumer; (c) hearing aids; (d) equipment to which all of the following apply: (i) the equipment is intended to be used in trades, professions or industries; (ii) the equipment is not intended for sale to the general public; (iii) the equipment is not intended to be used where children are present; (e) consumer goods that contain button/coin batteries that are soldered in place if: (i) the consumer goods are electrical and electronic equipment within the field of audio, video, information and communication technology; or (ii) the consumer goods are business and office machines with a rated voltage not exceeding 600 volts.

Note 1: Examples of consumer goods to which subparagraph (e)(i) applies include personal computers, electronic musical instruments and smartphones.

Note 2: Examples of consumer goods to which subparagraph (e)(ii) applies include cash registers, calculators and copying machines.