Flammable Clothing Act 1973
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2 Interpretation
[Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 69 of 1987, s. 3 ]**[Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 53 of 1988, s. 27 and Sched. 4 ]
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –
Australian Standard means a standard issued by the Standards Association of Australia;
[Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:24 Jan 2002] authorized officer means the Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading and a person declared to be or appointed as an authorized officer under Part III of the Consumer Affairs Act 1988 ;
prescribed article of clothing means an article of clothing that is prescribed to be an article of clothing to which this Act applies.
(2) References in this Act to the selling of an article shall be deemed to include references to offering or exposing that article for sale, and to the having possession of that article for any purpose of advertisement or trade.