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This order may be cited as the Sale of Hazardous Goods (Flotation and Aquatic Toys) Order 2010 .
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Tasmania regulation
This Order makes it illegal to sell flotation or aquatic toys for children under 14 that are intended to bear a child’s weight unless they meet the Australian/New Zealand Safety of Toys Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002 as modified by the Order. Sellers — manufacturers, importers and retailers — must design, test and supply products to those modified requirements, which creates direct compliance costs and design constraints for businesses dealing in these toys.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Sale of Hazardous Goods (Flotation and Aquatic Toys) Order 2010.
This order may be cited as the Sale of Hazardous Goods (Flotation and Aquatic Toys) Order 2010 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order –
flotation toy or aquatic toy see clause 4 ;
Safety of Toys Standard means the Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002 entitled "Safety of toys – Part 1: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties" published by Standards Australia on 16 May 2002, as in force on the day this order takes effect.
(1) For the purposes of this order, a flotation toy or aquatic toy includes –
(a) inflatable novelty shapes; and
(b) inflatable toy boats, which by virtue of their size and design are intended for use in shallow water; and
(c) unattached complete or partial rings.
(2) For the purposes of this order, a flotation toy or aquatic toy does not include –
(a) beach balls; or
(b) surfboards; or
(c) body/boogie boards; or
(d) inflatable air beds; or
(e) inflatable boats, which by virtue of their size and design are intended for use in deep water; or
(f) kickboards.
(1) This order applies to the sale of a flotation toy or aquatic toy that is –
(a) designed or clearly intended for use in play by children under 14 years of age; and
(b) intended to bear the mass of a child in water.
(2) This order applies to flotation toys and aquatic toys regardless of whether or not the flotation toy or aquatic toy is –
(a) inflatable; or
(b) to be worn on or attached to the body of a child.
(1) A person must not sell a flotation toy or aquatic toy unless it complies with the Safety of Toys Standard, as taken to be modified for the purposes of this clause.
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1) , the Safety of Toys Standard is taken to be modified as specified in Schedule 1 to this order.
| | Provision of Safety of Toys Standard | Modification | | 1. | clause 3.2 | omit the clause, and the note immediately following the clause, and substitute the following clause and note: | | | | aquatic toy | | | | An article which is – | | | | (a) designed or clearly intended for use in play by children under 14 years of age; and | | | | (b) intended to bear the mass of a child in water, whether inflatable or not – | | | | whether or not worn or otherwise attached to the body. | | | | NOTE Bathroom toys and beach balls are not considered aquatic toys. | | 2. | Appendix ZZ – variation to clause C.2.6 | insert "indelible" after "following" | | 3. | Appendix ZZ – variation to clause E.33 | insert "of the first paragraph" "after "last sentence" |
This order was made by the Products Safety Committee at a meeting held on 23 August 2010.
CHRIS BATT
Chairman
ROSCOE TAYLOR
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 1 September 2010
This is administered in the Department of Justice.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Sale of Hazardous Goods (Flotation and Aquatic Toys) Order 2010 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order –
flotation toy or aquatic toy see clause 4 ;
Safety of Toys Standard means the Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002 entitled "Safety of toys – Part 1: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties" published by Standards Australia on 16 May 2002, as in force on the day this order takes effect.
(1) For the purposes of this order, a flotation toy or aquatic toy includes –
(a) inflatable novelty shapes; and
(b) inflatable toy boats, which by virtue of their size and design are intended for use in shallow water; and
(c) unattached complete or partial rings.
(2) For the purposes of this order, a flotation toy or aquatic toy does not include –
(a) beach balls; or
(b) surfboards; or
(c) body/boogie boards; or
(d) inflatable air beds; or
(e) inflatable boats, which by virtue of their size and design are intended for use in deep water; or
(f) kickboards.
(1) This order applies to the sale of a flotation toy or aquatic toy that is –
(a) designed or clearly intended for use in play by children under 14 years of age; and
(b) intended to bear the mass of a child in water.
(2) This order applies to flotation toys and aquatic toys regardless of whether or not the flotation toy or aquatic toy is –
(a) inflatable; or
(b) to be worn on or attached to the body of a child.
(1) A person must not sell a flotation toy or aquatic toy unless it complies with the Safety of Toys Standard, as taken to be modified for the purposes of this clause.
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1) , the Safety of Toys Standard is taken to be modified as specified in Schedule 1 to this order.
Clause 6
| | Provision of Safety of Toys Standard | Modification | | 1. | clause 3.2 | omit the clause, and the note immediately following the clause, and substitute the following clause and note: | | | | aquatic toy | | | | An article which is – | | | | (a) designed or clearly intended for use in play by children under 14 years of age; and | | | | (b) intended to bear the mass of a child in water, whether inflatable or not – | | | | whether or not worn or otherwise attached to the body. | | | | NOTE Bathroom toys and beach balls are not considered aquatic toys. | | 2. | Appendix ZZ – variation to clause C.2.6 | insert "indelible" after "following" | | 3. | Appendix ZZ – variation to clause E.33 | insert "of the first paragraph" "after "last sentence" |
This order was made by the Products Safety Committee at a meeting held on 23 August 2010.
CHRIS BATT
Chairman
ROSCOE TAYLOR
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 1 September 2010
This is administered in the Department of Justice.