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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 21 of 2010 - Temporary ban on goods

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This notice imposes an 18‑month temporary ban on the sale, supply, manufacture and import of “yo‑yo water balls” and similar throw‑and‑catch toys with soft balls on elastic cords stretching ≥50 cm. It stops retailers, wholesalers and consumers from trading or buying them while regulators assess longer‑term action.

The ban excludes anchored practice balls, bats with cords, and “Yo‑Be Sling Discs” and responds to safety concerns (e.g., strangulation risk).

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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 21 of 2010 - Temporary ban on goods

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 21 of 2010

TEMPORARY BAN ON GOODS

I, CRAIG EMERSON, Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65C(5) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 DECLARE goods of a kind specified below to be unsafe goods.

Particulars of goods:

Goods known as "yo-yo water balls" and similar products. These are toys intended to be thrown and returned to the hand, consisting of an elastic cord extendable to at least 500 mm in length, usually with a loop on one end to wear around the finger, and a soft synthetic object on the other. The object may be filled with liquid or air, and/or contain a novelty.

This ban excludes outdoor and sporting toys, such as a practice tennis ball retained on an elastic tension cord intended to be anchored, a bat with a ball attached by an elastic cord and goods known as the "Yo-Be Sling Disc."

The effect of this declaration is to ban the supply of these goods for a period of 18 months.

Dated this 30th day of June 2010

CRAIG EMERSON

Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs

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