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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 7 of 1997 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Vehicle Support Stands

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This notice mandates safety standards for vehicle support (jack) stands rated up to 1.5 tonnes, affecting manufacturers, importers and retailers. It revokes the earlier 1985 standard and adopts AS 2538–1985 and the updated AS 2538–1995, with the 1985 standard ceasing to apply from 1 January 1999.

It matters because it requires stands to meet specific engineering and design rules to reduce risk of collapse and serious injury to people working under vehicles.

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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 7 of 1997 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Vehicle Support Stands

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 7 of 1997

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD – VEHICLE SUPPORT STANDS

I, GEOFFREY DANIEL PROSSER, Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, hereby:

(a) REVOKE the consumer product safety standard in respect of vehicle support stands published in Gazette No S504, 29 November, 1985; and

(b) DECLARE that, in respect of goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice, the standards approved by the Standards Association of Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, are consumer product safety standards for the purposes of section 65C of the Act; and

(c) DECLARE that the standard first mentioned in Division 2 of the Schedule shall cease to have effect on and from 1 January 1999.

SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of Goods

Vehicle support stands with a nominated capacity up to and including 1.5 tonnes.

Division 2: The Standards

Either

Australian Standard 2538 – 1985 “Vehicle Support Stands” approved by the Standards Association of Australia on 20 August 1985;

Australian Standard 2538 – 1995 “Vehicle Support Stands”, approved by Standards Australia on 31 January 1995.

Dated this 3rd day of March 1997

GEOFFREY DANIEL PROSSER

Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs

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