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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 9 of 1990 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Protective Helmets for Motor Cyclists

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This notice makes it unlawful to sell motorcycle helmets in Australia unless they comply with Australian Standard AS 1698‑1988 as adopted here, replacing the older 1986 standard. The adopted standard is modified (an updated AS 1609 reference to the 1981 version and deletion of clause 8(g)).

It affects manufacturers, importers and retailers who must supply compliant helmets, and riders who may only lawfully use approved helmets — ensuring a single safety baseline and penalties for non‑compliance.

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Trade Practices Act 1974 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 9 of 1990 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Protective Helmets for Motor Cyclists

Trade Practices Act 1974

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD

Consumer Protection Notice No.9

PROTECTIVE HELMETS FOR MOTOR CYCLISTS

I, Michael Carter Tate, Minister of State for Justice and Consumer Affairs, in pursuance of section 65E of the Trade Practices Act 1974, hereby:

(a) revoke the consumer product safety standard in respect of protective helmets for motor cyclists published in Gazette No. S221 of 19 May 1986;

(b) declare that, in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this notice, the standard specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by the variations specified in Division 3 of the Schedule, is a consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of Goods

Protective helmets for motor cyclists.

Division 2: The Standard

Australian Standard 1698-1988, ‘Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users’, published by the Standards Association of Australia on 9 May 1988.

Division 3: Variations

The standard specified in Division 2 is varied by:

(i) deleting from clause 4.4 ‘AS 1609’ and inserting ‘AS 1609-1981’;and

(ii) deleting clause 8 (g).

Dated this tenth day of December 1990

MICHAEL TATE

Minister of State for

Justice and Consumer

Affairs

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