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Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Baby Walkers) Regulations 2002

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 2191

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Dated 5 September 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Baby Walkers) Regulations 2002.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 November 2002.

3 Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the Trade Practices Act 1974.

baby walker means a device that:

(a) consists of a frame on wheels designed to support, inside the frame and with the child’s feet touching the ground, a child who has not yet learned to walk; and

(b) is propelled by the movement of the child.

F977-00 means the American Society for Testing and Materials Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Walkers, published in July 2000 and available from the website of the American Society for Testing and Materials (www.astm.org).

4 Standard

For section 65C of the Act, compliance with sections 6.1, 6.4 and 9.3 of F977-00 is prescribed as the consumer product safety standard for baby walkers.

Note

Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 September 2002.