Sale of Hazardous Goods Amendment Order 2002

Sale of Hazardous Goods Amendment Order 2002

The Products Safety Committee makes the following order under section 8 of the Sale of Hazardous Goods Act 1977 .

PART 1 - Preliminary

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Sale of Hazardous Goods Amendment Order 2002 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on 1 November 2002.

PART 2 - Children's cots

3.    Sale of Hazardous Goods Order 1998 amended

After clause 4 of the Sale of Hazardous Goods Order 1998 , the following clause is inserted:

4A.   Exception

(1)  For the purpose of this clause –

antique cot means a cot, over 100 years old, that is purchased for its antique value and not for use as a children's cot;

collectable cot means a cot that is purchased to form part of a collection and not for use as a children's cot;

supplier means a person who sells an antique cot or collectable cot to another person.

(2)  Despite clause 4 , a person may sell an antique cot or a collectable cot if the cot –

(a) is accompanied by a certificate from the supplier to the consumer stating that it is not safe to place a child in the cot; and

(b) has two clearly visible warning notices, one outside and one inside, attached to the cot.

(3)  Each warning notice attached to the cot must –

(a) be printed on a metal plate; and

(b) be permanently attached to the cot by gluing, and by nailing or screwing, the metal plate to the upper half of the side or end of the cot; and

(c) have lettering in sharp contrast with the background; and

(d) have upper case letters no less than 5 millimetres in height and lower case letters no less than 2.5 millimetres in height; and

(e) use the following wording with the upper case lettering and underlining as shown:

PART 3 - Candle wicks

4.    Sale of Hazardous Goods Order 2000 amended

Clause 3 of the Sale of Hazardous Goods Order 2000 is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) "lead" and substituting "more than 0.06% lead by weight";

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) "lead" and substituting "more than 0.06% lead by weight".

This order was made by the Products Safety Committee at a meeting held on 5 April 2002.

R. Ormerod

Chairman

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 16 October 2002

This order is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the notice)

This order amends existing orders that place conditions on the sale of children's cots and candle wicks.