Sale of Hazardous Goods (Children's Portable Folding Cots) Order 2009
The Products Safety Committee makes the following order under section 8 of the Sale of Hazardous Goods Act 1977 .
This order may be cited as the Sale of Hazardous Goods (Children's Portable Folding Cots) Order 2009 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order –children's portable folding cot means an enclosure intended for childrenwhich can be used for sleeping and which can be folded when not in use and includes playpens with a floor but not those without a floor;Folding Cots Safety Standard means the Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2195:1999 entitled "Folding cots – Safety requirements" published by Standards Australia on 15 November 1999 as in force on the day this order takes effect.
4. Restriction on sale of children's portable folding cots
(1) A person must not sell a children's portable folding cot unless it complies with the Folding Cots Safety Standard, as taken to be modified for the purposes of this clause.(2) For the purposes of this clause, the Folding Cots Safety Standard is taken to be modified as specified in Schedule 1 to this order.
SCHEDULE 1 - Modification of Folding Cots Safety Standard
Provision of AS/NZS 2195:1999 | Modification | 1. | Foreword | omit the second paragraph | 2. | clause 1 | omit the clause and substitute the following clause: | 1 SCOPE This Standard specifies safety requirements for folding cots. | 3. | clause 2 | omit the clause | 4. | clause 3 | omit the clause | 5. | clause 5 | omit the clause | 6. | clause 6 | omit the clause | 7. | clause 7 | omit the clause and substitute the following clause: | 7 CONSTRUCTION AND ASSEMBLY The cot mattress and components within the cot shall not be of inflatable construction. | 8. | clause 8.1 | (a) omit the Note at the foot of subclause (b); | (b) in subclause (d) omit "on warning labels specified in Clauses 12.1(i), 12.2 and 13.2(b) (measured horizontally)"; | (c) omit Note 2 at the foot of subclause (d). | 9. | clause 8.3 | (a) omit the Note at the foot of subclause (a); | (b) omit subclause (b); | (c) omit the Note at the foot of subclause (c). | 10. | clause 8.4.1 | omit "distinct locking position" and substitute "clearly distinct locked position" | 11. | clause 8.4.2 | omit the clause | 12. | Figure 1 | omit the figure | 13. | clause 8.4.3 | (a) in subclause (e) omit " " before and after being tested in accordance with Appendix G" | (b) omit the Note at the foot of the clause. | 14. | clause 8.5 | omit the clause | 15. | clause 8.6 | omit the clause | 16. | clause 8.7 | omit the clause | 17. | clause 9 | omit the clause | 18. | clause 10.1 | omit the clause and substitute the following clause: | 10.1 General The applicable tests specified in Clauses 10.2, 10.5, 10.13 and 10.14 shall be performed on the same folding cot assembled in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and without any accessories fitted. | 19. | clause 10.2 | omit the clause and substitute the following clause: | 10.2 Entrapment hazard test The folding cot shall be tested in accordance with Appendix A using the 95 mm probe. All gaps accessible within the folding cot shall not allow the 95 mm probe to pass through. | 20. | Figure 2 | delete the figure | 21. | clause 10.3 | omit the clause | 22. | clause 10.4 | omit the clause | 23. | clause 10.6 | omit the clause | 24. | clause 10.7 | omit the clause | 25. | clause 10.8 | omit the clause | 26. | clause 10.9 | omit the clause | 27. | clause 10.10 | omit the clause | 28. | clause 10.11 | omit the clause | 29. | clause 10.12 | omit the clause | 30. | clause 10.13 | in subclause (c) omit "500 mm" and substitute "400 mm" | 31. | clause 10.15 | omit the clause | 32. | clause 10.16 | omit the clause | 33. | clause 11 | omit the clause | 34. | clause 12 | omit the clause | 35. | clause 13.1 | omit the clause | 36. | clause 13.2 | omit the clause and substitute the following clause: | 13.2 Safety marking The cot shall be permanently, prominently and legibly marked on the inside of the cot with at least: | (a) Instructions for assembly and locking procedures. | (b) A warning to check before each use that the cot is correctly assembled and locking devices are fully engaged. | (c) Either a warning to use a mattress of specified dimensions or a warning to use the mattress supplied by the manufacturer. | (d) A warning not to add an extra mattress as this may cause suffocation. | 37. | clause 13.3 | omit the clause | 38. | clause 13.4 | omit the clause | 39. | Appendix A – Paragraph A1 | omit "finger, limb and" | 40. | Appendix A – Paragraph A2 | (a) omit the paragraph and substitute the following paragraph: | A2 PRINCIPLE A probe is introduced into gaps within a folding cot enclosure and a force is applied to the probe to ascertain whether the gaps pose entrapment hazards. | (b) omit Notes 1 and 2 | 41. | Appendix A –Paragraph A3 | omit the paragraph and substitute the following paragraph: | A3 APPARATUS The following apparatus is required: | (a) a spherical probe made as a suitable rigid material having a diameter of 95 ±0.5 mm. The probe may be mounted on a rod of diameter not greater than 15 mm for the purpose of applying the specified force. | (b) A means of applying a force 50 ±5 N. | 42. | Appendix A – Paragraph A4 | omit subparagraphs (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), and (o) | 43. | Appendix A – Paragraph A5 | omit subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) | 44. | Appendix B | omit the appendix | 45. | Appendix D | omit the appendix | 46. | Appendix E | omit the appendix | 47. | Appendix F | omit the appendix | 48. | Appendix G | omit the appendix | 49. | Appendix H | omit the appendix | 50. | Appendix I | omit the appendix | 51. | Appendix J | omit the appendix | 52. | Appendix M | omit the appendix | 53. | Appendix N | omit the appendix |
This order was made by Products Safety Committee at a meeting held on 13 October 2009.
CHRIS BATT
Chairman
M. BICEVSKIS
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 28 October 2009
This is administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order places restrictions on the sale of children's portable folding cots.