Sale of Hazardous Goods (Prams and Strollers) 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 (Prams and Strollers) Order 2009 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order –pram means a wheeled vehicle with a body of box-like or boat-like shape designed to transport a baby or child weighing 9 kilograms or less primarily in a fully reclined position;Prams and Strollers Safety Standard means the Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2088:2000 entitled "Prams and strollers – Safety requirements" published by Standards Australia on 15 December 2000 as in force on the day this order takes effect;stroller means a wheeled vehicle designed to transport a child in a seated position, and which may also be adjusted to a semi-reclined or a fully reclined position.
4. Restriction on sale of prams and strollers
(1) A person must not sell a pram or stroller unless it complies with the requirements of the Prams and Strollers Safety Standard, as taken to be modified for the purposes of this clause.(2) For the purposes of this clause, the Prams and Strollers Safety Standard is taken to be modified as specified in Schedule 1 to this order.
SCHEDULE 1 - Modification of Prams and Strollers Safety Standard
This order was made by the 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 prams and strollers.