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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974
Consumer Protection Notice No. 9 of 2004
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS: AEROSOL TYPE
I, CHRIS PEARCE, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, pursuant to section 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, upon gazettal of this Notice hereby:
DECLARE that from 1 January 2005 the consumer product safety standard for non-rechargeable stored pressure portable fire extinguishers of the aerosol type will be Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4353:1995, Portable fire Extinguishers – Aerosol type published by Standards Australia on 5 December 1995, subject to the following variations.
VARIATIONS
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4353:1995 is varied by:
(1) Amending clause 1.1 by deleting Note 2 entirely;
(2) Deleting clause 1.3 and substituting a new clause 1.3 as follows:
   "1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS  The following documents are referred to in this Standard:
   Australian Standard AS 2706-1984, Numerical values-Rounding and interpretation of limiting values as amended by Amendment 1 of 1 September 1985;
   Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1850:1997, Portable fire extinguishers – classification, rating and performance testing; and
   Australian Standard AS 2278-1986, METAL AEROSOL CONTAINERS as amended by amendment 1 of 1 June 1988.";
(3) Deleting clause 1.4.13 entirely;
(4) Deleting clause 1.5 entirely and substituting a new clause 1.5 as follows:
   "1.5 CLASSIFICATION AND RATING  Classification and rating of extinguishers shall be determined from the results of tests set out in AS/NZS 1850.";
(5) Inserting a clause 1.6 as follows:
   "1.6 INTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIED LIMITING VALUES  For the purpose of assessing compliance with this standard, the specified limiting values shall be in accordance with the 'rounding method' prescribed in AS 2706. i.e., the observed or calculated value shall be rounded to the same number of figures as in the specified limiting value and then compared with the specified limiting value. For example, for specified limiting values of 2.5, 2.50 and 2.500 the observed or calculated value would be rounded to the nearest 0.1, 0.01 or 0.001.";
(6) Deleting clause 2.2 entirely;
(7) Deleting clause 2.5 entirely;
(8) Deleting clause 3.4 entirely;
(9) Amending clause 3.5.1 by deleting the words "Every extinguisher shall be provided with a support fitting for, at least, static mounting.";
(10) Deleting clause 5.2 entirely;
(11) Deleting clause 6.1 entirely and substituting a new clause 6.1 as follows:
   "6.1 RATINGS  Aerosol fire extinguishers shall be capable of achieving the following ratings
   (a) for an extinguisher that contains ABE powder, a minimum classification and rating of 1A, 5B and E in accordance with AS/NZS 1850; or
   (b) for an extinguisher that contains BE powder, a minimum classification and rating of 5B, 1F and E in accordance with AS/NZS 1850; or
   (c) for liquid based extinguishers a minimum classification and rating of 5B