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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2010

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR VEHICLE JACKS

I, Craig Emerson, Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs, pursuant to subsection 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 and for the purposes of section 65C of that Act, hereby:

    (a) REVOKE the consumer product safety standard for vehicle jacks declared by consumer protection notice No. 15 of 2003 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 50 of 17 December 2003; and

    (b) DECLARE that

        (i)           in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1(a) of the Schedule to this Notice, the standards approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule, are consumer product safety standards for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974. The standards specified at Divisions 2(b) and 2(c) of the Schedule to this Notice will cease to operate as consumer product safety standards from 1 July 2011;

        (ii)        in respect of goods of the kind specified in Division 1(b) of the Schedule to this Notice, the standards approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 3 of the Schedule, are consumer product safety standards for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

    THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of the goods

    (a)                Vehicle jacks with a nominated capacity of up to and including 8 tonnes but excluding goods of the kind specified in Division 1(b).

    (b)               Vehicle jacks with a nominated capacity of up to and including 8 tonnes manufactured before 1 July 2011 which are:

        (i)           limited in their application to a specific vehicle or model(s) or model designation(s) of vehicles

        (ii)        intended to be used to lift the specific vehicle or model(s) or model designation(s) of vehicles at only the specific engagement points

        (iii)      supplied for use:

            1. with the specific vehicle or model(s) or model designation(s) of vehicles referred to at (b)(i) above

          b.      as a replacement for the original vehicle jack supplied with the specific vehicle or model(s) or model designation(s) of vehicles referred to at (b)(i) above.

Division 2: The Standards

    (a) Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2693:2007 Vehicle jacks, approved by Standards Australia on 15 November 2006;

Or:

    (b) Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2693:2003 Vehicle jacks, approved by Standards Australia on 28 February 2003, not incorporating Amendment No. 1 published by Standards Australia on 21 April 2004;

Or:

    (c)                Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2693:1993 Vehicle jacks, approved by Standards Australia on 17 May 1993  as amended by Amendment No. 1 published by Standards Australia on 11 April 1994;

Division 3: