Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998
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Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters)
Regulations 1998
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Definitions 2
4. Requirements that apply before lighters may be sold in Victoria 2
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STATUTORY RULES 1998
S.R. No. 44/1998
Consumer Affairs Act 1972
Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters)
Regulations 1998
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 21 April 1998
Responsible Minister:
JAN WADE
Minister for Fair Trading
SHARNE BRYAN
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe
certain mandatory safety standards for lighters, in
order to—
(a) ensure that lighters sold in Victoria function
safely; and
(b) reduce the number of serious injuries and
deaths caused by children under the age of
5 years playing with lighters.
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 59 and
69 of the Consumer Affairs Act 1972.
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3. Definitions
In these Regulations—
"Commonwealth Regulations" means the Trade
Practices (Consumer Product Safety
Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters)
Regulations of the Commonwealth (1997
No. 21) as in force on the date these
Regulations are made;
"lighter" has the same meaning as it has in the
Commonwealth Regulations.
4. Requirements that apply before lighters may be sold
in Victoria
The requirements imposed by the Commonwealth
Regulations on lighters apply to lighters in
Victoria.
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NOTES
Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter Required by
Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994
Note that the following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is
included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 6 of the Subordinate
Legislation Regulations 1994.
Statutory Rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
Regulations 3
and 4
Trade Practices (Consumer
Product Safety Standard)
(Disposable Cigarette Lighters)
Regulations of the
Commonwealth (1997 No. 21)
Consumer Product Safety
Standard for Cigarette Lighters
(16 CFR 1210) set out in Part
1210, Title 16 of the Code of
Federal Regulations and
published in the Federal
Register of the United States of
America, Vol 58, No. 131, on
12 July 1993
Whole
Part 1210.4 (Test
protocol)
Subpart B—
Certification
Requirements
Notes
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