COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 7 of 1997

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD – VEHICLE SUPPORT STANDS

I, GEOFFREY DANIEL PROSSER, Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, hereby:

(a)    REVOKE the consumer product safety standard in respect of vehicle support stands published in Gazette No S504, 29 November, 1985; and

(b)   DECLARE that, in respect of goods of a kind specified in Division 1 of the Schedule to this Notice, the standards approved by the Standards Association of Australia specified in Division 2 of the Schedule, are consumer product safety standards for the purposes of section 65C of the Act; and

(c)    DECLARE that the standard first mentioned in Division 2 of the Schedule shall cease to have effect on and from 1 January 1999.

SCHEDULE

Division 1: Particulars of Goods

Vehicle support stands with a nominated capacity up to and including 1.5 tonnes.

Division 2: The Standards

Either

Australian Standard 2538 – 1985 “Vehicle Support Stands” approved by the Standards Association of Australia on 20 August 1985;

Or

Australian Standard 2538 – 1995 “Vehicle Support Stands”, approved by Standards Australia on 31 January 1995.

Dated this 3^rd day of March 1997

GEOFFREY DANIEL PROSSER

Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs