Consumer Goods (Sunglasses and Fashion Spectacles) Safety Standard 2017

Dated  18 October      2017

Michael McCormack

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary.......................................................................................................... 1

1  Name.................................................................................................................................................. 1

2  Commencement.................................................................................................................................. 1

3  Authority............................................................................................................................................ 1

4  Schedules............................................................................................................................................ 1

5  Defintions........................................................................................................................................... 1

Part 2—Safety standards................................................................................................. 3

6  Requirements for sunglasses and fashion spectacles before 1 July 2019............................................ 3

7  Requirements for sunglasses and fashion spectacles on and after 1 July 2019................................... 3

8  Variations to the Australian standard.................................................................................................. 3

Schedule 1—Repeals......................................................................................................... 4

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Sunglasses and Fashion Spectacles) Safety Standard 2017.

2  Commencement                                                                      

                   This instrument commences the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under sections 104 and 105 of the Australian Consumer Law.

Note:          The reference to the Australian Consumer Law is a reference to Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as it applies as a law of the Commonwealth, States and Territories: see section 140K of that Act and corresponding provisions of Acts of States and Territories applying that Schedule.

4  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

In this instrument:

Australian standard means the Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 1067.1:2016 Eye and face protection - sunglasses and fashion spectacles published by, or on behalf of, Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument.

   Note :       The Australian Standard could in 2017 be purchased from SAI Global’s website

     (https://www.saiglobal.com). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission can
     make a copy of the standard available for viewing at one of its offices, subject to licensing

     conditions.

sunglasses and fashion spectacles means:

(a)      spectacles comprising nominally afocal (plano power) filters mounted in a spectacle frame; or

(b)     individual nominally afocal (plano power) filters intended for use in sunglasses; or

(c)      rimless sunshields and one-piece visors; or

(d)     clip-on and slip-on type sunglasses; or

(e)      children’s sunglasses; or

(f)      fashion spectacles/light tint sunglasses;

but does not include:

(g)      prescription and readymade spectacles; or

(h)     safety glasses and safety goggles intended to provide protection against optical radiation other than from the sun; or

(i)       eyewear for protection against radiation in solaria; or

(j)       eye protectors for sport; or

(k)     sunglasses for use as toys and clearly and legibly labelled as toys.

Part 2—Safety standards

6  Requirements for sunglasses and fashion spectacles before 1 July 2019

(1)   Before 1 July 2019, sunglasses and fashion spectacles must comply with:

(a)    the Consumer Product Safety Standard: Sunglasses and fashion spectacles (Consumer Protection Notice No. 13 of 2003), as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument; or

(b)   the Australian standard as varied by section 8 of this instrument.

      Note:    The Consumer Product Safety Standard: Sunglasses and fashion spectacles could in 2017 be viewed on the Federal Register of Legislation website (https://www.legislation.gov.au).

(2)   This section is repealed at the start of 1 July 2019.

7  Requirements for sunglasses and fashion spectacles on and after 1 July 2019

                   On and after 1 July 2019, the Australian standard as varied by section 8 of this instrument is declared to be a safety standard for sunglasses and fashion spectacles.

8  Variations to the Australian standard

                   For the purposes of this Part, the Australian Standard is varied by deleting the following:

(a)  clause 1;

(b) clause 4.2;

(c)  clause 4.3;

(d) clause 7.4;

(e)  clause 7.5;

(f)  clause 7.6;

(g)  clause 8;

(h) clause 10;

(i)  clause 12.1(c);

(j)  clause 12.2(a);

(k) clause 12.2(c);

(l)  clause 12.3.2;

(m) the NOTE to clause 13.1.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Consumer Product Safety Standard: Sunglasses and fashion spectacles (Consumer Protection Notice No.13 of 2003 made under subsection 65E(1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2008C00606)

1  The whole of the standard

Repeal the standard.

                Note:      Under item 4 of Schedule 7 to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Standard: Sunglasses and fashion spectacles continued in force from the start of 1 January 2011 as if it were a safety standard made under section 104 of the Australian Consumer Law (because it was taken under section 65E of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to be a prescribed consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 65C of that Act immediately before 1 January 2011).