Consumer Goods (Portable Ramps for Vehicles) Safety Standard 2017

Dated   30 November 2017

Michael McCormack

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                                                        1

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

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

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

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

5............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

Part 2—Safety standard                                                                                                                               2

6............ Requirements during transitional period........................................................................ 2

7............ Safety standard for vehicle ramps after transitional period............................................ 2

8............ Variation of the Australian Standard............................................................................. 2

Schedule 1—Repeals                                                                                                                                       3

Consumer Product Safety Standard for Portable Ramps for Vehicles (Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2010L00296)                                                                     3

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Portable Ramps for Vehicles) Safety Standard 2017.

2  Commencement

                   This instrument commences on 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 Australian Standard AS 2640:2016 Portable ramps for vehicles, as in force on 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.

transitional period means the period of 24 months beginning on the day this instrument commences.

vehicle ramp means a vehicle ramp (within the meaning of the Australian Standard) that has a nominated capacity (in accordance with that Standard) of 1,500 kilograms or less.

Part 2—Safety standard

6  Requirements during transitional period

             (1)  During the transitional period, a vehicle ramp must comply with:

                     (a)  the Consumer Product Safety Standard for Portable Ramps for Vehicles (Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010), as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument; or

                     (b)  the Australian Standard as varied by section 8.

Note:          The Consumer Product Safety Standard for Portable Ramps for Vehicles could in 2017 be viewed on the Federal Register of Legislation website (https://www.legislation.gov.au).

             (2)  This section is repealed at the end of the last day of the transitional period.

7  Safety standard for vehicle ramps after transitional period

                   After the transitional period, the Australian Standard, as varied by section 8, is declared to be a safety standard for vehicle ramps.

8  Variation of the Australian Standard

                   For the purposes of this Part, the Australian Standard is varied by replacing section 1 of the Australian Standard with the following:

1 SCOPE

This standard specifies requirements for the design, construction, performance and marking of portable vehicle ramps that consist of an incline, platform and barrier stop and have a nominated capacity of 1,500 kilograms or less.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Consumer Product Safety Standard for Portable Ramps for Vehicles (Consumer Protection Notice No. 2 of 2010) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2010L00296)

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Note:       Under item 4 of Schedule 7 to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Standard for Portable Ramps for Vehicles 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).