COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010

Consumer Protection Notice No.  13  of 2011

PERMANENT BAN ON INFLATABLE TOYS, NOVELTIES AND FURNITURE CONTAINING BEADS

I, DAVID BRADBURY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 114(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, IMPOSE a permanent ban on the goods specified below.

Particulars of Goods

Inflatable toys, novelties or furniture which:

(a)        may be inflated by the mouth; and

(b)        contain small beads or pellets of materials, such as polystyrene, that may be inhaled during inflation or deflation.

Note: Goods subject to this Notice and which fail to comply may be subject to compulsory recall.

Dated this 1st day of February 2011.

DAVID BRADBURY

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer