Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998

Version No. 002 Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998 S.R. No. 44/1998 Version incorporating amendments as at 1 June 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provisions 1 3. Definitions 1 4. Requirements that apply before lighters may be sold in Victoria 2 ═══════════════

ENDNOTES 3 1. General Information 3 2. Table of Amendments 4 3. Explanatory Details 5

i Version No. 002 Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998 S.R. No. 44/1998

Version incorporating amendments as at 1 June 2004

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. 3. Definitions In these Regulations— S. 3 def. of "Commonwealth Regulations" means the Trade "Common- wealth Practices (Consumer Product Safety Regulations" Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) amended by S.R. No. Regulations of the Commonwealth (1997 41/2004 No. 21) as in force from time to time; reg. 4. "lighter" has the same meaning as it has in the Commonwealth Regulations.

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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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ENDNOTES 1. General Information The Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998, S.R. No. 44/1998 were made on 21 April 1998 by the Governor in Council under sections 59 and 69 of the Consumer Affairs Act 1972, No. 8276 and came into operation on 21 April 1998. The Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 21 April 2008 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).

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2. Table of Amendments This Version incorporates amendments made to the Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) Regulations 1998 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Consumer Affairs (Product Safety) (Lighters) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, S.R. No. 41/2004 Date of Making: 18.5.04 Date of Commencement: 1.6.04: reg. 3 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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3. Explanatory Details No entries at date of publication. —— Table/s of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter was included in S.R. No. 44/1998 in accordance with the requirements of regulation 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994.

Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

Statutory Rule Title of applied, adopted or Matter in applied, provision incorporated document adopted or incorporated document

Regulations 3 Trade Practices (Consumer Whole and 4 Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations of the Commonwealth (1997 No. 21) Consumer Product Safety Part 1210.4 (Test Standard for Cigarette Lighters protocol) (16 CFR 1210) set out in Part Subpart B— 1210, Title 16 of the Code of Certification Federal Regulations and Requirements published in the Federal Register of the United States of America, Vol 58, No. 131, on 12 July 1993

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The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter was included in S.R. No. 41/2004 in accordance with the requirements of regulation 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994.

Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

Statutory Rule Title of applied, adopted or Matter in applied, provision incorporated document adopted or incorporated document

Regulation 4 Trade Practices (Consumer Whole Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations of the Commonwealth (1997 No. 21) as amended from time to time.