Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1998    No. 364

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Dated 17 December 1998.

WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

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Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

 

Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1998    No. 3642

made under the

Trade Practices Act 1974

 

 

Contents

 Page

 1 Name of regulations 2

 2 Commencement 2

 3 Amendment of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations              2

Schedule 1 Amendments of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations              3

 

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1 Name of regulations

  These regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations

  Schedule 1 amends the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations.

Schedule 1 Amendments of Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations

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[1] Regulation 1

 substitute

1 Name of regulations

  These regulations are the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Information Standards) (Cosmetics) Regulations 1991.

[2] Subregulation 5 (6)

 substitute

 (6) If a cosmetic product may contain a colour additive mentioned in subregulation (4), the list of ingredients:

 (a) must say that the product may contain the additive; and

 (b) must do so by using:

 (i) the words ‘may contain’ (or other words of similar meaning) and the name of the additive; or

 (ii) the symbol ‘+/-’ and the name of the additive.

[3] Paragraph 5 (7) (a)

 substitute

 (a) the word ‘flavour’, ‘flavours’, ‘aroma’ or ‘aromas’; or

[4] Paragraph 5 (8) (a)

 substitute

 (a) the word ‘fragrance’, ‘fragrances’, ‘parfum’ or ‘parfums’; or

[5] Regulation 6

 substitute

6   Form of ingredients list

 (1) A list of ingredients must be:

 (a) prominently shown; and

 (b) clearly legible.

 (2) The names of the ingredients in the list must be either their English names or their International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient names.

 (3) There may also be a list of ingredients in another language.

Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1991 No. 327.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 17 December 1998, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1998.  Administered by the Minister for Financial Services and Regulation.