COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Trade Practices Act 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 4 of 2006

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD FOR BABIES’ DUMMIES

I, Chris Pearce, pursuant to subsection 65E (1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 and for the purposes of section 65C of that Act, hereby DECLARE that the consumer product safety standard for babies’ dummies is the standard approved by Standards Australia specified in Division 1 of the Schedule, as varied by Division 2 of the Schedule.

THE SCHEDULE

Division 1: The Standard

Australian Standard AS 2432-1991, Babies’ Dummies, published by Standards Australia on 15 November 1991.

Division 2: Variations

AS 2432-1991 is varied by

(i)            Deleting clauses 3 and 5;

(ii)            Amend clause 6.1 by deleting the words “and 6.3”;

(iii)            Deleting clause 6.3;

(iv)            Amending clause 6.4.2 by deleting paragraph 6.4.2(a), in paragraph 6.4.2(c)(iii) deleting “25 mm” and substituting “15 mm”, and in the note following 6.4.2(d)(ii) delete all the measurements “25 mm” and replace with “15 mm”;

(v)            Amending clause 6.4.3 by deleting the notes following 6.4.3(c);

(vi)            Deleting clauses 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4;

(vii)            Deleting clause 9.1 and substituting a new clause 9.1 as follows:

“9.1 General   The pack shall be legibly labelled with the name and address of the Australian manufacturer or Australian distributor.”

(viii)            Deleting clause 9.3 and all its subclauses and substituting a new clause 9.3 as follows:

“9.3 Warning notice   The pack shall bear a clear and legible warning notice which shall include the following words or words that have the same meaning:

                                             WARNING
DO NOT TIE DUMMY AROUND BABY’S NECK AS IT PRESENTS A STRANGULATION HAZARD.
 

In the warning notice the word ‘PACIFIER’ or ‘SOOTHER’ may be substituted for the word ‘DUMMY’.”;

(ix)            Deleting Appendix A;

(x)            Amending Appendix C by deleting clause C2 and substituting a new clause C2 as follows:

“C2 PRINCIPLE   A dummy is placed centrally on the test template with its major and minor axes aligned with the major and minor axes of the template and the teat protruding down through the opening. A specified tensile force is applied to the teat in an attempt to force the dummy through the opening in the template. If the dummy is not forced through the opening in the template, the dummy is inverted and the procedure repeated.”;

(xi)            Amending Appendix C clause C3 by deleting from the title the words “AND REAGENT”, and deleting from the text the words “and reagent are” and substituting the word “is”;
deleting paragraph C3(b); and
deleting the second paragraph of clause C3(c) and substituting the words,

“The test template shall have inscribed on it the major axis (I) and the minor axis (II).”;

(xii)            Amending Appendix C clause C4 by deleting the words, “shall be representative of the batch and”;

(xiii)            Amending Appendix C clause C6 by:

deleting paragraph C6(c);
deleting paragraph C6(d) and substituting a new paragraph as follows:

“(d)  Place the dummy, teat down, in the opening of the template as shown in Figure C2, so that the major axis of the shield aligns with the major axis I-I of the template and the minor axis of the shield aligns with the minor axis II-II of the template.”;

deleting paragraphs C6(h) and C6(i);
deleting paragraph C6(j) and substituting a new paragraph as follows:

“(j)  Place the dummy, teat up, in the opening of the template as shown in Figure C3, so that the major axis of the shield aligns with the major axis I-I of the template and the minor axis of the shield aligns with the minor axis II-II of the template.”; and

deleting paragraph C6(m);

(xiv)            Deleting Appendix D;

(xv)            Amending Appendix E clause E2 by deleting the words, “immersed in a wetting solution and then”;

(xvi)            Amending Appendix E clause E3 by deleting from the title the words “AND REAGENT”, deleting from the text the words “and reagent are” and substituting the word “is”; and
deleting clause E3(c);

(xvii)            Amending Appendix E clause E4 by deleting the words, “shall be representative of the batch and”;

(xviii)            Amending Appendix E clause E6 by:
deleting clause E6(b); and
in clause E6(c) deleting the words, “While the dummy is wet,”;

(xix)            Deleting Appendix F, Appendix G and Appendix H; and

(xx)            Amending Appendix I clause I4 by deleting the words, “shall be representative of the batch and”.

Dated this 16th day of October 2006
 

Chris Pearce
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer