COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010

Consumer Protection Notice No.  17  of 2011

PERMANENT BAN ON SKY LANTERNS

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

‘Sky Lanterns’. A Sky Lantern is essentially a miniature, unmanned hot air balloon that relies on an open flame as a heat source to heat the air inside the lantern with the intention of causing it to lift into the atmosphere.

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