Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may prescribe a consumer product safety standard to be used for a specified kind of goods.
(2) A consumer product safety standard in relation to goods shall consist of such requirements as to—
(a) performance, composition, contents, methods of manufacture or processing, design, construction, finish or packaging of the goods; and
(b) the testing of the goods during, or after the completion of, manufacture or processing; and
(c) the form and content of markings, warnings or instructions to accompany the goods or be placed on a vending machine for the goods or a display stand or sign adjacent to the goods; and
(d) equipment or accessories to be supplied with the goods;
as are reasonable and necessary to prevent or reduce risk of injury to a person.
(3) A consumer product safety standard may apply, adopt or incorporate a law of another jurisdiction or an instrument, or a provision of a law of another jurisdiction or an instrument, as in force from time to time.
Note 1 The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act 2001, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).
Note 2 A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
(4) In this section:
"law of another jurisdiction"—see the Legislation Act, section 47 (10).