New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 26

26 Safety standards

(1) The regulations may prescribe a product safety standard for a specified kind of goods.

(2) A product safety standard for 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,

(b) the testing of the goods during, or after the completion of, manufacture or processing,

(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 reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce risk of injury to a person.