New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FAIR TRADING (GENERAL) REGULATION 2002 - REG 74L

74L Safety standard

The product safety standard prescribed for rubber hot water bottles is that they must comply with the following provisions of BS 1970:2001 :

(a) Clause 4.2 (Thickness),

(b) Clause 4.3 (Filling characteristics),

(c) Clause 5.1 (General), modified as follows:

(i) by omitting the words “ C.1 and C.2 ” from the first paragraph and by inserting instead the words “Annex C - C.3 Test 1 and Annex C - C.4 Test 2”,

(ii) by omitting all of the words in the second paragraph,

(d) Clause 5.2 (Test for separation of screwed closures),

(e) Clause 5.3 (Rubber components),

(f) Clause 6.1 (Leakage),

(g) Clause 6.2 (Strength of bonded (or welded) seams),

(h) Clause 6.3 (Pressure test),

(i) Clause 6.4.2 (Tensile tests for rubber hot water bottles),

(j) Clause 6.5.1 (Tension set for rubber hot water bottles),

(k) Clause 8.1 (General), modified by omitting the words “the identification of the European manufacturer, or the UK distributor for bottles manufactured outside the European Union, and”.