Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The regulations
may prescribe a product information standard to be used for a specified kind
of goods.
(2) A product
information standard for goods shall consist of requirements for, and for the
form and manner of, disclosure of such information —
(a) as
to the price, performance, composition, contents, methods of manufacture or
processing, design, construction, finish, size or packaging of the goods;
(b) as
to the place of manufacture or production of the goods;
(c) as
to the identity of the manufacturer, producer or supplier of the goods;
(d) as
to the date of the manufacture or production, and the durable life, of the
goods;
(e) as
to the suitability of particular methods of cleaning, washing or otherwise
caring for, or as to storage of, the goods;
(f) as
to the flammability of the goods, or for other safety or protective purposes;
or
(g)
otherwise relating to goods of that class or description,
as is reasonably
necessary to give persons using the goods information as to their origin,
quantity, quality, nature, durability, value or safety.
(3) Regulations made
under subsection (1) may —
(a)
adopt either wholly or in part and either specifically or by reference any
Australian Standard or any of the standards, rules, codes or
specifications —
(i)
of Standards Australia; or
(ii)
of a specified prescribed body,
with or without
specified additions or variations; and
(b)
prescribe any specified class or description of goods, notwithstanding that
the goods are for use only as component parts of other goods (whether or not
those other goods are goods of a prescribed class or description).
(4) Regulations made
pursuant to this section may also require that the surface burning time
of any article of clothing, textile, fabric or other goods to which a product
information standard applies shall be not less that such minimum time as is
thereby prescribed, may require that a person shall not, in trade or commerce,
supply any goods to which the regulations relate unless the surface burning
time of the goods exceeds the minimum time prescribed in respect of those
goods and may provide for and prescribe penalties for contravention of the
regulations.
(5) In this section,
specified means specified in the regulations.
[Section 59 amended by No. 74 of 2003
s. 53(4).]