Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The regulations
may prescribe a product quality standard to be used for textile products,
footwear, or furniture.
(2) For the purposes
of this section —
fibre means wool, hair, silk, cotton, linen, and
any other fibrous material, whether natural or artificial;
furniture means articles of which wood, reeds,
rattan, cane, seagrass or metal comprise the whole or part and such as are
usually made or assembled by cabinet makers, assemblers in the furnishing
trades, chair and couch makers, upholsterers, wood carvers, or wood turners;
and
textile products —
(a)
means —
(i)
woven, knitted or felted materials manufactured from
fibre;
(ii)
threads and lace,
whether in the piece
or roll or in apparel, and
(iii)
tops and yarns;
(iv)
carpets; and
(v)
any goods declared by the regulations to be textile
products for the purposes of this Act,
but
(b) does
not include anything which by the regulations is excluded from this
definition.
(3) A product quality
standard for goods shall consist of such requirements as to —
(a)
performance, composition, contents, methods of manufacture or processing,
design, construction, materials, finish or packaging of the goods;
(b)
other characteristics of the goods;
(c) the
testing of the goods; and
(d) the
marking, stamping or labelling of the goods,
as are reasonably
necessary to ensure that the goods are of such quality as to be reasonably fit
for the purpose for which goods of the kind are ordinarily used.
(4) Regulations made
for the purposes of this Division may prescribe offences and provide penalties
in respect of the marking, stamping or labelling of goods to which the
Division applies.