WHEREAS it is provided by section 63AA (1) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 that the Minister may by notice under his hand published in the Gazette, declare that, in respect of goods of a kind specified in the notice a particular standard, or a particular part of a standard, prepared or approved by the Standards Association of Australia or by a prescribed association or body, or such a standard or a part of a standard with additions or variations specified in the notice, is a consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 62 or a consumer product information standard for the purposes of section 63.

NOW THEREFORE I, Wallace Clyde Fife, the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs, declare that, in respect of goods specified in Division 1 of the schedule to this Notice, the standard specified in Division 2 of the schedule as varied by the variation specified in Division 3 of the Schedule, is a consumer product safety standard for the purposes of section 62 of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Protective helmets for motor cyclists for use on public roads. Australian Standard 1698-1974, "Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users", approved by the Standards Association of Australia on 27 September 1974 and as amended by Amendment No 1 of September 1977 and amendment No 2 OF May 1978. The Standard specified in Division 2 is varied by deleting paragraph (g) of clause 14, and substituting in its place the following paragraph '(g)The registered Certification Mark of the Standards Association of Australia, encircled by the words
"Approved to Australian Standard 1698".'