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, Barry Cohen, Minister for Home Affairs and Environment, 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 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.

Subject to the variations described in Schedule Three the particular goods shall conform to :

(a) 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 ; or

(b) Australian Standard 1698-1980 "Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users" approved by the Standards Association of Australia on 27 August 1980.

The standard specified in Schedule Two (a) 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"

The Standard specified in Schedule Two (b) 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 "Manufactured to Australian Standard 1698".

Note - The revocation of the 1978 notice is missing. An original is needed to confirm the content