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, Lionel Bowen, Attorney General, 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.

(a) Australian Standard 1698-1980, "Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users", published by the Standards Association of Australia on 1 December 1980 and amended by Amendment No. 1 published on 9 November 1984 ; or

(b) Australian Standard 1698-1980, "Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users", published by the Standards Association of Australia on 1 December 1980 and amended by Amendment No. 1 published on 9 November 1984 and Amendment No. 2 published on 6 January 1986.

The standard specified in Division 2(a) and the standard specified in Division 2(b) are each varied by :-

(i) deleting from clause 3.4 "AS 1609" and inserting "AS 1609-1981"; and

(ii) deleting clause 14(g).

Note - The revocation of the 1985 notice is missing. An original is needed to confirm the content