I, KELLY O’DWYER, Minister for Small Business & Assistant Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 104(1) of Schedule 2 to the Competition
and Consumer Act 2010 (the Australian Consumer Law), hereby REVOKE the safety standard for protective helmets for motor cyclists made
under section 104(1) of the Australian Consumer Law on 1 January 2011 by reason of Item 4 of Schedule 7 of the Trade Practices
Amendment(Australian Consumer Law) Act (No.2) 2010 (see note 1 below).
This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
1.
The set of requirements for the safety standard revoked by this Notice are the same requirements as those which were
prescribed as the consumer product safety standard for protective helmets for motor cyclists for the purposes of section 65C of the Trade
Practices Act 1974. Those requirements are contained in Trade Practices Act 1974 – Consumer Protection Notice No.9 of 1990 – Consumer
Product Safety Standard: Protective Helmets for Motor Cyclists (Federal Register of Legislative Instruments No. F2005B01097).
Dated this 20 day of November 2015
Kelly O’Dwyer
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer
This revocation means there are now no national standards for the sale of Vehicle User Helmets in Australia
The original and the explanatory notes are available at
Comlaw