Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FAIR TRADING (PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD) REGULATIONS 2001 - SCHEDULE 2

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Division 1 — AS/NZS 2063:1996

1 .         AS/NZS 2063:1996

                Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2063:1996 “Pedal cycle helmets”, published by Standards Australia on 5 May 1996 as amended by Amendment No. 1 of 5 November 1996.

Division 2 — Variations to AS/NZS 2063:1996

2 .         Clause 1

                Delete the clause.

3 .         After clause 5.6

                Insert —

“
        5.7         BMX Helmets         Helmets designed and constructed principally for use by cyclists engaged in BMX competition racing need not comply with provisions regarding ventilation openings or type testing.

”.

4 .         Clause 8.1(e)

                Delete the clause.

Division 3 — Snell Standards

5 .         Snell Standards

                “1995 Standard For Protective Headgear For Use In Bicycling”, including the “Child Helmet Addendum To Standards For Protective Headgear” published by the Snell Memorial Foundation of the United States of America and available on the Internet as the document http://www.smf.org/standards/b95‑2std.html .

6 .         Compliance with Snell Standards

                A person is not required to comply with a provision of the Standard that requires the person to obtain third party certification of a helmet.