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Fair Trading Act 1986

Product safety

30B: Review of product safety policy statements

You could also call this:

“The government checks if safety rules for products are still good every five years”

The Ministry must review a product safety policy statement every five years after it was issued or last reviewed. After the review, they must write a report for the Minister. This report should say whether they think the statement should stay the same, be changed, be cancelled, or be replaced.

Before writing the report, the Ministry needs to talk to people who will be affected by their suggestions. These people must get a chance to share their thoughts. The Ministry has to think about what these people say.

When the Minister gets the report, they need to look at the suggestions and what people said about them. Then, the Minister decides what to do with the statement. They can keep it the same, change it, cancel it, or replace it. The Minister must make sure everyone can see their decision on the Ministry’s website.

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Part 3 Product safety

30BReview of product safety policy statements

  1. The Ministry must—

  2. review a product safety policy statement issued under section 30A within 5 years after its issue or (in the case of a subsequent review) within 5 years after the last review; and
    1. immediately following the review, prepare a report on the review for the Minister.

      1. The report must include recommendations to the Minister on whether the statement should be continued, amended, revoked, or replaced.

      2. However, the Ministry must not prepare a report under this section unless—

      3. the Ministry has consulted such persons or representatives of such persons as the Ministry considers will be substantially affected by the proposed recommendations, and those persons have had the opportunity to comment to the Ministry; and
        1. the Ministry has considered any such comments.

          1. As soon as practicable after receiving the report, the Minister must—

          2. consider the recommendations and any comments received by the Ministry under subsection (3)(a); and
            1. decide whether to continue, amend, revoke, or replace the statement; and
              1. ensure that the Minister's decision is available to the public, at all reasonable times, on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Ministry.

                Notes
                • Section 30B: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Fair Trading Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 143).