Appendix A: Gazette Notice - Unsafe Goods (Rubber Hot Water Bottles) Notice 2004

• Notice
• Schedule
• Explanatory Note

Pursuant to section 31 of the Fair Trading Act 1986, the Minister of Consumer Affairs gives the following notice.

Notice

• Title - This notice may be cited as the Unsafe Goods (Rubber Hot Water Bottles) Notice 2004.
• Certain hot water bottles declared to be unsafe goods - The goods described in the Schedule to this notice are declared to be unsafe goods.
• Certain hot water bottles exempt - This notice does not apply to rubber hot water bottles that are carried in the baggage or effects of a person arriving in New Zealand where the number of hot water bottles carried is four (4) or less.
• New Zealand Customs Service requirements - All persons importing rubber hot water bottles into New Zealand must produce to a New Zealand Customs Officer:
  1. documentation showing that the rubber hot water bottles comply with clauses (1) and (2) of the schedule; and
  2. a statutory declaration that the documents produced relate to those rubber hot water bottles being imported.

Schedule

Rubber hot water bottles which do not:

1. meet BS 1970:2001 Hot water bottles manufactured from rubber and PVC specification; and
2. show compliance of less than 12 months old with BS1970:2001 from a laboratory accredited to ISO 17025.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of November 2004.

Judith Tizard
Minister of Consumer Affairs.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice but is intended to indicate its general effect.

Under s 31(2) of the Act, unless it is sooner revoked, the notice remains in force for a period of 18 months after the date of publication in the Gazette.

It is an offence under the Fair Trading Act 1986 to supply, or offer to supply, or advertise to supply, goods which are declared to be unsafe goods.

Section 33 of that Act prohibits the importation of such goods into New Zealand.

Please note that all persons bringing rubber hot water bottles into New Zealand must comply with the requirements of New Zealand Customs Service.