Australian Capital Territory
Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) Interim Safety Order 2010 
Notifiable instrument NI2010-10
made under the 
Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) Act 1973, s 26 Interim Safety Orders

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) Interim Safety Order 2010.
2	Interim Safety Order
This instrument prohibits the supply of goods being novelty lighters that can be easily mistaken by children under 5 years of age as children’s toys or as common household items, in the Australian Capital Territory.

Explanatory Note:

For the purpose of this order, a novelty lighter is defined as a device typically used for igniting or lighting of cigarettes, cigars or pipes that has a toy –like appearance, has entertaining audio or visual effects, or resembles in any form or function an item that is commonly recognised as appealing, attractive, or intended for use by children under 5 years of age, including such a device that takes toy-like physical forms, including toy animals, cartoon characters, cars, boats, airplanes, common household items, weapons, cell phones, batteries, food, beverages, musical instruments, and watches, whether on not the device includes a child resistant feature. 

Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney General
    12 January 2010