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Fwd: : FW: Helmet 2
Sep 26 2011, 8:46 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 26 2011, 8:46 PM EDT
ACTION - Right now, is the time to write to your local Roads Minister (NOT the roads authority - we have taken this via the political route due to failure of the administrative route)
- send 'em a copy of Two Wheels and point to your local Road Rules
- if you'd like me to draft the content, along with your local legislative references, ask. More than happy to do that. Each jurisdiction is different.
- however, this may not be necessary, there’s enough public embarrassment in Two Wheels to motivate them. I just favour making sure with a coup de grâce.
- it may be worth the ink to write and ask that the Road Rules reference Consumer Protection Notice No.9, rather than directly reference AS/NZS 1698, due to the impending review of the mandatory standard.


(b) Bradbury has flagged a review of the mandatory Standard. (“sale” laws)

COMMENT: We have to be clear at this point. There are TWO things here. Follow carefully.

(i) The VOLUNTARY Standard is "any Standard published by SAI Global" - effectively any Standard produced by Standards Australia.
- this is all a bit murky. When Standards Australia sold off its QAS division into SAI Global, SAI Global emerged with a contract to publish and distribute all Standards produced by Standards Australia.
- SAI Global and Standards Australia have refused to allow publication of the agreement for this, claiming “commercial-in-confidence”.
- end result is that SAI Global is now “the publisher” – a word used in legislation and it creates confusion.
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