When it comes to an injury, prevention is better than cure, and therefore CAV promotes the provision of safe goods and services in the marketplace, along with industry compliance of mandatory safety standards.

With the Fair Trading Act 1999, the Minister for Consumer Affairs has the power to place interim and/or permanent bans on the supply of goods or services that are likely to cause death or serious injury to any person, either directly or indirectly.

Interim bans
This section provides information on how the Minister can place an interim ban on dangerous goods, and how it affects the supplier.

Permanent Bans
This section provides information on how the Minister can place a permanent ban on dangerous goods, and how it affects the supplier.

Listing of banned products
This section provides a current listing of the banned and regulated products.