Section 109 — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Interim bans on consumer goods or product related services that will or may cause injury to any person etc.

(1) A responsible Minister may, by written notice published on the internet, impose an interim ban on consumer goods of a particular kind if: (a) it appears to the responsible Minister that: (i) consumer goods of that kind will or may cause injury to any person; or (ii) a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of consumer goods of that kind will or may cause injury to any person; or (b) another responsible Minister has imposed, under paragraph (a), an interim ban: (i) on consumer goods of the same kind; or (ii) on consumer goods of a kind that includes those goods; and that ban is still in force. (2) A responsible Minister may, by written notice published on the internet, impose an interim ban on product related services of a particular kind if: (a) it appears to the responsible Minister that: (i) as a result of services of that kind being supplied, consumer goods of a particular kind will or may cause injury to any person; or (ii) a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of consumer goods of a particular kind, to which such services relate, will or may cause injury to any person as a result of such services being supplied; or (b) another responsible Minister has imposed, under paragraph (a), an interim ban: (i) on product related services of the same kind; or (ii) on product related services that include those services; and that ban is still in force.