1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Children's Clothing (Hood Cords) Regulations 1976.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st February 1976 in relation to goods sold, or in the possession of any person for the purpose of being sold, by the manufacturer or importer into Great Britain of those goods and, in any other case, shall come into operation on 1st July 1976.

2.-(1) In these Regulations-

"the Act" means the Consumer Protection Act 1961;

"outer garment" means a raincoat, overcoat, anorak or other garment suitable for use as outer wear;

"child's outer garment" means an outer garment having a measurement not exceeding 44 cm across the chest when the finished garment is laid out as flat as possible without distorting its natural two-dimensional shape and buttoned or otherwise fastened as it is designed to be in normal wear.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3. The hood of a child's outer garment shall not be designed to be secured by means of a cord drawn through the material.

4. As respects the requirements of these Regulations, subsections (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Act (which prohibits sales and possession for sale of goods and component parts not complying with regulations) shall apply in relation to goods and component parts manufactured before the imposition of those requirements notwithstanding anything in subsection (4) of that section (which exempts such goods and parts unless regulations otherwise provide).

5. Section 2(1) to (3) of the Act (other than subsection (3)(d) and (e)) (sale and possession for sale of goods and component parts not complying with regulations) shall, except as provided by the proviso to section 2(6), apply in relation to goods to which these Regulations apply as if references to selling or to a sale included references to letting under a hire-purchase agreement or on hire, and the reference to a sale under a credit-sale agreement were a reference to a letting under a hire-purchase agreement.

6. The Schedule to the Act (which relates to enforcement by local authorities) shall have effect in relation to goods to which these Regulations apply.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide that the hood of a child's outer garment shall not be designed to be secured by means of a cord drawn through the material.