Preserve the goods and check a Victorian interim ban
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Build an inventory of the goods, batch, packaging and any recall notice on the file. Note whether any ban is a Victorian interim ban or a Commonwealth ban. Do not treat a recall as proof of a defect.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide what is kept and whether a hold letter goes to a supplier.
- Check a Victorian interim ban: 60 days, which may be extended by 30 days twice, and only in Victoria.
- Check both. A Commonwealth interim ban and a permanent ban apply nationally.
- Do not treat the supplier's mandatory report of death or serious injury as a plaintiff filing.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. The goods themselves, and any Victorian interim ban
Produce. An inventory, a note of any Victorian interim ban, and any hold letter the lawyer settles.
Have ready. Photographs and batch codes; The public recall record; Any ban notice on the file.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A Victorian interim ban covers the product and a Commonwealth recall does not. The lawyer records both and does not treat either as proof of a safety defect.
Stop and hand it back when
- A state interim ban is described as national.
- The goods are discarded before the batch code is recorded.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Build an inventory of the goods, batch, packaging and any recall notice on the file. Note whether any ban is a Victorian interim ban or a Commonwealth ban. Do not treat a recall as proof of a defect. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Match the batch code on the goods to the invoice and to any recall on the file.
- Keep packaging, marks, instructions and warnings. They are s 9(2) circumstances.
- Do not treat a recall or a ban as itself proving a safety defect.
- Do not load injury photographs into a public tool.
Sources
- ACCC: Product safety laws and liability · 2026-10-23
- Australian Consumer Law, s 9 · 2026-10-23
If the work reaches the Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC GEN 25 requires the lawyer to verify output. Do not put health records into a public AI tool. One AI tool cannot verify another.
No Victorian rule number for preservation of property was opened.