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A wardrobe toppled over in a bedroom

New toppling furniture mandatory standard starts 4 May 2025

A baby safely asleep in a cot with a parent's hand on it.

New infant sleep products mandatory standards begin 19 January 2026

A pile of button batteries

Button battery standards aim to reduce risk of severe internal burns

Aquatic toys mandatory standard

The aquatic toys mandatory standard is intended to reduce the risk of serious injury or death to children from drowning.

Baby bath aids mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to baby bath aids and their packaging. The product must be sold with a permanent safety warning.

Baby dummies and dummy chains mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to babies dummies and dummy chains. The products must be designed, constructed and labelled properly.

Baby walkers mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to baby walkers’ performance, testing and labelling.

Balloon blowing kits mandatory standard

A mandatory standard applies to balloon blowing kits. They must not contain benzene.

Basketball rings and backboards mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to basketball rings and backboards. Supply of the product must include proper warning symbols, signs and installation instructions.

Bean bags mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to bean bags, bean bag covers and bean bag filling packaging. The products must be sold with a warning label and the openings of bean bags and bean bag covers must comply with the child resistance requirements.

Bicycle helmets mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to the supply of bicycle helmets to be worn when riding bikes and other recreational wheeled devices. The standard sets out the design, construction, performance, testing and safety markings for bicycle helmets.

Bicycles mandatory standard

A mandatory standard applies to pedal bicycles for their design, construction, performance and labelling. It applies to partially or fully assembled bikes.

Blinds, curtains and window fittings mandatory standard

Two mandatory safety standards apply to window coverings including curtains or blinds with a cord, and related fittings such as traverse rods or tracks used inside a building. The product must be supplied with a permanent warning label or swing tag, components for cord safety and be installed correctly.

Bunk beds mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to bunk beds. The product must follow construction, design, marking and testing requirements to comply with the standard.

Button and coin batteries mandatory information standard

A mandatory information standard is in place for button and coin batteries. Products must be sold with warning labels on their packaging. Certain button and coin batteries must contain a warning too.

Button and coin batteries mandatory safety standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to button and coin batteries. The product must be sold with child-resistant packaging and undergo product testing.

Button and coin batteries mandatory standards

Four mandatory safety and information standards apply to products containing button and coin batteries and the batteries themselves.

Care labelling for clothing and textiles mandatory standard

Clothing, textiles, furnishing, suede skins, leathers and furs must have adequate care labelling instructions attached to comply with the mandatory information standard.

Child restraints for use in motor vehicles mandatory standard

This mandatory standard applies to design, construction, performance, user instructions, marking and packaging requirements of child restraints used in motor vehicles.

Cosmetics ingredients labelling mandatory standard

The cosmetics ingredients mandatory information standard sets out the requirements for ingredients labelling of cosmetic products.

Decorative alcohol fuelled devices mandatory standard

The purpose of the mandatory standard is to prevent or reduce the risk of injury to consumers from uncontrolled fires associated with decorative alcohol fuelled devices.

Disposable cigarette lighters mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out the requirements for child resistance, labelling, testing and performance of disposable lighters.

Elastic luggage straps mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to elastic luggage straps. The product must be supplied with a permanent warning label.

Exercise cycles mandatory standard

The mandatory standard for exercise cycles prescribes requirements for construction and design. It also mandates instructions for use of the exercise cycle.

Folding cots mandatory standard

The folding cots mandatory standard applies to folding cots that are portable, used for sleeping and which can be folded when not in use. It also applies to playpens with a floor. Folding cots must have safety warning markings.

Hot water bottles mandatory standard

The mandatory standard for hot water bottles sets out requirements for design, construction, performance and labelling.

Household cots mandatory standard

The household cots mandatory standard applies to all household cots used as permanent sleeping enclosures. This includes cots that are rectangular with slat walls, circular with walls that have no slats and cots that convert to a toddler bed. Household cots must have safety warning markings.

Infant sleep products mandatory standards

There is a new safety standard for the design, performance and testing of infant sleep products. There is a new information standard requiring warning and safety information for infant sleep products and non-sleep inclined products.

Miniature motorbikes mandatory standard

The miniature motorbikes mandatory standard sets the requirements for design and construction, the user manual and safety warnings.

Moveable soccer goals mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to moveable soccer (football) goals so that suppliers construct, test and label them properly.

Nightwear for children mandatory standard

The mandatory standard applies to children’s nightwear, some children’s daywear and paper sewing patterns for children’s nightwear

Non-refillable helium cylinders mandatory standard

Non-refillable helium cylinders must contain some oxygen and must be labelled according to the mandatory standard.

Portable aerosol fire extinguishers mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets the requirements for the design, construction, labelling and performance of portable aerosol fire extinguishers.

Portable non-aerosol fire extinguishers mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets the requirements for cylinder construction, performance, testing and identification colours for portable non-aerosol fire extinguishers.

Portable ramps for vehicles mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out requirements for the design, construction, performance, testing and safety markings of a portable ramp for vehicles with a nominated capacity of up to and including 1,500 kg per ramp.

Portable swimming pools mandatory standard

A mandatory standard applies to portable swimming pools for personal use. The product must be sold with safety labelling.

Prams and strollers mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to prams and strollers for their design, construction, performance, testing, safety warnings and labels.

Products containing button and coin batteries mandatory information standard

A mandatory information standard applies to consumer goods and accessories containing button and coin batteries. The product must be sold with warnings labels and information.

Products containing button and coin batteries mandatory safety standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to consumer goods and accessories containing button and coin batteries. The product must be sold with a secure battery compartment and undergo product testing.

Projectile toys mandatory standard

The mandatory standard prescribes requirements for the design, construction and labelling of projectile toys.

Quad bikes mandatory standard

The purpose of the mandatory standard is to prevent or reduce the risk of death or injury associated with the use of quad bikes.

Recovery straps for motor vehicles mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out requirements for the information that must be provided with motor vehicle recovery straps. This includes warnings and information on the strap and packaging.

Reduced fire risk cigarettes mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out the requirements for the performance, packaging and labelling requirements of reduced fire risk cigarettes.

Self-balancing scooters mandatory standard

This mandatory safety standard applies to self-balancing scooters.

Sunglasses and fashion spectacles mandatory standard

A mandatory safety standard applies to sunglasses and fashion spectacles so they meet design, construction, performance, testing and labelling requirements.

Swimming and flotation aids mandatory standard

The mandatory safety standard sets out marking, design and construction and performance requirements for swimming and flotation aids.

Tobacco health warnings mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out the labelling, including explanatory, information, warning messages and graphics and their rotation, for tobacco products.

Toppling furniture mandatory standard

Warnings and safety information must be provided for 3 categories of furniture. This is to help avoid accidents from toppling furniture.

Toys containing lead and other elements mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out requirements for the levels of various chemicals that can be found in children's toys and finger paints and how these products must be tested.

Toys containing magnets mandatory standard

The mandatory standard prescribes requirements for the testing, warning labels for packaging, and instructions to prevent serious illness that can result if children swallow hazardous magnets.

Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age mandatory standard

The mandatory standard sets out requirements for the design and construction of toys for children up to and including 36 months of age. It was created to reduce the chances of small parts releasing or coming off toys during play or after reasonable wear and tear.

Treadmills mandatory standard

The mandatory standard for treadmills applies to exercise equipment that consists of a conveyor belt rotated either manually or by a motor. A person can walk, jog or run in one place on a treadmill. The mandatory standard prescribes labelling requirements for treadmills.

Trolley jacks mandatory standard

The mandatory standard applies to hydraulic trolley jacks designed to raise a part of a vehicle via the vehicle's chassis.

Vehicle jacks mandatory standard

The mandatory standard prescribes requirements for the design, construction, performance and provision of instructions for vehicle jacks.

Vehicle support stands mandatory standard

The mandatory standard details the requirements for the design, construction, safety marking, and packaging requirements of vehicle support stands

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