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Bicycle helmets

This mandatory standard prescribes requirements for the design, construction, performance and safety marking of bicycle helmets.

Basketball rings & backboards

The mandatory standard covers requirements for safety marking and installation instructions for basketball rings and backboards.

Bicycles

The mandatory standard covers design and labelling requirements for child and adult pedal bicycles.

Self-balancing scooters

This mandatory safety standard applies to self-balancing scooters.

Exercise cycles

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

Hot water bottles

The mandatory standard for hot water bottles prescribes requirements for the design and construction, performance and labelling.

Related bans

Novelty cigarette lighters

There is a permanent ban on novelty cigarette lighters in Australia.

Toothpaste containing diethylene glycol

Toothpaste containing more than 0.25 per cent by weight of diethylene glycol (DEG) is banned from supply in Australia.

Smokeless tobacco products

Chewing tobacco and snuffs intended for oral use are banned from supply in Australia.

Glucomannan in tablet form

Glucomannan in tablet form is banned from supply in Australia.

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