Consumer Goods (Bean Bags) Safety Standard 2014
- Citation
- F2014L01587
- Jurisdiction
- AU
- Made by
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (2 obligations)
Every bean bag, bean bag cover and retail package containing bean bag filling must have a warning label fixed securely to it or stamped on it, reading: WARNING. Children can suffocate if bean bag filling is swallowed or inhaled. Do not let children climb inside this bean bag. A bean bag is not a safe sleeping surface for an infant under 12 months of age.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Home textiles, consumer products, textiles
- Markets
- AU
- Entry into force
- 2015-07-14
The typography is prescribed, not left to the maker: the word WARNING in upper case red letters at least 5 millimetres high on a white background, the remaining words in upper and lower case as the section sets them out with upper case letters at least 5 millimetres high, the words "not a safe" in bold, and the whole conspicuously displayed. The duty attaches to the cover separately from the bag, so a maker who supplies covers alone is caught. Made under the Australian Consumer Law, which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The instrument sets the content of the standard; what follows from supplying goods that do not meet it sits in that Law and not here.
Drafted from section 8, subsections (1) and (2), of the compilation prepared 21 October 2015.
Every bean bag and bean bag cover must have a child-resistant slide-fastener fitted to every opening through which bean bag filling can be inserted or removed, and must not be supplied with any tag, handle or other object which could facilitate the movement of the slide-fastener sliding piece.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Home textiles, consumer products, clothing accessories
- Markets
- AU
- Entry into force
- 2015-07-14
Two duties in one section and the second is easy to miss: fitting a compliant fastener is not enough if a pull tab, cord or handle is supplied that makes it easier for a child to work. The requirement is on every filling opening, not on the main opening only. Section 9 was amended by F2015L01146. Made under the Australian Consumer Law, which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The instrument sets the content of the standard; what follows from supplying goods that do not meet it sits in that Law and not here.
Drafted from section 9, subsections (1) and (2).
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