Consumer Goods (Children’s Nightwear and Limited Daywear and Paper Patterns for Children’s Nightwear) Safety Standard 2017
- Citation
- F2017L00452
- Jurisdiction
- AU
- Made by
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1249:2014 Children’s nightwear and limited daywear having reduced fire hazard is declared to be a safety standard for children’s nightwear and limited daywear to which that standard applies, other than second-hand articles.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Childrenswear, apparel, textiles
- Markets
- AU
- Entry into force
- 2020-01-01
Section 5 fixes the edition of AS/NZS 1249 as the one in force on 15 September 2017. Section 6, which until 1 January 2020 allowed articles to meet either the 2007 Regulations or the Australian Standard, provided for its own repeal on that date and Endnote 4 of the compilation records it as repealed. The instrument is made under sections 104 and 105 of the Australian Consumer Law. The instrument sets the content of the standard. What follows from supplying goods that do not meet it sits in the Australian Consumer Law, which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and is not part of this instrument.
Drafted from section 7 of Compilation No. 1, with the two defined terms taken from section 5.
A paper pattern for children’s nightwear to which the Australian Standard applies must be contained in retail packaging whose outside bears a clearly legible fire warning in the wording set by section 10.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- AU
- Entry into force
- 2020-01-01
Section 8, the equivalent duty for patterns for nightwear under the superseded 2007 Regulations, provided for its own repeal on 1 January 2020 and Endnote 4 records it as repealed. The instrument sets the content of the standard. What follows from supplying goods that do not meet it sits in the Australian Consumer Law, which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and is not part of this instrument.
Drafted from section 9 of Compilation No. 1.
The warning on the packaging of a paper pattern is to read: FIRE WARNING. Regardless of the fabrics recommended on this package as suitable for this garment, for the safety of your children, do not make loose-fitting or nightdress styles from fabrics which burn readily. Avoid chenille, molleton and flannelette fabrics made from 100% cotton, and acrylic fabrics. The lettering must be at least 2 millimetres high, and the words FIRE WARNING must be in bold and upper case.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- AU
- Entry into force
- 2020-01-01
The height requirement applies to the lettering of the warning as a whole; the bold and upper-case requirement is stated only for the words FIRE WARNING. The instrument sets the content of the standard. What follows from supplying goods that do not meet it sits in the Australian Consumer Law, which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and is not part of this instrument.
Drafted from section 10, subsections (1) and (2), of Compilation No. 1. The wording is quoted as the instrument prints it.
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