TOY - Testing & Safety Compliance

Suppliers of children’s toys are required to comply with relevant legislation to ensure that the toys that they supply are safe. It is important to confirm that toys comply with product safety standards – do not assume that they are safe.

The best way to ensure compliance with the Product Safety Standards, either in Australia or New Zealand, is to check that the toy has passed the tests set out in the prescribed specification or have the toy tested yourself.

In Australia, children’s toys are regulated by several mandatory safety standards, that may be enforced by the ACCC or by any of the State or Territory Fair Trading or Consumer Affair Departments.
These mandatory safety standards, which address physical and mechanical properties, chemical properties and/or labelling requirements, include:
- Consumer Protection Notice No. 1 of 2009 ‘Lead and certain elements’ (this standard includes finger paints)
- Consumer Protection Notice (Aquatic toys) Safety Standard 2020
- Consumer Protection Notice (Toys containing magnets) Safety Standard 2020
- Consumer Protection Notice (Projectile toys) Safety Standard 2020
- Consumer Protection Notice No. 14 of 2003 – Consumer Product Safety Standard: Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age      

AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002, as amended by the legislated protection notices of both Australia and New Zealand (The Product Safety Standards (Children's Toys) Regulations 2005) sets minimum requirements for a number of physical properties of toys designed for children up to the age of 3 years, including attachment strength of small parts, damage due to dropping, twisting or compression and tension tests of filled soft toys.

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