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Consumer Goods (Infant Products) Information 
Standard 2023 
I, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer, make the following information standard. 
Dated     2023 
Stephen Jones [DRAFT ONLY—NOT FOR SIGNATURE]  
Assistant Treasurer  
Minister for Financial Services  
 
   
      
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 Consumer Goods (Infant Products) Information Standard 2023  i 
  
 Contents  
Part  1—Preliminary  1 
1 Name  ........................................................................................................................... 1 
2 Commencement  .......................................................................................................... 1 
3 Authority  ..................................................................................................................... 1 
4 Application  ................................................................................................................. 1 
5 Definitions  .................................................................................................................. 2 
Part  2—Information standard for infant products  3 
Division  1—General requirements  3 
6 Information to be provided with infant products  ......................................................... 3 
7 Markings requ ired for infant products  ........................................................................ 3 
Division  2—Warnings  4 
8 Warnings on infant products  ....................................................................................... 4 
9 Warnings on packaging of infant products  .................................................................. 4 
10 Warnings to be displayed online or in store  ................................................................ 5 
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Section  1 
 
 Consumer Goods (Infant Products) Information Standard 2023  1 
  
 Part 1—Preliminary  
   
1  Name  
  This instrument is  the Consumer Goods (Infant Products) Information Standard 
2023.  
2  Commencement  
 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, 
or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any 
other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.  
 
Commencement information  
Column 1  Column 2  Column 3  
Provisions  Commencement  Date/Details  
1.  The whole of this 
instrument  The day after the end of the  period of 18 months 
beginning on the day the Consumer Goods (Infant 
Sleep Products) Safety Standard 2023  commences.   
Note:  This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument  as originally made. It will 
not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.  
 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument . 
Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in 
any published version of this instrument . 
3  Authority  
  This instrument is  made under subsection 134 (1) of the Australian Consumer 
Law.  
Note:  The reference to the Austral ian Consumer Law is a reference to Schedule 2 to the 
Competition and Consumer Act 2010  as it applies as a law of the Commonwealth, 
States and Territories: see section  140K of that Act and corresponding provisions of 
Acts of States and Territories applying that Schedule.  
4  Application  
 (1) This instrument applies to  infant products . 
 (2) However, this instrument does not apply to the following:  
 (a) an accessory that attaches to, or is used with, an infant product;  
 (b) a product that is regulated by  any ot her information standard that is in force 
for products of that kind;  
 (c) a product that is regulated by any safety standard (other than the Consumer 
Goods (Infant Sleep Products) Safety Standard 2023 ) that is in force for 
products of that kind;  
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Section  5 
 
2 Consumer Goods (Infant Products) Information Standard 2023   
  
  (e) a product designed to carry an infant on the body of another person.  
5  Definitions  
Note:  A number of  expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Australian 
Consumer Law , including information standard  and safety standard . 
  In this instrument:  
electronic platform  means a service that enables a  business to supply , or offer to 
supply, goods or services to consumers over the internet (whether by a website, 
an online marketplace or other means , and whether operated by that business or 
another business ). 
inclined non- sleep product  means a product  that: 
 (a) is designed, intended, marketed, supplied, or offered for supply, for use by 
an infant ; and 
 (b) has a surface on which an infant may lay ; and  
 (c) when us ed, may position the infant’s head above the horizontal; and  
 (d) is not supplied, or offered for supply, as an infant sleep product  and does 
not purport that it is suitable for infant sleep, even if an infant may fall 
asleep when using the product.  
infant , in relation to an infant product, means:  
 (a) a person under the age of 12 months; or  
 (b) a person over the age of 12 months that might reasonably use the product.  
infant product  means:  
 (a) an infant sleep product; or  
 (b) an inclined non- sleep product.  
infant sleep product : 
 (a) means a product that:  
 (i) is designed, intended, marketed, supplied, or offered for supply, for 
use as a sleeping facility for an infant or for use as a facility to soothe 
or settle an infant; and  
 (ii) has a surface on which an infant may lay ; and  
 (b) includes a product that is designed to convert to an infant sleep product.  
retail premises  means premises in which consumer goods  are displayed for retail 
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Information standard for infant products   Part 2  
General requirements   Division 1  
 
Section  6 
 
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 Part 2—Information standard for infant products  
Division  1—General requirements  
6  In formation  to be provided with infant product s 
 (1) Information relating to the safe use of an infant product must be supplied with 
the product . 
 (2) The information must  appear in text and include  the following : 
 (a) if the product is not supplied fully assembled : 
 (i) instructions on how to assemble the pr oduct;  and 
 (ii) a list of the product’s parts;  
 (b) if the product can be folded or collapsed without disassembly —instructions 
on how to fold or collapse the product and the reverse ; 
 (c) if the product is designed to be used with a mattress —the dimensions of  the 
mattress recommended by the manufacturer;  
 (d) if the height of the product is adjustable —instructions on how to adjust the 
height of the product;  
 (e) a warning that consists of t he words  “WARNING: check this product 
regularly before using it, and do not use it if any part is loose or missing or 
if there are any signs of damage. Do not substitute parts. Contact the 
manufacturer if replacement parts or additional instructions are needed”;  
 (f) each warning required under section 8 to be marked on the product;  
 (g) all other relevant information  (if any) that relates to the safe use and 
maintenance of the product.  
7  Markings  required for infant products  
  An infant product must be cl early and permanently marked with:  
 (a) if the product is manufactured in Australia or New Zealand:  
 (i) the manufacturer’s name and address; or  
 (ii) the manufacturer’s trade mark and address; or  
 (b) if the  product  is not manufactured in Australia or New Zealand:  
 (i) the product’s country of origin; and  
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Part 2   Information standard for infant products  
Division 2   Warnings  
 
Section  8 
 
4 Consumer Goods (Infant Products) Information Standard 2023   
  
 Division  2—Warnings  
8  Warnings on infant products  
Warnings required for all infant products 
 (1) The following warnings (or words to that effect) must be marked  on a n infant 
product: 
 (a) WARNING: do not place this product near a blind, door, cord, strap or 
similar item that could become wrapped around an infant’s neck;  
 (b) WARNING: infant should be placed to sleep on a firm, flat surface; 
 (c) WARNING: do not put objects or accessories in an infant’s sleep 
environment; 
 (d) WARNING:  place infant on their back when using this product. 
Additional warnings for inclined non- sleep products  
 (2) The following warnings (or words to that effect) must also be marked on an 
infant product that is an inclined non- sleep product:  
 (a) do not use this product for infant sleep;  
 (b) do not leave infant in this product unsupervised. 
Requirements for warnings on infant products 
 (3) A warning that is required under this section  to be marked on an infant product 
must : 
 (a) appear in text; and 
 (b) be clearly visible, prominent and legible ; and  
 (c) be durable and permanently affixed to the infant product. 
 (4) The warning must include both:  
 (a) the alert word “ WARNING ” with the letters of the alert word in upper 
case;  and 
 (b) an internationally recognised safety alert symbol that consists of a triangle 
that is at least 6 millimetres high  and has an  exclamation mark inside it. 
9  Warnings on packaging of infant products  
Warnings for packaging material 
 (1) If packaging is supplied with an infant product, the external packaging of the 
product must be marked with each warning required under section 8 to be 
marked on the product. The warnings must be clearly visible without the 
packaging being opened.  
Warnings for plastic packag ing material 
 (2) If plastic packaging or wrapping is supplied with an infant product, t he 
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 words “TO AVOID DANGER OF SUFFOCATION TO BABIES AND 
CHILDREN, DISPOSE OF PLASTIC PACKAGING IMMEDIATELY”.  
Requirements for warnings on packaging of infant products  
 (3) A wa rning that is required under this section  to be marked on the packaging of an 
infant product must:  
 (a) appear in text; and  
 (b) be clearly visible, prominent and legible; and  
 (c) be durable and permanently affixed to the packaging.  
 (4) The warning must include both:  
 (a) the alert word  “WARNING ” with the letters of the alert word in upper 
case; and  
 (b) an internationally recognised safety alert symbol  that consists of a triangle 
that is at least 6 millimetres high  and has an exclamation mark inside it.  
10  Warnings to be displayed  online  or in store 
 (1) If a person:  
 (a) carries on a business that supplies an infant product ; and  
 (b) uses an electronic platform to offer for supply  the infant product  to 
consumers ; 
the person must cause each warning  that is required under section 8 to be marked 
on the product to also be visibly, prominently and legibly included in the infant  
product ’s description provided by the platform.  
 (2) If a person:  
 (a) carries on  a business  that supplies an infant pro duct; and  
 (b) uses a retail premises to  offer for supply the infant product  to consumers ; 
the person must cause each warning that is required under section 8 to be marked 
on the product to also be visibly, prominently and legibly displayed with the 
infant product  at the premises.