Unsafe goods – lead in children's toys
Below is an outline of guidance available on lead in children's toys.
Unsafe Goods (Lead in children's toys) Notice 2009
The New Zealand Gazette No. 39, 26 March 2009, published the Unsafe Goods (Lead in children's toys) Notice 2009. The notice is made in accordance with section 31(3) of the Fair Trading Act 1986.
Children's toys which contain lead in their accessible parts at a migration level greater than 90 mg/kg of toy material are declared to be unsafe goods and are prohibited from supply indefinitely.
Migration level means the value calculated after testing in accordance with the procedures and result interpretation provisions of the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003 entitled 'Safety of toys, Part 3: Migration of certain elements'.
Explanatory note: This notice declares children's toys which contain lead in their accessible parts at a migration level of greater than 90 mg/kg of toy material to be unsafe goods and prohibits the supply of the goods indefinitely under section 31 of the Fair Trading Act 1986.
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[more]Revised requirements for pedal cycles – draft available for public comment
DR09026 Pedal bicycles – Safety requirements (Revision of AS/NZS 1927:1998) is available for you to comment on. The closing date for comment is 3 June 2009.
Specifies safety requirements for the design, assembly, and performance of all types of pedal bicycles and sub-assemblies of pedal bicycles having a wheelbase of 640 mm or greater, but excludes track racers and one-of-a-kind bicycles.
The principal changes from the previous edition of this Standard are:
- deletion of reference to power assisted bicycles
- simplification of labelling of unassembled or partly assembled bicycles regarding the need for a skilled assembly mechanic
- the limitation on projections on the bicycle in front of the rider relaxed for front-of-rider child carrier seats and water bottle provision
- deletion of requirement for pedal reflectors if pedals are the sole clip type
- modification of the front hub retention test
- deletion of the roadworthiness test
- deletion of the wet braking test requirements.
→ Download a free copy of DR09026.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
AS/NZS 2512 Methods of testing protective helmets
AS/NZS 2512.1:2009 Definitions and headforms
Sets out general information relating to the methods of testing protective helmets and defines commonly used terms. It also specifies materials and sizing of headforms for use in the testing of protective helmets.
Supersedes AS/NZS 2512.1:1998.
AS/NZS 2512.7 Determination of stability of protective helmets
AS/NZS 2512.7.2:2009 Dynamic stability
Sets out a method for determining the stability of a protective helmet on a test headform when subjected to a dynamic force.
Supersedes AS/NZS 2512.7.2:1998.
AS/NZS 3696 Wheelchairs
AS/NZS 3696.19:2009 Wheeled mobility devices for use as seats in motor vehicles
Applies to all manual and powered wheelchairs, including scooters, which, in addition to their primary function as wheeled mobility devices, are also likely to be used as forward-facing seats in motor vehicles by children and adults with a body mass equal to or greater than 22 kg.
AS/NZS 10542 Technical systems and aids for disabled or handicapped persons – Wheelchair tiedown and occupant-restraint systems
AS/NZS 10542.1:2009 Requirements and test methods for all systems
Provides performance requirements and test methods, instructions and labelling for wheelchair and occupant restraint systems that use belt-type occupant restraints. Adopted from ISO 10542-1:2001 with national modifications.
AS/NZS 10542.2:2009 Four-point, strap-type, tiedown systems
Specifies the performance requirements and test methods, instructions, and labelling for wheelchair and occupant restraint systems using four-point, strap-type, tiedown systems. Adopted from ISO 10542-2:2001 with national modifications.
STANDARDS WITHDRAWN
AS/NZS 2512 Methods of testing protective helmets
AS/NZS 2512.1:1998 Definitions and headforms
Withdrawn and superseded by AS/NZS 2512.1:2009.
AS/NZS 2512.7.2:1998 Determination of stability of protective helmets - Dynamic stability
Withdrawn and superseded by AS/NZS 2512.7.2:2009.