Consumer Goods (Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries) Information Standard 2020 (Cth)

Consumer Goods (Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries) Information Standard 2020 I, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following information standard.

Dated 18 December 2020

Michael Sukkar Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Meaning of internationally recognised safety alert symbol 6 Application Part 2—Requirements 7 Requirements to be complied with on and after application day 8 Consumer goods with button/coin batteries—general requirement for warning 9 Warning requirements for consumer goods with lower risk profile 10 Warnings must comply with size, legibility and durability standards Part 3—Recommendations 11 Purpose of this Part 12 Consumer goods containing button/coin batteries should have warning on goods 13 Packaging for consumer goods containing button/coin batteries should have warning about goods 14 Consumer goods containing button/coin batteries supplied with electronic platform should include warnings 15 Contact information for Australian Poisons Information Centre should be included with consumer goods containing button/coin batteries 16 Consumer goods containing button/coin batteries should include advice about the safe disposal of button/coin batteries

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries) Information Standard 2020.

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 this instrument is registered. 22 December 2020