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Thank you for your email of 21 June 2010. Under the Customs Act 1901 and the Prohibited Imports Regulations 1956, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service are responsible for stopping various goods (including unsafe products) from being imported into Australia. You are correct that a declaration system is part of the approach taken by Customs.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the State and Territory fair trading authorities are responsible for stopping goods declared to be unsafe from being supplied within Australia by way of bans and mandatory standards under the Trade Practices Act 1974. If there was a ban or mandatory standard in place under the Trade Practices Act 1974 covering children’s fashion jewellery, then the ACCC would be responsible for enforcing it. Currently, levels of metals in toy jewellery are regulated by virtue of the toy standard, however, there are no specific mandatory requirements that relate to children’s fashion jewellery.
The ACCC is aware of the instances of children’s jewellery with high levels of cadmium imported into the United States, and are conducting tests on similar items available in Australia. If the test results show that cadmium or other elements are present in children’s fashion jewellery available in Australia, and it is of a form and quantity that would in reasonably foreseeable circumstances harm the health of children, we are able to recommend to the Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs that a ban or mandatory standard be declared. We expect the testing to be completed soon.
The normal wearing of jewellery is not likely to present a risk of toxicity to anyone, including children, however, giving jewellery to any child under three years of age is never recommended due to the well recognised risk of choking and strangulation.
I hope this helps answer your questions.
Basically there's little regulation at the moment but because of the problems in America they are testing some stuff to see if they need to increase regulations here. So I shall leave it for six months and then hassle them again.
And let me point out that I was right in the beginning. These are the first guys I contacted.
Thank you for your email of 21 June 2010. Under the Customs Act 1901 and the Prohibited Imports Regulations 1956, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service are responsible for stopping various goods (including unsafe products) from being imported into Australia. You are correct that a declaration system is part of the approach taken by Customs.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the State and Territory fair trading authorities are responsible for stopping goods declared to be unsafe from being supplied within Australia by way of bans and mandatory standards under the Trade Practices Act 1974. If there was a ban or mandatory standard in place under the Trade Practices Act 1974 covering children’s fashion jewellery, then the ACCC would be responsible for enforcing it. Currently, levels of metals in toy jewellery are regulated by virtue of the toy standard, however, there are no specific mandatory requirements that relate to children’s fashion jewellery.
The ACCC is aware of the instances of children’s jewellery with high levels of cadmium imported into the United States, and are conducting tests on similar items available in Australia. If the test results show that cadmium or other elements are present in children’s fashion jewellery available in Australia, and it is of a form and quantity that would in reasonably foreseeable circumstances harm the health of children, we are able to recommend to the Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs that a ban or mandatory standard be declared. We expect the testing to be completed soon.
The normal wearing of jewellery is not likely to present a risk of toxicity to anyone, including children, however, giving jewellery to any child under three years of age is never recommended due to the well recognised risk of choking and strangulation.
I hope this helps answer your questions.
Basically there's little regulation at the moment but because of the problems in America they are testing some stuff to see if they need to increase regulations here. So I shall leave it for six months and then hassle them again.
And let me point out that I was right in the beginning. These are the first guys I contacted.
