AUSTRALIA UPDATED MANDATORY STANDARD FOR BICYCLE HELMETS

Jul. 31 2024

In March 2024, the Consumer Goods (Bicycle Helmets) Safety Standard 2024 set out the mandatory standard requirements for bicycle helmets, applied to bicycle helmets worn when riding a bicycle and other wheeled recreational devices such as electronic bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and kick scooters. This mandatory standard was updated on 22 March 2024. There is a transition period until 21 September 2025 for suppliers to adjust to the new mandatory standard.

Under the mandatory standard update, a bicycle helmet must comply with any one of the six following standards:

Australian Standard AS/NZS 2063:2020 – Helmets for use on bicycles and wheeled recreational devices (Newly listed)
Australian Standard AS/NZS 2063:2008 – Bicycle Helmets
European standard EN 1078:2012+A1:2012 Helmets for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller skates (Newly listed)
US Consumer Product Safety Commission standard US CPSC 16 C.F.R. Part 1203 Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets (Newly listed)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International standard F1447-18 Standard Specification for Helmets Used in Recreational Bicycling or Roller Skating (Newly listed)
Snell standard B-95 1995 Bicycle Helmet Standard, 1998 revision, Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling. (Newly listed)

While it excludes:

helmets used mainly for downhill mountain bicycle competitive racing
helmets used mainly for BMX bicycle competitive racing
helmets that are toys
motorcycle helmets
helmets supplied and intended exclusively for other wheeled recreational devices which are not bicycles (see example).
- Example: a helmet only for use when skateboarding and is not marked as, or not intended to be used when riding bicycles.

This mandatory standard gives a transition period of 18 months.

Up to 21 September 2025 suppliers must comply with either the:
- Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Bicycle Helmets) Regulations 2001, or
- Consumer Goods (Bicycle Helmets) Safety Standard 2024.
From 22 September 2025 suppliers must comply with the:
- Consumer Goods (Bicycle Helmets) Safety Standard 2024.

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