New Zealand Publishes Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Indefinite Prohibition Notice 2022

Mar. 2 2022

On February 9, 2022, New Zealand published “Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Indefinite Prohibition Notice 2022” to mitigate the risk of infant deaths attributed to the use of inclined infant sleep products.

Inclined infant sleep products are unsafe goods and prohibited in New Zealand.

Inclined infant sleep product means any product:
a. which is intended to contain an infant; and
b. which is designed, intended, marketed, or contains any representation that it is suitable for an infant to sleep in; and
c. which is freestanding, or designed to be attached to another structure; and
d. which has a sleep surface angled more than seven degrees from the horizontal when—
i. the product is unladen; and
ii. at any angle designed, intended or marketed for sleep; and
iii. the product is at rest, in the case of products that rock or swing; and
e. excluding medical devices; and
f. excluding hammocks, being products constructed from a flexible material and suspended from above or either side

This notice does not apply to:

a. child restraints such as car seats or capsules, being products designed for the transport of children and that comply with the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004;
b. wheeled products designed to transport children, such as prams or strollers;
c. products that are designed to carry an infant on the body of another person, such as slings and baby carriers;
d. products with an adjustable incline, where every angle designed, intended or marketed for sleep is equal to or less than seven degrees from the horizontal;
e. products that are:
i. designed, intended and marketed only for play and/or the amusement of infants and young children, such as bouncers and play seats; and
ii. not designed, intended, marketed, or containing any representation that they are suitable for sleep.

Additional Information
https://www.gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2022-go383

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