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• Designated standards: new or amended notices of publication

  29 August 2025

  Proposed updates to the lists of standards for businesses.

• Guidance Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE): producer responsibilities

  

  12 August 2025

  Guidance Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE): producer responsibilities

• Guidance Child safety: small hazards, big harm

  

  12 August 2025

  Guidance Child safety: small hazards, big harm

• Guidance Measuring instruments regulations and non-automatic weighing instruments regulations

  

  8 August 2025

  OPSS enforces the above legislation. This guidance, which sits alongside our Enforcement Policy, explains the enforcement powers that are available to OPSS when addressing non-compliance with the legislation and product risks.

• Guidance Designated standards: new or amended notices of publication

  7 August 2025

  Designated standards: low voltage equipment – proposal to amend, 7 August 2025 – publication of notice scheduled for 5 September 2025

• Guidance Accreditation and conformity assessment

  5 August 2025

  Guidance Accreditation and conformity assessment Guidance for business and government departments. From: Department for Business and Trade and Office for Product Safety and Standards Published 21 August 2020 Last updated 5 August 2025

• Quick description between AS1892 and EN131

  7 June 2025

  AS 1892.1:2018 is the Australian standard for portable ladders, covering performance and geometric requirements. It sets safety guidelines for ladders made from various materials, …