{"id":"F2019L00132","name":"Consumer Goods (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Safety Standard 2019","slug":"consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439924,"registerId":"F2019L00132-fast-fetch-1775955758896","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consumer Goods (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Safety Standard 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nConsumer Goods (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Safety Standard 2019\n\nI, Stuart Robert, Assistant Treasurer, make the following safety standard.\n\nDated 5 February 2019\n\nStuart Robert\n\nAssistant Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Requirements\n\nDivision 1—Basic requirements\n\n6 Requirements during transitional period\n\n7 Requirements after transitional period\n\nDivision 2—Details of requirements\n\n8 American‑based requirements\n\n9 European‑based requirements\n\n10 Requirements of the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nTrade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Safety Standard 2019.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (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.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 13 February 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 104(1) of the Australian Consumer Law.\n\nNote: The reference to the Australian Consumer Law is a reference to Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as it applies as a law of the Commonwealth, States and Territories: see section 140K of that Act and corresponding provisions of Acts of States and Territories applying that Schedule.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\ndisposable cigarette lighter means a flame producing device that:\n\n (a) is designed to light cigarettes, cigars and pipes; and\n\n (b) is designed to:\n\n (i) be discarded when its fuel supply is exhausted; or\n\n (ii) incorporate a separate container of fuel that is designed to be discarded when empty; or\n\n (iii) be refillable with fuel; and\n\n (c) if the device is designed to be refillable with fuel—is not a refillable repairable lighter within the meaning of the European Standard.\n\nNote: A permanent ban has been imposed on toy‑like novelty cigarette lighters under subsection 114(1) of the Australian Consumer Law. Notice of the ban (Consumer Protection Notice No. 18 of 2011 ‑ Permanent Ban of Toy‑like Novelty Cigarette Lighters) could in 2019 be viewed on the Federal Register of Legislation website (https://www.legislation.gov.au).\n\nEuropean Standard means the European Standard EN 13869:2016: Lighters ‑ Child Safety Requirements For Lighters ‑ Safety Requirements and Test Methods, published by the European Committee for Standardization, as in force or existing at the time when this instrument commences.\n\nNote: The European Standard could in 2019 be purchased from SAI Global’s website (https://www.saiglobal.com). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission can make a copy of the standard available for viewing at one of its offices, subject to licensing conditions.\n\ntransitional period means the period of 12 months beginning on the day this instrument commences.\n\nPart 2—Requirements\n\nDivision 1—Basic requirements\n\n6  Requirements during transitional period\n\n (1) During the transitional period, a disposable cigarette lighter must comply with the requirements in section 8, 9 or 10.\n\n (2) This section is repealed at the end of the last day of the transitional period.\n\n7  Requirements after transitional period\n\n  After the transitional period, a disposable cigarette lighter must comply with the requirements in section 8 or 9.\n\nDivision 2—Details of requirements\n\n8  American‑based requirements\n\n (1) A disposable cigarette lighter complies with the requirements in this section if the disposable cigarette lighter complies with:\n\n (a) ASTM F400‑10 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, as in force or existing at the time when this instrument commences; and\n\n (b) if the disposable cigarette lighter is designed to be refillable with fuel—clause 3.2 of the European Standard as affected by subsection (2).\n\nNote: ASTM F400‑10 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters could in 2019 be purchased from SAI Global’s website (https://www.saiglobal.com). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission can make a copy of the standard available for viewing at one of its offices, subject to licensing conditions.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), clause 3.2 of the European Standard is varied by omitting all the words after “five years”.\n\n9  European‑based requirements\n\n (1) A disposable cigarette lighter complies with the requirements in this section if the disposable cigarette lighter complies with the European Standard as varied by subsection (2).\n\n (2) Clause 3.2 of the European Standard is varied by omitting all the words after “five years”.\n\n10  Requirements of the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997\n\n (1) If a disposable cigarette lighter does not comply with section 8 or 9, the disposable cigarette lighter must comply with the requirements of the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997, as in force or existing immediately before the commencement of this instrument.\n\nNote: The Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997 could in 2019 be viewed on the Federal Register of Legislation website (https://www.legislation.gov.au).\n\n (2) This section is repealed at the end of the last day of the transitional period.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nTrade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\nNote: Under item 4 of Schedule 7 to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010, the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997 continued in force from the start of 1 January 2011 as if they were a safety standard made under section 104 of the Australian Consumer Law.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains the same scope as its predecessor. It continues to regulate disposable cigarette lighters for child safety purposes, merely updating the technical standards from the 1997 Regulations to contemporary American and European benchmarks. The repeal of the 1997 instrument and replacement with this safety standard represents a modernization rather than scope expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation of external standards by reference (ASTM F400-10 and EN 13869:2016), requiring readers to purchase or access separate documents to understand full requirements","Transitional provisions creating a temporary three-option compliance regime (sections 6 and 10) that automatically expires after 12 months, leaving a permanent two-option regime","Nested conditional logic: section 8(1)(b) applies only to refillable lighters, and modifies the European Standard by omitting text","Cross-reference to repealed instrument (1997 Regulations) which remains temporarily applicable during transitional period","Definition of 'disposable cigarette lighter' contains three alternative criteria in paragraph (b) and a conditional sub-criterion in paragraph (c)","Interaction with separate permanent ban on toy-like novelty lighters (noted in section 5 but not part of this instrument's operative provisions)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law requires disposable cigarette lighters sold in Australia to be child-resistant so young children (tested at about 42–51 months) cannot easily light them while adults (50–70 years) still can. It applies to manufacturers, importers, retailers and consumers by changing product standards.\n\nBusinesses must meet either American (ASTM F400-10) or European (EN 13869:2016) testing; a 12‑month transitional phase allowed old 1997 rules, after which those were repealed. Refillable lighters face extra safety limits; toy-like novelty lighters are separately banned."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the Trade Practices (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Regulations 1997 (Schedule 1) and replaces them with a safety standard that requires compliance with either ASTM F400‑10 or EN 13869:2016 (as varied by omitting words after 'five years' in clause 3.2) (ss 8–9). A 12‑month transitional period permits reliance on the 1997 requirements (ss 6 and 10), after which only the ASTM or varied European standards apply (s 7)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple compliance pathways (during transition: ss 6 and 10 allow ASTM, European or prior 1997 requirements; after transition: ss 7–9 require ASTM or European)","References to external, copyrighted technical standards (ASTM F400‑10; EN 13869:2016) that must be obtained and applied (ss 8(1)(a), 9(1))","Specific variation to an external standard (omitting words after 'five years' in clause 3.2), creating a bespoke hybrid requirement (ss 8(2), 9(2))","Repeal of prior instrument and transitional reliance on it (Schedule 1; s 10(1) and s 6(1)) requiring stakeholders to track both old and new obligations during transition","Different treatment for refillable lighters (s 5 definition; s 8(1)(b) applies clause 3.2 variation to refillable devices), adding conditional compliance rules","Temporal freezing of which version of standards applies ('as in force or existing at the time when this instrument commences'), potentially creating interpretation issues about later amendments (ss 8(1)(a), 9(1))","Enforcement and compliance costs shifted to private sector (manufacturers/importers/retailers) under the Australian Consumer Law framework (s 3 authority)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument replaces the 1997 disposable‑cigarette‑lighter regulations with a new safety standard. After a 12‑month transitional period, disposable lighters must meet either the American ASTM F400‑10 or the European EN 13869:2016 standard (with a specified variation to clause 3.2). It applies to manufacturers, importers and retailers: they must supply lighters that comply with the referenced standards and therefore bear the costs of testing, documentation and any design changes to meet those standards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019","history":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/consumer-goods-disposable-cigarette-lighters-safety-standard-2019/documents"}}