{"id":"F2019L01633","name":"Consumer Goods (Miniature Motorbikes) Safety Standard 2019","slug":"consumer-goods-miniature-motorbikes-safety-standard-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440338,"registerId":"F2019L01633-fast-fetch-1775956007546","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consumer Goods (Miniature Motorbikes) 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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nConsumer Goods (Miniature Motorbikes) Safety Standard 2019\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following safety standard.\n\nDated 5 December 2019\n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer\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\n6 Application\n\nPart 2—Basic requirements\n\n7 Requirements\n\nPart 3—Details of requirements\n\nDivision 1—Composition requirements\n\n8 Throttle requirements\n\n9 Braking system requirements\n\n10 Foot peg requirements\n\n11 Steering requirements\n\n12 Engine stop requirements\n\n13 Speed limiting requirements\n\nDivision 2—Warning requirements\n\n14 Swing tag warning requirements\n\n15 Packaging warning requirements\n\n16 Packaging and swing tag warning statement—form and content\n\n17 Vehicle warning label requirements\n\n18 Vehicle warning label—form and content\n\nDivision 3—User manual requirements\n\n19 User manual\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Miniature Motorbikes) 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. 18 December 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 section 104 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\nminiature motorbike (also known as a mini bike or pocket bike) means a vehicle which resembles a motorcycle but scaled down to about half the size, that:\n\n (a) is designed to be used by a single person; and\n\n (b) has a seat height no greater than 600 millimetres; and\n\n (c) has major dimensions which are scaled down in proportion to the seat height.\n\nmotorised recreational device has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2017.\n\nmotorised scooter has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2017.\n\nold consumer protection notice means the Revocation of Existing Permanent Ban on Miniature Motorbikes (Monkey Bikes) with Unsafe Design Features and Imposition of New Permanent Ban on Miniature Motorbikes (Monkey Bikes) with Unsafe Design Features (Consumer Protection Notice No. 24 of 2011) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2011L01702), as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument.\n\npower‑assisted pedal cycle has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2017.\n\nseat height means the vertical distance between the undeformed upper surface of the driver’s seat and the ground on which the vehicle rests, when the vehicle is at unladen mass on level ground.\n\ntransitional period means the period of 12 months beginning on the day this instrument commences.\n\nunladen mass means the mass of the vehicle in running order, unoccupied and unladen, with all fluid reservoirs filled to nominal capacity including fuel, and with all standard equipment.\n\n6  Application\n\n  This instrument does not apply to the following:\n\n (a) vehicles that are of a kind that could be registered for road use under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;\n\n (b) vehicles with a maximum design speed of 30 kilometres per hour or less, if the vehicle is not limited by a speed‑limiting device;\n\n (c) power‑assisted pedal cycles;\n\n (d) motorised recreational devices;\n\n (e) motorised scooters.\n\nPart 2—Basic requirements\n\n \n\n7  Requirements\n\n (1) A miniature motorbike must comply with the requirements set out in Part 3.\n\n (2) During the transitional period, a miniature motorbike is taken to comply with the requirements set out in Part 3 if it would not have been banned under the old consumer protection notice.\n\n (3) Subsection (2) is automatically repealed at the end of the transitional period.\n\nPart 3—Details of requirements\n\nDivision 1—Composition requirements\n\n8  Throttle requirements\n\n  A miniature motorbike must have a throttle that is:\n\n (a) self‑closing and hand operated that returns in a clockwise direction to allow the motorbike’s motor to idle when the operator of the motorbike releases the throttle; and\n\n (b) mounted on the right handlebar of the motorbike.\n\n9  Braking system requirements\n\n  A miniature motorbike must have a braking system that:\n\n (a) is capable of acting on the front and rear wheels of the motorbike; and\n\n (b) unless the motorbike has a drum type braking system—incorporates a floating or sliding type brake calliper that compensates for any increased movement of the braking system’s components arising from wear of the braking system; and\n\n (c) automatically distributes the braking effort applied by a person operating the motorbike to the braking system’s control lever equally onto each brake lining without the need for an adjuster at the brake calliper.\n\n10  Foot peg requirements\n\n  A miniature motorbike must have 2 foot pegs, each capable of holding a static load of:\n\n (a) the maximum carrying capacity recommended by the motorbike’s manufacturer; or\n\n (b) if the motorbike’s manufacturer does not recommend a maximum carrying capacity—70 kilograms.\n\n11  Steering requirements\n\n  A miniature motorbike must have a steering head system that:\n\n (a) must not exhibit free play; and\n\n (b) when the front wheel of the motorbike is raised off the ground, moves freely under the weight of the steering system from right lock to left lock.\n\n12  Engine stop requirements\n\n  A miniature motorbike must have a functioning thumb operated device on the motorbike’s right or left handlebar that:\n\n (a) is capable of stopping the motor; and\n\n (b) is clearly visible to the operator of the motorbike.\n\n13  Speed limiting requirements\n\n (1) A miniature motorbike must be fitted with a functioning speed‑limiting device.\n\n (2) At the time of supply, or offer for supply, of a miniature motorbike, the speed‑limiting device must:\n\n (a) be set at a speed of no more than 16 kilometres per hour; and\n\n (b) not be capable of adjustment except with the aid of a tool.\n\nDivision 2—Warning requirements\n\n14  Swing tag warning requirements\n\n (1) At the time of supply, or offer for supply, a miniature motorbike must have a warning statement as described in section 16 attached to the motorbike as a swing tag.\n\n (2) The swing tag must be clearly visible, prominent and legible.\n\n15  Packaging warning requirements\n\n (1) If the miniature motorbike is packaged at the time of supply, or offer for supply, the packaging for a miniature motorbike must be marked with the warning statement as described in subsection 16.\n\n (2) The warning statement must be clearly visible, prominent and legible.\n\n16  Packaging and swing tag warning statement—form and content\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 14(1) or 15(1), the warning must be in the following form:\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n (2) In the warning:\n\n (a) the safety alert symbol (a triangle with an exclamation mark inside it) must be:\n\n (i) at least 10 millimetres high; and\n\n (ii) in black on an orange background; and\n\n (b) the letters of the words ‘WARNING’ and ‘RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH!’ must be:\n\n (i) at least 10 millimetres high; and\n\n (ii) in bold upper case; and\n\n (iii) in black on an orange background; and\n\n (c) the letters of the other words must be:\n\n (i) in upper case and lower case as described in subsection (1); and\n\n (ii) if the letters are in upper case—at least 10 millimetres high; and\n\n (iii) if the letters are in lower case—at least 5 millimetres high; and\n\n (iv) in a contrasting colour to the background.\n\n17  Vehicle warning label requirements\n\n (1) A miniature motorbike must have a warning as described in section 18 permanently attached to the motorbike as a label.\n\n (2) The warning label must be clearly visible and legible to a person operating the miniature motorbike.\n\n18  Vehicle warning label—form and content\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 17(1), the warning must be in the following form:\n\n![](image.003.png)\n\n (2) In the warning:\n\n (a) the safety alert symbol (a triangle with an exclamation mark inside it) must be:\n\n (i) at least 5 millimetres high; and\n\n (ii) in black on an orange background; and\n\n (b) the letters of the words ‘WARNING’ and ‘RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH!’ must be:\n\n (i) at least 5 millimetres high; and\n\n (ii) in bold upper case; and\n\n (iii) in black on an orange background; and\n\n (c) the letters of the other words must be:\n\n (i) in upper case and lower case as described in subsection (1); and\n\n (ii) if the letters are in upper case—at least 5 millimetres high; and\n\n (iii) if the letters are in lower case—at least 2.5 millimetres high; and\n\n (iv) in a contrasting colour to the background.\n\nDivision 3—User manual requirements\n\n19  User manual\n\n (1) At the time of supply, or offer for supply, a miniature motorbike must be accompanied by a manual in the English language.\n\n (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the manual must:\n\n (a) include instructions for using the motorbike’s speed‑limiting device; and\n\n (b) recommend that the motorbike’s speed‑limiting device be set so that the motorbike operates at:\n\n (i) for motorbikes used by a child aged between 6 to 8—no more than 20 kilometres per hour; or\n\n (ii) for motorbikes used by a child aged between 8 to 11—no more than 30 kilometres per hour; or\n\n (iii) for motorbikes used by a child aged between 12 to 14—no more than 50 kilometres per hour; and\n\n (c) state the importance of wearing a helmet and protection equipment while using the motorbike; and\n\n (d) state that children must always be supervised by an adult while using the motorbike; and\n\n (e) state that children must have adequate training before using the motorbike; and\n\n (f) state that the motorbike is not a toy; and\n\n (g) state that the motorbike must not be used to carry passengers; and\n\n (h) state that the motorbike is not for use on public roads.\n\n (3) Subsection (1) does not prevent the manual from including information in languages in addition to the English language.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Replaces the prior ban‑oriented approach referenced as the 'old consumer protection notice' with a prescriptive safety standard that permits supply only if requirements are met; during a 12‑month transitional period, items not previously banned under the old notice are taken to comply (s 7(2); s 5 definition of old consumer protection notice). This shifts scope from a ban to regulatory conditions on design, labelling and information supplied by manufacturers/importers/retailers."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple prescriptive technical requirements across mechanical systems (throttle, brakes, foot pegs, steering, engine stop, speed limiter) creating design and verification burdens (see ss 8–13).","Detailed, dimensioned labelling and swing‑tag specifications with minimum type sizes and colour/contrast rules, increasing production and packaging costs (ss 14–18, esp. ss 16 and 18).","Mandatory user manual content with age‑based speed recommendations and safety instructions imposes written compliance and translation choices (s 19).","A strict speed‑limiter setting at supply (≤16 km/h) and tool‑restricted adjustability creates a specific technical control requirement for suppliers (s 13).","Transitional provision links compliance to an earlier consumer protection notice for 12 months, requiring suppliers to track legacy status during transition (s 7(2); definition of old consumer protection notice in s 5).","Clear exclusions from application (road‑registrable vehicles, scooters, motorised recreational devices, power‑assisted pedal cycles) require suppliers to classify products before applying the standard (s 6).","Authority under the Australian Consumer Law (s 104) ties enforcement to ACL mechanisms rather than a new bespoke regime (s 3), so remedies and penalties follow existing ACL processes.","No test methods or certification procedures are specified in the instrument, leaving uncertainty about accepted proof of compliance and potential compliance‑testing costs (instrument silent on testing regimes)."],"plain_english_summary":"Sets mandatory technical, speed‑limiting, labelling and user‑manual requirements that miniature motorbikes must meet before supply — covering throttle, brakes, foot pegs, steering, engine stop, a ≤16 km/h tamper‑resistant speed limiter, warnings and an English manual. It affects manufacturers, importers and retailers supplying mini motorbikes (excludes road‑registrable vehicles, very low‑speed devices, scooters and power‑assisted cycles) and matters because suppliers must redesign, label and document products to meet these prescriptive safety rules and a 12‑month transitional rule applies."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope. It replaces a previous ban (Consumer Protection Notice No. 24 of 2011) with a detailed safety standard covering the same product category (miniature motorbikes). The scope remains tightly focused on consumer safety for these specific vehicles without expansion into broader product categories."},"complexity_factors":["Moderate length (19 sections) with clear Part/Division structure","6 defined terms in interpretation section, including incorporated definitions from other legislation (Motor Vehicle Standards Determination)","Precise technical specifications (e.g., '10 millimetres high', 'black on orange background', 'clockwise direction')","Conditional logic in braking requirements (exception for drum brakes in s.9(b))","Alternative compliance pathway during 12-month transitional period (s.7(2))","Self-executing repeal provision (s.7(3))","Cross-references to external instrument (old Consumer Protection Notice No. 24 of 2011)","Nested requirements for warning labels with multiple sub-paragraphs for font sizes and colours"],"plain_english_summary":"This law imposes mandatory safety standards for single‑rider miniature motorbikes sold in Australia, replacing a blanket ban with technical requirements—speed limiters set at sale, effective brakes, kill switch, self‑closing throttle—plus mandatory warnings and user manuals. It aims to make manufacturers and suppliers responsible for reducing serious injuries and deaths from these small bikes.\n\nExemptions cover road‑registrable vehicles, e‑bikes, motorised scooters and vehicles inherently under 30 km/h; manuals must advise helmet use, supervision, and that these are not toys or for public roads."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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