{"id":"F2023L00038","name":"Consumer Goods (Non-refillable Helium Cylinders) Safety Standard 2022","slug":"consumer-goods-non-refillable-helium-cylinders-safety-standard-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441696,"registerId":"F2023L00038-fast-fetch-1775956934184","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consumer Goods (Non-refillable Helium Cylinders) Safety Standard 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\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 (Non‑refillable Helium Cylinders) Safety Standard 2022\n\nI, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following safety standard.\n\nDated 2/1/2023 \n\nStephen Jones\n\nAssistant Treasurer  Minister for Financial Services\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 Definitions\n\n5 Application\n\nPart 2—Safety standards\n\n6 Requirements\n\n7 Gas composition requirements\n\n8 Marking requirements\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Consumer Goods (Non‑refillable Helium Cylinders) Safety Standard 2022.\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 the end of the period of 3 months beginning on the day this instrument is registered. 16 April 2023\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nnon‑refillable helium cylinder means a cylinder of pressurised gas if the cylinder contains predominantly helium gas and is not able to be refilled and reused.\n\n5  Application\n\n  This instrument applies to consumer goods containing a non‑refillable helium cylinder.\n\nPart 2—Safety standards\n\n \n\n6  Requirements\n\n  Consumer goods containing a non‑refillable helium cylinder must comply with the requirements in this Part.\n\n7  Gas composition requirements\n\n  The oxygen composition of the gas within the non‑refillable helium cylinder must be 21% +/‑ 1.0% of total gas composition by volume.\n\n8  Marking requirements\n\n (1) The following must be clearly marked on the non‑refillable helium cylinder and on the packaging of the consumer goods:\n\n (a) the composition of the gas within the cylinder, expressed as percentages of the total gas composition by volume;\n\n (b) the following statement (or words to that effect):\n\n  WARNING: Do not inhale. May cause suffocation.\n\n (2) The markings must be:\n\n (a) in English; and\n\n (b) clearly legible; and\n\n (c) clearly visible; and\n\n (d) indelible.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: addressing the specific safety hazard of pure helium inhalation from disposable cylinders. It has not expanded beyond this narrow product category."},"complexity_factors":["Only 8 sections total","Single defined term ('non-refillable helium cylinder')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Straightforward technical requirements (single percentage range + labelling rules)","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional provisions","Linear structure with no nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This law requires small single‑use consumer helium cylinders (e.g., party balloons) to contain 20–22% oxygen and to carry a permanent, easy‑to‑read label showing gas composition and the warning: \"WARNING: Do not inhale. May cause suffocation.\" It applies to manufacturers, importers and sellers in Australia and aims to reduce deaths and brain injuries from inhaling pure helium."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument sets a focused safety standard that applies only to consumer goods containing non‑refillable helium cylinders, imposing composition and marking requirements (ss4–5,7–8). It does not expand its stated scope beyond that subject matter or add broader regulatory categories."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject matter: only non‑refillable helium cylinders (s4–5).","Simple, numeric gas composition requirement (21% ±1.0%) reduces interpretive ambiguity (s7).","Straightforward labelling obligations with four concrete visibility/legibility conditions (s8).","Few provisions and no layered procedural regimes — limited cross‑references (Parts 1–2).","Compliance requires technical testing and packaging/label updates, an operational cost to suppliers (s6, s7, s8).","Enforcement rests on powers under the Australian Consumer Law (s3), creating regulatory oversight but no bespoke enforcement mechanism in the instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"Requires consumer goods that contain non‑refillable helium cylinders to meet a fixed oxygen concentration and to carry specific markings. Applies to manufacturers, importers and sellers of such consumer goods and is made under the Australian Consumer Law.\n\nSuppliers must ensure cylinder gas is 21% ±1% oxygen and label cylinder and packaging with gas percentages and the warning \"Do not inhale. May cause suffocation\" in English, legible, visible and indelible (ss3–5,7–8). Suppliers bear testing and labelling costs."},"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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