The Commonwealth of Australia has published the Consumer Goods (Basketball Rings and Backboards) Safety Standard 2017, which shall be effective from 20 December 2017. The Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard) (Basketball Rings and Backboards) Regulations 2005 shall be repealed on 20 December 2018. Products complying with the preceding regulation shall have a 12-month transition period to fulfil the new requirements, which are summarized as follows:

Scope

The safety standard shall apply to basketball rings and backboards (including portable basketball systems) that are of a kind likely to be used for domestic use. However, it shall not apply to toy basketball rings or backboards for toy basketball rings.

Warnings

1. Each basketball ring or backboard shall be accompanied by a written warning and a warning symbol as shown below:

	Content of warning	Labelling manner
Written warning	WARNING: IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR SWINGING ON THE RING MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH	Clearly legible All letters shall be upper-case and red, and appear on a white background All letters of the word “WARNING” shall be at least 15 mm high  Letters of other words shall be at least 10 mm high
Warning symbol		Diameter of the outer edge of the circle shall be at least 120 mm Circle and diagonal line shall be shown with red lines at least 5 mm wide Human figure shall be entirely black Basketball ring and backboard shall be outlined in black

The written warning and warning symbol shall be placed at a suitable position, depending on whether the product is packaged:

2. Each backboard shall have the following warning permanently marked in a conspicuous place on the front of the backboard or on a label fixed in such a place: