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Heavy Metal Index

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956, Compilation No. 147, compilation date 13 July 2026

This compiled version of Australia’s Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 states import restrictions for several consumer goods containing heavy metals.

This compiled version of Australia’s Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 states import restrictions for several consumer goods containing heavy metals. Schedule 2 includes mg/kg thresholds for coated toys, cosmetics containing lead or lead compounds, money boxes, pencils and paint brushes, and food-like erasers. Schedule 7 also contains tableware release provisions for lead and cadmium, but those are not converted here because they are migration-volume units rather than product mass fractions. The compilation shows the law as amended and in force on 13 July 2026.

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