Pursuant to Section 31 of the Fair Trading Act 1986, the New Zealand Government published "the Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Indefinite Prohibition Notice 2022" in February 2022, declaring inclined infant sleep products, intended for children under the age of one year, as unsafe. The purpose of this notice is to mitigate the risk of infant deaths attributed to the use of inclined infant sleep products. 

Inclined infant sleep product means any product:

a) which is intended to contain an infant; and

b) which is designed, intended, marketed, or contains any representation that it is suitable for an infant to sleep in; and

c) which is freestanding, or designed to be attached to another structure; and

d) which has a sleep surface angled more than seven degrees from the horizontal when—

i. the product is unladen; and

ii. at any angle designed, intended or marketed for sleep; and

iii. the product is at rest, in the case of products that rock or swing; and

This notice does not apply to:

• medical devices

• hammocks, being products constructed from a flexible material and suspended from above or either side

• child restraints such as car seats or capsules

• wheeled products designed to transport children, such as prams or strollers

• products that are designed to carry an infant on the body of another person, such as slings and baby carriers

• products with an adjustable incline, where every angle designed, intended or marketed for sleep is equal to or less than seven degrees from the horizontal

• products that are:

i. designed, intended and marketed only for play and/or the amusement of infants and young children, such as bouncers and play seats; and

ii. not designed, intended, marketed, or containing any representation that they are suitable for sleep.

View the prohibition notice here

https://www.gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2022-go383

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