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# [Australia's ACCC issues alerts on magnet bans](https://go.adherent.com/news-resources-old/australias-accc-issues-alerts-on-magnet-bans)

 Written by [staceybowers](https://go.adherent.com/news-resources-old/author/staceybowers) | Nov 19, 2012, 11:09:05 AM

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued news alerts and updated its FAQs to reflect new information on its permanent, Australia-wide ban on small, high-powered magnets.

The ban, originally notified on 12 November 2012, took effect on 15 November 2012. It replaces an interim ban, enacted on 23 August 2012.

The permanent ban applies to magnets that:

- are loose or separable
- are small enough to fit into the small parts cylinder used in the mandatory standard for toys for children up to and including 36 months of age
- have a magnetic flux of 50 or more

and are marketed by the supplier as, or supplied for use as any of the following:

- a toy, game or puzzle (including but not limited to an adult desk toy, an educational toy or game, a toy, game or puzzle for mental stimulation or stress relief)
- a construction or modelling kit
- jewelry to be worn in or around the mouth or nose.

The magnets, which are used in certain novelty items marketed to adults, can cause serious injury or death if swallowed or inhaled by children.

The magnets cannot be sold or made available for sale. The banned products include:

- BuckyBalls
- Buckycubes
- Nanodots
- Neocubes
- Neodymium sphere magnets
- Xcube

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