Australia Care Labelling Overview
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission guidance on the care-labelling rule, including covered and excluded goods, permitted instruction formats, and links to the legal instrument.
- For
- Apparel brands
- Location
- Australia · Oceania
- Source
- Government guidance
- Checked
- Jul 21, 2026
Getting an accessible Australian care-labelling overview before opening the registered legal instrument and any incorporated standard needed for the product
Know before usingThe ACCC explicitly describes this page as an overview that suppliers must not use as a complete compliance guide. It is not the registered instrument or the full licensed text of AS/NZS 1957:1998 or ISO 3758:2012, and it does not classify a product, select or approve instructions, or cover fibre content, origin, children's nightwear, chemicals, general product safety, every state or territory issue, or legal advice. Check the current instrument, exact product scope and exemptions, incorporated text, label execution, related rules, records, and enforcement guidance before supply.
The ACCC explicitly describes this page as an overview that suppliers must not use as a complete compliance guide. It is not the registered instrument or the full licensed text of AS/NZS 1957:1998 or ISO 3758:2012, and it does not classify a product, select or approve instructions, or cover fibre content, origin, children's nightwear, chemicals, general product safety, every state or territory issue, or legal advice. Check the current instrument, exact product scope and exemptions, incorporated text, label execution, related rules, records, and enforcement guidance before supply.