Pursuant to Regulation 85 of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010 (“Regulations”), I, Tony Hetherington, Head of High Hazards, Energy and Public Safety, WorkSafe New Zealand, give the following notice of exemption.

Notice

1. Short title and commencement

This notice is the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations—Exemption for North American Gas Appliances Notice 2020.

This exemption is to take effect on 11 February 2020.

2. Exemption

Gas appliances that are certified to a standard identified in clause 4 of this notice are hereby exempt from the requirements of Regulation 54(3) of the Regulations, provided that the certification was obtained before the appliance was sold or offered for sale in New Zealand and they—

• are certified by one of the certification bodies identified in clause 3 of this notice; and
• meet all of the relevant conditions set out in clause 5 of this notice; and
• are not excluded under clause 6 of this notice.

3. Certification bodies

The following bodies may certify gas appliances for the purposes of this notice:

1. Canadian Standards Association:
2. Underwriters Laboratories.

4. Standards

The applicable standards are as follows:

5. Conditions

The following conditions apply to appliances exempt under this notice:

1. a gas appliance incorporating electrical equipment with a low voltage external supply must be tested for gas safety compliance using a supply of 230 volts, 50Hz (nominal);
2. an LPG appliance, other than an appliance for use with non-refillable cartridges, must be tested as follows;
   1. either—
   1. the tests specified in the compliance standard must be conducted with Test Gas D (butane); and
   2. combustion tests, and tests of burner operating characteristics, pilot operating characteristics, and ignition, must also be conducted with Test Gas E (propane) with no change whatever in burner equipment; or
   2. in the case of an outdoor cooking gas appliance or an outdoor cooking specialty gas appliance, tests for temperature hazards, heat resistance, flame abnormalities, including sooting, and tests in which CO ratios or concentrations are measured must be conducted with Test Gas D (butane) with no change whatever in burner equipment.

6. Exclusions

This notice does not apply to:

1. any gas appliance operating with a valve cartridge which is horizontally integrated into the chassis of the appliance also called flat portable gas stove;
2. any portable space heater not intended for connection to a cylinder, and intended for connection to a valve cartridge which is horizontally integrated into the chassis of the appliance;
3. any mobile or portable, unflued heater that is designed for indoor use and operates on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) using an LPG gas cylinder that is self-contained within the heater, commonly known as a cabinet heater.

7. Expiry

Unless revoked or amended earlier, this notice expires on 31 March 2021.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February 2020.

TONY HETHERINGTON, Head of High Hazards, Energy and Public Safety, WorkSafe New Zealand.