Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations—Exemption for Australian Gas Appliances Notice 2020

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 Australian 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 5.1 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:

SAI Global Certification Services Pty Ltd (trading as SAI Global);
IAPMO R & T Oceana Pty Ltd;
The Australian Gas Association;
Global-Mark Pty Ltd;
BSI Group (Australia and New Zealand) Pty Ltd.

4. Standards

The applicable standards are as follows:

Appliance type	Current edition of cited standard
Portable and mobile appliances LPG – including: Camping lanterns, Cookers and barbecues, Equipment for use with refillable cylinders, Space heaters	AS 2658-2008 LP Gas – portable and mobile appliances, including Amendments 1, 2 and 3 Note: See exclusions.
Industrial and commercial gas-fired appliances	AS 3814:2018 Industrial and commercial gas-fired appliances
Domestic or similar gas cooking appliances – including: Built-in cookers and ovens, Caravan and marine cookers, Counter top cookers, Elevated cookers, Freestanding cookers, Hotplates, Wall ovens	AS/NZS 5263.1.1:2016 Gas appliances – Domestic gas cooking appliances or AS/NZS 5263.1.1:2020 Gas appliances - Domestic gas cooking appliances
Domestic or similar water heating appliances – including: Boilers (central heating and/or water heating), Gas boosted solar water heaters, Instantaneous water heaters, Storage water heaters	AS/NZS 5263.1.2:2016 Gas appliances – Gas fired water heaters for hot water supply and/or central heating or AS/NZS 5263.1.2:2020 Gas appliances – Gas fired water heaters for hot water supply and/or central heating
Domestic or similar space heating appliances – including: Balanced flue convection heaters, Flueless convection heaters, Flued radiant/convection heaters, Flueless radiant/convection heaters, Miscellaneous heaters, Wall furnaces	AS/NZS 5263.1.3:2016 Gas appliances – Gas space heating appliances
Gas laundry dryers	AS/NZS 5263.1.9:2019 Gas appliances – Gas laundry dryers
Domestic gas refrigerators	AS/NZS 5263.1.5:2019 Gas appliances – Domestic Gas Refrigerators
Ducted heaters and Duct and unit heaters	AS/NZS 5263.1.6:2016 Gas appliances – Indirect gas-fired ducted air heaters or AS/NZS 5263.1.6:2020 Gas appliances – Indirect gas-fired ducted air heaters
Domestic outdoor gas barbecues	AS/NZS 5263.1.7:2016 Gas appliances – Domestic outdoor gas barbecues
Decorative gas log and other fuel effect fires – including: Exterior gas lights, Gas log fires, Indoor gas lights	AS/NZS 5263.1.8:2016 Gas appliances – Decorative effect gas appliances
Gas pool heaters	AS/NZS 5263.1.12:2019 Gas pool heaters
Commercial catering gas equipment – including: Atmospheric steamers, Barbecues, charbroilers and rotisseries, Boiling tables (open and closed top), Boiling water units, Chinese cooking tables, Food warmers including bains marie, Fryers, Ovens, Pasta cookers and rethermalisers, Ranges, Salamanders, grillers and griddles, Stockpots and brat pans	AS 4563-2004 (R2016) Commercial catering gas equipment
Radiant gas heaters for outdoor and non-residential indoor use	AS/NZS 5263.1.4:2017 Gas appliances – Radiant gas heaters
Overhead radiant tube gas heaters	AS/NZS 5263.1.4:2017 Gas appliances – Radiant gas heaters
LPG mobile industrial direct-fired air heaters	AS/NZS 5263.1.10:2019 Gas direct fired air heaters

5. Conditions

5.1. The following conditions apply to any appliance exempt under this notice:

(a) an LPG appliance, other than an appliance for use with a non-refillable cartridge, must be certified as a universal LPG appliance or a New Zealand LPG appliance;

(b) any gas appliances operating with a valve cartridge which is horizontally integrated into the chassis of the appliance, also called flat portable gas stove, must be certified to:

AS 2658-2008 LP Gas—portable and mobile appliances, including Amendments 1, 2 and 3; and
GTRC Technical Guidance Bulletin 10 Portable butane stoves incorporating enclosed gas cartridges, dated 1 January 2017:

AS 2658-2008 LP Gas—portable and mobile appliances, including Amendments 1, 2 and 3; and
GTRC Technical Guidance Bulletin 12 Portable space heaters, dated 1 March 2018.

5.2. In this notice GTRC is the committee of Australian and New Zealand Gas Technical Regulators, and GTRC Technical Guidance Bulletins are published at the GTRC website: http://www.gtrc.gov.au/.

6. Exclusions

This notice does not apply to 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.