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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 58

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 29 September 1966, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:

Number and Title of Standard Specification
Amendment

NZSS 305:1963 Graduated pipettes; being BS 700:1962
No. 2 (PD 5529)

NZSS 343:1958 Round strand and flattened strand steel wire suspension ropes for lifts and hoists; being BS 329:1957
No. 3 (PD 5266)

NZSS 405:1959 Drop-forged sockets for wire ropes for general engineering purposes; being BS 463:1958
No. 2 (PD 4704)
No. 3 (PD 5495)

NZSS 497:— Methods for the analysis and testing of coal and coke—Part 13:1963 Tests special to coke; 13.11. The micum test (using the half-micum drum); being Addendum No. 1 (1963) to BS 1016: Part 13:1961
No. 1 (PD 5574)

NZSS 615:1952 Wrought iron chain slings and rings, links alternative to rings, egg links and intermediate links; being BS 781:1950
No. 4 (PD 5662)

NZSS 747:1962 Flanged and butt-welding end steel outside-screw-and-yoke wedge gate valves for the petroleum industry; being BS 1414: 1960
No. 3 (PD 5199)

NZSS 787:— Methods for sheet metal pattern development—Part 1:1951; The neutral line; being BS 1549:Part 1:1949
No. 3 (PD 5712)

NZSS 825:1962 Schedule of copper alloy ingots and copper and copper alloy castings; being BS 1400:1961
No. 1 (PD 5628)

NZSS 893:1962 Flanged and butt-welding end steel plug valves for the petroleum industry (excluding well-head and flow-line valves); being BS 1570:1960
No. 3 (PD 5200)

NZSS 1136:— Methods for the sampling and analysis of flue gases—Part 2:1963; Analysis by the ORSAT apparatus; being BS 1756:Part 2: 1963
No. 2 (PD 5534)

NZSS 1184:1958 Copper tubes to be buried underground; being BS 1386: 1957
No. 2 (PD 5290)

NZSS 1220:— Tube and pipe fittings for engineering purposes—Part 4:1957—Steel nipple pipe fittings for brazing (Unified threads and Unified hexagons); being BS 2051:Part 4:1954
No. 3 (PD 5671)

NZSS 1254:1963 Transfusion equipment for medical use; being BS 2463:1962
No. 1 (PD 5056)

NZSS 1280:— Plain bearings (metal)—Part 1:1956—Dimensions for non-ferrous solid bushes and thrust washers; being BS 1131:Part 1:1955
Part 3:1956—Dimensions of thick-walled bearing half-liners; being BS 1131:Part 3:1955
Part 4:1956—Dimensions of thin-walled bearing half-liners and thrust half-washers; being BS 1131:Part 4:1964
No. 3 (PD 5527)
No. 2 (PD 5639)
No. 1 (PD 5528)

NZSS 1309:— Screwed studs—Part 1:1957—General purpose studs; being BS 2693:Part 1:1956
No. 2 (PD 5722)

NZSS 1342:1958 General purpose Acme screw threads; being BS 1104: 1957
No. 1 (PD 5555)
No. 2 (PD 5707)

NZSS 1537:1963 Precise conversion of inch and metric sizes on engineering drawings; being BS 2856:1957
No. 1 (PD 5661)

NZSS 1565:1960 Storage envelopes for processed X-ray film; being BS 3043: 1958
No. A

NZSS 1665:1962 Cables for vehicles; being BS 1862:1959
No. 3 (PD 5133)

NZSS 1699:1962 The tapping of holes to receive wire thread inserts (UNC and UNF threads); being BS 3409: 1962
No. 1 (PD 5732)

NZSS 1707:1962 Hand-made shellac; being BS 3280:1960
No. 1 (PD 5499)

NZSS 1782:1963 Ammonium chloride; being BS 3448:1961
No. 2 (PD 5556)

Number and Title of Standard Specification
Amendment

NZSS 1837:1963 Fractional horsepower endless V-belt drives; being BS 3548:1962
No. 1 (PD 5711)

NZSS 1839:1963 Steel pipes and tubes for pressure purposes. Carbon steel: ordinary duties; being BS 3601:1962
No. 1 (PD 5022)
No. 2 (PD 5171)
No. 3 (PD 5288)
No. 4 (PD 5713)

NZSS 1683:1962 Armoured PVC-insulated cables; being BS 3346:1961
No. 2 (PD 5453)

NZSS 1900:— New Zealand Standard Model Building Bylaw—Chapter 8:1965, Basic design loads
No. 2

NZSS 1922:— Steel girder bridges—Parts 1 and 2:1964—Part 1. Materials, workmanship, protection against atmospheric corrosion; being BS 153:Parts 1 and 2:1958
No. 4 (PD 5212)

NZSS 1943:1964 Crane-suspended hand-operated geared ladles for iron foundries of ½ ton to 25 tons capacity; being BS 3687:1963
No. 1 (PD 5510)

NZSS 1964:1965 Unsaturated polyester resin systems for low pressure fibre reinforced plastics; being BS 3532: 1962
No. 2 (PD 5637)

NZSS 1994:1965 Flexible load bearing urethane foam components (polyether type) for vehicles; being BS 3379:1961
No. 3 (PD 5627)

NZSS 1995:1965 Pressure containers for paint and other substances; being BS 1101:1958
No. 2 (PD 5621)

NZSS 2013:— Basic methods for the climatic and durability testing of components for telecommunication and allied electronic equipment—Part 1:1965 General; being BS 2011:Part 1:1963
No. 1 (PD 5456)

NZSS 196:1963 Test sieves; being BS 410:1962
No. A

NZSS 306:1944 Petroleum dry-cleaning solvent
No. 1

NZSS 401:1944 Coal-tar creosote for the preservation of timber
No. 1

NZSS 902:1957 n-Butyl acetate; being BS 551:1965
No. A

NZSS 975:1966 iso-Propyl alcohol; being BS 595:1965
No. A

NZSS 1951:1965 Semi-enclosed electric fuses (ratings up to 200 amperes and 250 volts to earth)
No. 1

Application for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of October 1966.

R. J. SMITH,
Acting Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/3:36–80)

The Standards Act 1965—Miscellaneous Publications Adopted

PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 26 September 1966, approved the issue of the under-mentioned Miscellaneous Publications:

Number and Title of Miscellaneous Publication

MP 9:—Reports on fire resistance ratings of elements of building structure:
Report No. 5 Fire resistance of prestressed concrete.
Report No. 6 Fire resistance of beams and columns excluding timber.
Report No. 7 Fire resistance ratings of floor/ceiling combinations.
Report No. 8 Fire resistance ratings of heavy timber construction.

Application for copies of these reports, which will be supplied free of charge, should be made to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 1966.

R. J. SMITH, Acting Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/4: 1–4)