Exchange Rates and Standards Act Notices




18 DECEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

4071

France (Franc) ......... 4.1830– 4.3976
Hong Kong (Dollar) ..... 4.7913– 5.0370
India (Rupee) .......... 7.3184– 7.6937
Italy (Lira) ........... 854.7000–898.5300
Japan (Yen) ............ 202.5700–212.9600
Malaysia (Ringgit) ....... 2.0472– 2.1522
Netherlands (Guilder) .... 1.9516– 2.0517
New Caledonia and Tahiti (Franc) 75.0171– 78.8641
Norway (Kroner) ........ 4.7097– 4.9513
Pakistan (Rupee) ....... 9.1032– 9.5700
Portugal (Escudo) ...... 48.9624–51.4732
Singapore (Dollar) ..... 1.9610– 2.0616
South Africa (Rand) .... 0.7624– 0.7384
Sri Lanka (Rupee) ...... 16.5557–17.4047
Spain (Peseta) ......... 0.9333– 0.4135
Sweden (Krona) ......... 4.0407– 4.2479
Switzerland (Franc) .... 1.6218– 1.7049
United Kingdom (Pound) . 0.9927– 0.9805
West Germany (Deutschmark) 1.8045– 1.8971

Date: 4 December 1980.
Time: 9 a.m.

A. TULLOCH,
Assistant Chief Cashier,
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington.


The Standards Act 1965—Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 24 October 1980, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification.

Number, Title, and Price of Specification (Post free)
NZS 5417:1980 Transportation labels for hazardous substances. $9.90 (includes colour poster).

Copies of the poster are available separately at $1.50 each, including postage and packing.

Copies of the standard specification may be ordered from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1980.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/2: 744)


The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specification Revoked

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 29 August 1980, revoked the under-mentioned standard specification.

Number and Title of Specification
NZS 2257:1969 Industrial identification by colour, wording or other coding. (Superseded by NZS 5807:1980)

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1980.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/7: 1368)


The Standards Act 1965—Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 29 August 1980, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification.

Number, Title, and Price of Specification (Post free)
NZS 5807:1980 Code of practice for industrial identification by colour, wording, or other coding—
Part 1: Identification of signs, safety colours, and fire extinguishers.
Part 2: Identification of contents of piping conduits and ducts.
Part 3: Identification of industrial gas cylinders.

Bound together: $8.35 (includes full colour poster).

Additional posters are obtainable at $2 each including postage and packing.


Copies of the standard specification may be ordered from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1980.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/2: 737)


The Standards Act 1965—Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 5 December 1980, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification.

Number, Title, and Price of Specification (Post free)
NZS 6206:1980 Domestic electric meter boxes. $6.65.

Copies of the standard specification may be ordered from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1980.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/2: 746)


The Standards Act 1965—Endorsements Cancelled

PURSUANT to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 12 December 1980, cancelled the endorsement of the under-mentioned specifications.

Number and Title of Specification
API 659 (Third edition) Welded steel tanks for oil fuel storage.
†BS 37:— Electricity meters—
Part 2: 1969 Watthour metres, single phase, 2-wire, whole current, credit type meters class 2.0, and fixed charge collectors.
†BS 1588:1969 The use of thermal insulating materials in the temperature range of 95°C to 230°C.
†BS 1642:1969 Plummer blocks for radial ball and roller bearings.
BS 1673:— Methods of testing raw rubber and unvulcanized compounded rubber—
†Part 6: 1969 Determination of limiting viscosity number of raw rubbers.
BS 1740:— Wrought steel pipe fittings (screwed BSP thread)—
†Part 2: 1971 Imperial units.
BS 1791:— Cotton covered copper conductors—
†Part 1: 1962 Round wire.
BS 3134:1968 Dimensions of tapered roller bearings.
BS 3684:— Silk-covered copper conductors—
†Part 1: 1963 Round wire.
†BS 3708:1969 The use of thermal insulating materials between 230°C and 650°C.
BS 3901:— Rayon-covered copper conductors—
†Part 1: 1965 Round wire.
BS 4656:— The accuracy of machine tools and methods of test—
Part 5: 1973 Milling machines, knee and column type, horizontal spindle universal.
Part 12: 1973 Dividing heads.
BS 4727:— Glossary of electrotechnical, power, telecommunication, electronics, lighting and colour terms—
Part 1: Terms common to power, telecommunication and electronics—
*Group 02: 1971 General technological terminology.

*A later edition of this standard has been endorsed as suitable for use in New Zealand.
†A British standard of similar title has been endorsed as suitable for use in New Zealand.
‡Withdrawn by B.S.I.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December 1980.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/12: 178–192)



Next Page →

PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)

View this page online at:


VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1980, No 146


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1980, No 146





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

💰 Exchange Rates by Reserve Bank of New Zealand (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
4 December 1980
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Exchange Rates, Telegraphic Transfer, Foreign Currencies
  • A. Tulloch, Assistant Chief Cashier, Reserve Bank of New Zealand

🏭 Declaration of Standard Specification for Transportation Labels

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 December 1980
Standards Act 1965, Hazardous Substances, Transportation Labels, Standard Specification
  • Denys R. M. Pinfold, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🏭 Revocation of Standard Specification for Industrial Identification

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 December 1980
Standards Act 1965, Industrial Identification, Colour Coding, Standard Specification Revoked
  • Denys R. M. Pinfold, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🏭 Declaration of Standard Specification for Industrial Identification

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 December 1980
Standards Act 1965, Industrial Identification, Safety Colours, Standard Specification
  • Denys R. M. Pinfold, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🏭 Declaration of Standard Specification for Domestic Electric Meter Boxes

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 December 1980
Standards Act 1965, Domestic Electric Meter Boxes, Standard Specification
  • Denys R. M. Pinfold, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand

🏭 Cancellation of Endorsements for Various Specifications

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
15 December 1980
Standards Act 1965, Specification Endorsements, Cancellation, Industrial Standards
  • Denys R. M. Pinfold, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand