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(ii) has no exposed metal;

(iii) is fitted with an approved flexible cord wired directly to the lampholder; and

(iv) has no switch other than that which may be in the lampholder or a cord in line switch.

Approved Standard AS 3128—Portable Lamp Standards or Brackets.

3. Bayonet Lampholder—means a device which—

(a) is designed to operate at low voltage;

(b) is intended to accommodate a lamp having a bayonet cap of 15 mm or 22 mm nominal diameter; but does not include a lampholder which—

(c) is manufactured specifically for and incorporated within an electrical appliance; or

(d) is manufactured for incorporation within industrial equipment such as a switchboard or control panel.

Approved Standard AS 3117—Approval and test specification for Bayonet Lampholders.

4. Edison Screw Lampholders—means a device which—

(a) is designed to operate at low voltage; and

(b) is intended to accommodate a lamp having an Edison Screw cap of either 14 mm or 27 mm nominal outside diameter; but does not include a lampholder which—

(c) is manufactured specifically for and incorporated within an electrical appliance; or

(d) is manufactured for incorporating within industrial equipment such as a switchboard or control panel.

Approved Standard AS 3140—Approval and test specification—Edison-Type Screw Lampholders.

5. Flexible Cord—means a cable which—

(a) comes within the scope of AS 3191;

(b) has no conductor larger than 4 mm²;

(c) has one, two, three, four or five cores assembled together with or without filler or protective covering;

(d) the insulation and any fillings and coverings are such as to afford flexibility and the conductors are stranded.

Approved Standard AS 3191—Approval and test specification for Electric Flexible Cords.

6. Cord-line Switch—means a device which—

(a) is intended for connection in a flexible cord;

(b) can be used to manually open or close an electrical circuit; but does not include—

(c) a switch connected at the end of a flexible cord, such as a pendant switch or bell push.

Approved Standard AS 3127—Approval and test specification for Cord-line Switches.

7. Electric Room Heater—“Electric Room Heater” shall mean an appliance which—

(a) is intended for household and similar use;

(b) incorporates a heating unit; and

(c) is designed for heating the atmosphere in its immediate vicinity by the emission of heat by radiation, convection, or forced circulation of heated air, or combination thereof; but does not include—

(d) an air conditioning appliance that incorporates a refrigeration device with a condensing unit which may incorporate a heating unit;

(e) a heating system that is intended to heat the atmosphere of a room primarily by raising the temperature of any floor, wall, or ceiling area;

(f) an under carpet heating system; or

(g) a special appliance that is used solely for the application of heat to specific materials or substances.

Approved Standard AS 3103 Electric Room Heaters.

8. Portable Residual Current Device—means a device which—

(a) isolates the supply in the event of a current flow to earth in a protected circuit in excess of a predetermined level;

(b) has a single facility for connection to low voltage supply by means of a plug; and

(c) incorporates one or more socket-outlets.

Approved Standard AS 3190—Approval and test specification for current-operated (core-balance) earth-leakage devices and in addition the Ministry of Energy’s requirements and test of technical performance requirements as detailed in information sheet CEI 2 for Portable Type Residual Current Devices.

9. Salt Water Electrolytic Pool Chlorinator—means a device which—

(a) is intended for connection to a low voltage supply;

(b) is intended for the purification of the pool water by electrolysis action on Sodium Chloride.

Approved Standard NZS 6200—Specification for general requirements for electrical apparatus and material, in conjunction with AS 3108 Approval and test specification—Isolating Transformers and safety isolating transformers—Part 3 section 1, having an output voltage no greater than 12 volts.

10. Touch Dimmer—means a device which—

(a) is an electronically operated switch for direct or indirect operation of lamp circuits; and

(b) utilises direct or indirect contact of a person with live parts for its operation;

(c) for direct or indirect regulation of the brightness of lamps or the speed of motors.

Approved Standard IEC 669 part 1 and IEC 669 2–1—Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations.

11. Instantaneous Water Heaters for Household or similar use—means an appliance which—

(a) is intended for heating water while it flows through the appliance, to a temperature below its boiling point;

but does not include—

(b) instantaneous water heaters designed exclusively for industrial purposes or in locations where special conditions prevail, such as corrosive or explosive atmospheres;

(c) Storage water heaters.

Approved Standard DZ 6335—Safety of Household and similar Electrical Appliances—Particular requirements for instantaneous water heaters.

The list of “Declared Articles” as at 1 January 1989 and shown in Appendix B of Electrical Code of Practice NZECP 3:1989 is hereby amended by revoking that list and substituting the contents of the above list which shall take effect 28 days from the date of publication of this notice in accordance with the requirements of clause 2.2.2 of NZECP 3:1989.

Dated in Wellington this 19th day of September 1989.

P. J. McCARTHY, Acting Secretary of Energy.

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Notice of Intention to Seek Approval

Take notice that pursuant to section 24c (2) of the Electricity Act 1968, I, Philip Joseph McCarthy, Acting Secretary of Energy, intend to apply 1 month from the date of publication.