NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 137

16 NOVEMBER 2006

Appointment to the Electricity Commission Board

Pursuant to section 28 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, the Minister of Energy hereby appoints

Peter Stuart Harris

as a member of the Electricity Commission Board, as established under the Electricity Act 1992, for a term of three years commencing on 10 November 2006 and expiring on 9 November 2009.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of November 2006.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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Electricity Regulations 1997

Electricity Regulations (Prohibited Electrical Appliance – Decorative Lighting Outfit) Notice 2006

Pursuant to Regulation 102 of the Electricity Regulations 1997 (“the Regulations”), I, Sanjai Deepak Raj, Group Manager, Energy Safety Service, give the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Regulations (Prohibited Electrical Appliance – Decorative Lighting Outfit) Notice 2006.

(2) This prohibition is to take effect on and from the date following the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Prohibited equipment—The manufacture, importation, sale, installation and use of the electrical appliance, being a decorative lighting outfit as prescribed in this notice, is prohibited.

3. Description—

(a) The decorative lighting outfit to which this notice applies is a product commonly known as “Christmas tree lights” and/or “decorative lighting”.

(b) The product packaging and wording on the packaging may vary. One known packaging wording is “Christmas Decorations”. The appliance is known to exist in overall white or green colour, however other colours may exist.

(c) The appliance consists of a 2-pin moulded plug with two separately insulated supply leads approximately 660mm in length that terminate in a plastic controller enclosure.

(d) The enclosure is approximately 5cm x 3cm x 2cm and is constructed of two plastic moulded halves held together by two screws. There is a button labelled “PUSH” and the following text is listed below the button:

1 Combination
2 In waves
3 Sequential
4 Slo-glo
5 Chasing flash
6 Slow fade
7 Twinkle /flash
8 Steady On

(e) Insulated leads from the enclosure are connected to approximately 40 small coloured globes or clear globes.

4. Details of hazard—The decorative lighting outfit constitutes, or may constitute, an electrical hazard in that:

(a) the supply cables are improperly anchored to the enclosure and may become free and present an electric shock hazard to the user; and

(b) the supply cable conductors have an inadequate level of insulation and may constitute an electric shock hazard to the user.

5. Reasons for prohibition—The decorative lighting outfit described in this notice is a non-compliant electrical appliance under Regulation 76A of the Regulations in that:

(a) in normal use it functions unsafely so as to cause danger to persons, property, or animals; and

(b) it has inadequate protection against direct contact or indirect contact; and

(c) its unearthed conductive parts are separated from live parts only by basic insulation.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of November 2006.

SANJAI DEEPAK RAJ, Group Manager, Energy Safety Service, Ministry of Economic Development.

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Radiocommunications Regulations 2001

Radiocommunications Regulations (Prohibited Equipment – Decorative Lighting) Notice 2006

Pursuant to Regulation 32 (1) (i) of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001 (“the Regulations”) made under section 134 (1) (g) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989, and acting under delegated authority from the chief executive, I give the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Radiocommunications Regulations (Prohibited Equipment – Decorative Lighting) Notice 2006.

(2) This notice comes into force on 10 November 2006.

2. Prohibited equipment—The installation, use, sale, distribution or manufacture of interfering equipment, as prescribed in the Schedule to this notice, is prohibited.

Schedule

(a) The interfering equipment to which this notice applies is a product commonly known as “Christmas tree lights” or “decorative lighting”.

(b) The product packaging and wording on the packaging may vary. One known packaging wording is “Christmas Decorations”. The product is known to exist in overall white or green colour, however other colours may exist.

(c) The product consists of a 2-pin moulded plug with two separately insulated supply leads approximately 660mm in length that terminate in a plastic controller enclosure.

(d) The enclosure is approximately 5cm x 3cm x 2cm and is constructed of two plastic moulded halves held together by two screws. There is a button labelled “PUSH” and the following text is listed below the button:

1 Combination
2 In waves
3 Sequential
4 Slo-glo
5 Chasing flash
6 Slow fade
7 Twinkle /flash
8 Steady On

(e) Insulated leads from the enclosure are connected to approximately 40 small coloured lights.

(f) The product or packaging does not carry a compliance mark, as depicted below, as required for a Level of