29 MARCH 2007

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 35

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DBH office locations

The DBH office locations are as follows:

● National office in Wellington: Level 6,
86 Customhouse Quay.

● Auckland office: Level 3, 41 Shortland Street.

● Manukau office: Level 1, CST Nexia Centre,
22 Amersham Way.

● Hamilton office: 2nd Floor, 36 Bryce Street.

● Wellington office: 60 Oriental Parade.

● Christchurch office: Level 2, 10 Nelson Street.

● Porirua Tenancy Services Centre: 1st Floor,
Housing Corp Building, 1 Waltron Leigh Avenue.

DBH also has tenancy service delivery locations in:
Whangarei, Henderson, Takapuna, Tauranga, Rotorua,
Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Lower
Hutt, Nelson, Blenheim, Greymouth, Timaru, Dunedin and
Invercargill.

To make an appointment at one of these locations to
view or purchase material incorporated by reference, call
0800 836 262.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of March 2007.

JOHN KAY, Acting Deputy Chief Executive, Building
Quality, Department of Building and Housing.

This notice should be read in conjunction with the
amended Compliance Document B1 notice published in
the New Zealand Gazette, 21 September 2006, No. 109, page
3240. The amendment to Compliance Document B1 comes
into effect on 1 April 2007, and is available for download
free of charge from the DBH website

www.dbh.govt.nz

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Notice of Amendment to Compliance Document F3

and Revocation of Material Incorporated
by Reference

Pursuant to section 24(1) of the Building Act 2004
(“the Act”), I give notice of an amendment to the
compliance document for New Zealand Building Code
clause F3 Hazardous Substances and Processes (“Compliance
Document F3”).

Compliance Document F3 will be amended by revoking
Acceptable Solution F3/AS1 and replacing it with a
Verification Method.

The amendment to Compliance Document F3 comes into
force on 22 March 2007.

Compliance Document F3 is available for download free of
charge from the department’s website at

www.dbh.govt.nz

Revocation of material incorporated by reference

Pursuant to section 408 of the Act, I give notice that the
following material, previously incorporated by reference
into Compliance Document F3, will be revoked as of
22 March 2007:

● NZS 4232: – Part 1:1988 and Part 2:1988
● NZS 5433:1988
● AS 1530: – Part 1:1994
● AS 1768:1991

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 2007.

JOHN KAY, Acting Deputy Chief Executive – Building
Quality and Performance, Department of Building and
Housing.

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Economic Development

Electricity Regulations 1997

Electricity Regulations (Prohibited Electrical Appliance – Multi Reverse Plug Adapter) Notice 2007

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 –
   Multi Reverse Plug Adapter) Notice 2007.

(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 “Multi Reverse Plug Adapter” as prescribed in this notice,
   is prohibited.

3. Description—

(a) The outlet device to which this notice applies is
a product known as “Travel adaptor” and/or “Multi
Reverse Plug Adapter” available from “The Warehouse”
prior to 15 March 2007, although it may have been
available elsewhere.

(b) The packaging wording is “Multi Reverse Plug
Adapter”. The appliance is known to exist in overall
grey and white colour. The product may exist with other
colours and packaging.

(c) The product has a three insulated pin plug portion
with the following wording moulded into the plastic:
“MAX.220V~MAX.10A MAX.2000W”.

(d) The product has a socket outlet portion, able to accept
plugs from multiple countries, and has the following
wording printed on the white plastic front face:
“POWER ON SAFETY SHUTTER”.

(e) An orange light will illuminate on the front face if
plugged into an energised socket outlet.

4. Details of hazard—The outlet device constitutes, or
   may constitute an electrical hazard, in that:

(a) The user may receive an electric shock when an
earth pin of a plug is inserted into the live active
receptacle of the adapter.

(b) The adaptor has an insufficient voltage rating for use
in New Zealand and may present a hazard during
normal use.

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

It is so constructed that:

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

(2)(c) It is not safe under both normal and abnormal
conditions of use.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 2007.

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

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