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(iii) be retained by the supplier for a period of five years from the date on which the product ceases to be supplied by the supplier; and

(iv) must include any variants of the product.

(b) Declarations of conformity, test reports and other documentation required by or provided for by this notice may be kept in an electronic form but must be made available, at the written request of the Chief Executive, within 10 working days of the request being made.

6. Labelling

(a) The compliance label or the New Zealand radio label must:

(i) be placed on the external surface of the product as near as practical to the model identification;

(ii) be durably applied by any suitable means such as printing, painting, moulding, etching and engraving; and

(iii) be legible with normal, or corrected to normal, vision and no smaller than 3mm in height for the compliance mark or the characters “R-NZ” and 1mm in height for the supplier identification.

(b) The product can be electronically labelled by means of an integral display or screen provided that:

(i) the documentation that accompanies the product when it is supplied to the user sets out a method for displaying the compliance label; and

(ii) the compliance label is applied to the product in a way that would make it difficult to delete, modify or prevent the display of the label.

7. Revocation

The Radiocommunications (Compliance) Notice 2013* made pursuant to Regulation 32 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001 is hereby revoked on 8 August 2013.

8. Transitional Provision

Notwithstanding the revocation of the notice set out in clause 7, every product which is being supplied in compliance with the requirements of that notice on the commencement date of this notice is deemed to be compliant with the requirements of this notice.

Schedule – Declaration of Conformity

A declaration of conformity must include the following:

(a) The name of the supplier;

(b) the New Zealand address at which the supplier can be contacted;

(c) the supplier’s New Zealand Company Number or GST number (if applicable);

(d) the supplier’s New Zealand contact information, for example, telephone, fax or e-mail (as applicable);

(e) the New Zealand supplier’s ERAC supplier number or supplier code number;

(f) the product details being (as applicable):

(i) brand name;

(ii) model, lot, batch or serial number;

(iii) description and function;

(iv) applicable standard(s) title, number and edition;

(v) test report number or other identifier; and

(vi) transmitter power and frequency, or frequency range (radio transmitters only);

(g) the declaration of conformity, being the statement:

“I hereby declare that the product to which this declaration of conformity relates complies with the mentioned standard(s), and all products supplied under this Declaration will be identical to the sample identified in this Declaration”;

(h) the name of the person responsible for the declaration of conformity, and the nature of their authority to make the statement in relation to the product; and

(i) the date the declaration was made.

Dated at Auckland this 2nd day of August 2013.

CHRIS BRENNAN, Compliance Manager, Radio Spectrum Management, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

1. This notice prescribes:

(a) the requirements to be met by suppliers of products for each level of conformity;

(b) the form of a declaration of conformity;

(c) the requirements to be met for the labelling of products;

(d) the documentation, test facilities, and competent persons that are approved by the Chief Executive in relation to the testing of products, and any conditions or restrictions imposed in relation to the Chief Executive’s approval; and

(e) the requirements to be met for the availability of documentation, including test reports.

2. This notice includes new definitions for compliance label, New Zealand radio label and ERAC supplier number.

*New Zealand Gazette, 17 January 2013, No. 2, page 72