NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 88 — 13 AUGUST 2015

AS/NZS means a joint Australian/New Zealand Standard under the terms of the Active Cooperation Agreement between Standards Australia International Limited and Standards New Zealand.

CFR means the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America.

CISPR means a publication published by the Special Committee on Radio Interference of the International Electrotechnical Commission.

COP means a code of practice prescribed in this notice.

EN means a standard published by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation, commonly known as CENELEC.

ETS and ETS EN means a standard published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, commonly known as ETSI.

IEC means a publication published by the International Electrotechnical Commission.

UN ECE R10 means Regulation No. 10 of the United Nations Vehicle Regulations – 1958 Agreement.

c. Other words and expressions contained in this notice that are defined in the Act, Regulations and notices made under the Regulations, have the meanings so defined.

3. Scope

a. Every product that is interfering equipment, except wanted and unwanted emissions from a radio transmitter, is subject to the provisions of this notice.

b. The following products are exempt from the requirement to be the subject of a declaration of conformity and to be labelled:

i. those with a power consumption not exceeding 6 nano-watts;

ii. a spare part intended for use in replacing parts of a product;

iii. a vehicle that is registered, or able to be registered for operation on a road in accordance with the Land Transport Act 1998;

iv. military equipment or weapons systems of the New Zealand Defence Force; and

v. military equipment or weapons systems of the defence force of another country operating in co-operation with the New Zealand Defence Force.

4. Applicable standards

a. For the purposes of Regulations 32(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), the applicable standards and levels of conformity apply to specified classes of product as provided in the tables to this notice.

b. Unless expressly stated to the contrary in this notice:

i. an amendment or modification to an applicable standard is effective from the date specified by the authority issuing the amendment or modification.

ii. a product that is first supplied two years or more after the effective date of an amendment or modification to an applicable standard must conform to that amended or modified applicable standard.

5. Conformity requirements

a. If a product is in a class to which a standard as prescribed in Tables 1–6 applies, that standard is an applicable standard, and the product must conform to the requirements of that applicable standard, as amended by the provisions of Table 7 of this notice.

b. The supplier of a product to which subsection (a) applies must comply with the level of conformity requirements applying to that product as prescribed in the Radiocommunications (Compliance) Notice 2013 No. 2, or a notice in replacement thereof.

c. If more than one standard prescribed in Tables 1–6 applies to a product, the applicable standard is the standard most closely related to the primary purpose, use or application of the product.

d. Only those requirements of a standard relating to electromagnetic radiations or inductions apply for the purposes of this notice.

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