New Zealand Gazette – 2015 – No. 88

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 88 — 13 AUGUST 2015

6. Products to which level of conformity 1 requirements apply

If a product is not a product to which level of conformity 2 or level of conformity 3 applies, the supplier of the product must meet the requirements of level of conformity 1. Products to which level of conformity 1 applies include those that are, or only incorporate:

a. manually operated switches or simple relays;
b. brushless squirrel cage induction motors;
c. wire-wound, mains frequency transformers;
d. rectifier diodes; or
e. resistive heating elements.

7. Products to which level of conformity 2 requirements apply

a. Except as provided in subsection (b), if a product is, or incorporates, any of the following, the supplier of the product must meet the requirements of level of conformity 2. The products are:

i. a microprocessor or other clocked digital device;

ii. a radio frequency oscillator;

iii. a commutator or slip-ring motor;

iv. arc welding equipment;
v. a lighting ballast; or
vi. electronic devices operating in a switching or non-linear mode such as switched-mode power supplies, lighting dimmers, electronic transformers, and motor speed controllers.

b. If a product to which subsection (a) applies is any of the following, then the product is exempt from the requirement to be the subject of a compliance folder or to be labelled. The products are those that are:

i. supplied in a total quantity of no more than 10 per annum;

ii. battery powered;

iii. a prototype for demonstration purposes; and
iv. a fixed installation, including telecommunications network equipment (TNE).

c. If a product is Group 1 industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment, as defined in AS/NZS CISPR 11:

i. the supplier of the product must meet the requirements of level of conformity 2; and

ii. the product must comply with the provisions of Table 6 in regard to the frequencies of operation.

d. If a product is telecommunications terminal equipment (TTE) designed for installation in customer premises, the supplier of the product must meet the requirements of level of conformity 2.

8. Products to which level of conformity 3 requirements apply

If a product is Group 2 industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment, as defined in AS/NZS CISPR 11:

i. the supplier of the product must meet the requirements of level of conformity 3; and

ii. the product must comply with the provisions of Table 6 in regard to the frequencies of operation.

9. Consequential revocation of notice

The Radiocommunications (EMC Standards) Notice 2004 No. 2, dated the 6th day of September 2004 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 17 September 2004, No. 122, page 3036, is revoked.

Notwithstanding the revocation of the notice set out in clause 9, every product that is compliant with the requirements of that notice on the commencement date of this notice is deemed to be compliant with the requirements of this notice.

Table 1 - Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS, AS, NZS) Standards

Standard Description
AS/NZS CISPR 11 ISM radio frequency equipment
AS/NZS CISPR 12 Vehicles, motorboats, and spark-ignited engine-driven equipment
AS/NZS CISPR 13 Broadcast receivers and associated equipment

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