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Standard Description
AS/NZS 1299:2009 Electrical equipment for mines and quarries - Explosion-protected three-phase restrained plugs and receptacles for working voltages up to and including 3.3 kV
AS/NZS 1299:2009 Electrical equipment for mines and quarries - Explosion-protected three-phase restrained plugs and receptacles for working voltages up to and including 3.3 kV
AS/NZS 1747:2003 Reeling, trailing and feeder cables used for mining - Repair, testing and fitting of accessories
AS/NZS 1768:2007 Lightning protection
AS/NZS 1802:2018 Electric cables - Reeling and trailing - For underground coal mining
AS/NZS 1826:2008 Electrical equipment for explosive gas atmospheres - Special protection - Type of protection 's'
AS/NZS 1972:2006 Electric cables - Underground coal mines - Other than reeling and trailing
AS/NZS 2293.1:2018 Emergency lighting and exit signs for buildings - Part 1: System design, installation and operation
AS/NZS 2293.2:2019 Emergency lighting and exit signs for buildings - Part 2: Routine service and maintenance
AS/NZS 2500:2020 Safe use of medical electrical equipment in health care
AS/NZS 3000:2018 Electrical installations - Known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules
AS/NZS 3001:2008 Electrical Installations - Transportable structures and vehicles including their site supplies
AS/NZS 3002:2008 Electrical installations - Shows and carnivals
AS/NZS 3003:2018 Electrical installations - Patient areas
AS/NZS 3004.1:2014 Electrical installations - Marinas and boats - Part 1: Marinas
AS/NZS 3004.2:2014 Electrical installations - Marinas and boats - Part 2: Boat installations
AS/NZS 3007:2013 Electrical equipment in mines and quarries - Surface installations and associated processing plant
AS/NZS 3008.1.1:2017 Electrical installations - Selection of cables - Part 1.1: Cables for alternating voltages up to and including 0.6/1 kV - Typical Australian installation conditions
AS/NZS 3008.1.2:2017 Electrical installations - Selection of cables - Part 1.2: Cables for alternating voltages up to and including 0.6/1 kV - Typical New Zealand conditions
AS/NZS 3009:1998 Electrical installations - Emergency power supplies in hospitals
AS/NZS 3010:2017 Electrical installations - Generating sets
AS/NZS 3012:2019 Electrical installations - Construction and demolition sites
AS/NZS 3014:2003 Electrical installations - Electric fences
AS/NZS 3014:2003 Appendix A Electrical installations - Electric fences
AS/NZS 3014:2003 Appendix B Electrical installations - Electric fences
AS/NZS 3016:2002 Electrical installations - Electric security fences
AS/NZS 3017:2007 Electrical installations - Verification guidelines
AS/NZS 3019:2007 Electrical installations - Periodic verification
AS/NZS 3100:2009 Approval and test specification - General requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS 3100:2017 Approval and test specification - General requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS 3112:2011 Approval and test specification - Plugs and socket-outlets
AS/NZS 3112:2017 Approval and test specification - Plugs and socket-outlets
AS/NZS 3123:2005 Approval and test specification - Plugs, socket-outlets and couplers for general industrial application
AS/NZS 3190:2016 Approval and test specification - Residual current devices (current-operated earth-leakage devices)
AS/NZS 3439.1:2002 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Type-tested and partially type-tested assemblies
AS/NZS 3439.3:2002 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Particular requirements for low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies intended to be installed in places where unskilled persons have access for their use - Distribution boards
AS/NZS 3439.4:2009 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Particular requirements for assemblies for construction sites (ACS)
AS/NZS 3551:2012 Management programs for medical equipment
AS/NZS 3760:2010 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment
AS/NZS 3800:2020 Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres - Repair and overhaul
AS/NZS 3820:2009 Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS 3820:2020 Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS 3832:1998 Electrical installations - Cold-cathode illumination systems
AS/NZS 4024.1601:2014 Safety of machinery - Part 1601: Design of controls, interlocks and guarding - Guards - General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
AS/NZS 4114:2020 Spray painting booths, designated spray painting areas and paint mixing rooms
AS/NZS 4249:1994 Electrical safety practices - Film, video and television sites
AS/NZS 4509.1:2009 Stand-alone power systems - Safety and installation
AS/NZS 4509.2:2010 Stand-alone power systems - System design
AS/NZS 4701:2000 Requirements for domestic electrical appliances and equipment for reconditioning or parts recycling
AS/NZS 4761.1:2018 Competencies for working with electrical equipment for hazardous areas (EEHA) - Part 1: Competency Standards
AS/NZS 4763:2011 Safety of portable inverters
AS/NZS 4777.1:2016 Grid connection of energy systems via inverters - Part 1: Installation requirements
AS/NZS 4777.2:2015 Grid connection of energy systems via inverters - Part 2: Inverter requirements
AS/NZS 4777.2:2020 Grid connection of energy systems via inverters, Part 2: Inverter requirements
AS/NZS 4836:2011 Safe working on or near low-voltage electrical installations and equipment
AS/NZS 5033:2014 Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays
AS/NZS 5139:2019 Electrical installations - Safety of battery systems for use with power conversion equipment
AS/NZS 5149.1:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Part 1: Definitions, classification and selection criteria
AS/NZS 5149.2:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Part 2: Design, construction, testing, marking and documentation
AS/NZS 5149.3:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Part 3: Installation site
AS/NZS 5149.4:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Part 4: Operation, maintenance, repair and recovery
AS/NZS 5761:2011 In-service safety inspection and testing - Second-hand electrical equipment prior to sale
AS/NZS 5762:2011 In-service safety inspection and testing - Repaired electrical equipment
AS/NZS 60065:2012 Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements
AS/NZS 60065:2018 Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements
AS/NZS 60079.0:2019 Explosive atmospheres - Part 0: Equipment - General requirements
AS/NZS 60079.1:2015 Explosive atmospheres - Part 1: Equipment protection by flameproof enclosures “d”
AS/NZS 60079.10.1:2009 Explosive atmospheres - Classification of areas - Explosive gas atmospheres
AS/NZS 60079.10.2:2016 Explosive atmospheres - Part 10.2: Classification of areas - Explosive dust atmospheres
AS/NZS 60079.11:2011 Explosive atmospheres - Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety “I”
AS/NZS 60079.13:2019 Explosive atmospheres Part 13: Equipment protection by pressurized room “p” and artificially ventilated room “v” (IEC 60079-13:2017 (ED 2.0), MOD)
AS/NZS 60079.14:2017 Explosive atmospheres - Part 14: Design selection, erection and initial inspection
AS/NZS 60079.17:2017 Explosive atmospheres - Part 17: Electrical installations inspection and maintenance
AS/NZS 60079.18:2016 Explosive atmospheres - Part 18: Equipment protection by encapsulation “m”
AS/NZS 60079.2:2015 Explosive atmospheres - Part 2: Equipment protection by pressurized enclosure “p”
AS/NZS 60079.29.2:2016 Explosive atmospheres - Part 29.2: Gas detectors - Selection, installation, use and maintenance of detectors for flammable gases and oxygen
AS/NZS 60079.31:2014 Explosive atmospheres - Part 31: Equipment dust ignition protection by enclosure “t”
AS/NZS 60079.35.1:2011 Explosive atmospheres - Part 35.1: Cap lights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp - General requirements - Construction and testing in relation to the risk of explosion
AS/NZS 60335.2.98:2005 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Particular requirements for humidifiers
AS/NZS 60479.1:2010 Effects of current on human beings and livestock - General aspects
AS/NZS 60598.1:2017 Luminaires - Part 1: General requirements and tests
AS/NZS 60950.1:2011 Information technology equipment - Safety - General requirements
AS/NZS 60950.1:2015 Information technology equipment - Safety - Part 1: General requirements
AS/NZS 61000.3.2:2013 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 3.2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment input current less than or equal to 16 A per phase)
AS/NZS 61439.1:2016 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 1: General rules
AS/NZS 61439.2:2016 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 2: Power switchgear and controlgear assemblies
AS/NZS 61439.3:2016 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 3: Distribution boards intended to be operated by ordinary persons (DBO)
AS/NZS 61439.4:2016 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 4: Particular requirements for assemblies for construction sites (ACS)
AS/NZS 62013.1:2001 Cap lights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp - General requirements - Construction and testing in relation to the risk of explosion
AS/NZS 62368.1:2018 Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements
AS/NZS 7000:2016 Overhead line design
NZS 3915:2005 Conditions of contract for building and civil engineering construction (where no person is appointed to act as engineer to the contract)
NZS 4219:2009 Seismic performance of engineering systems in buildings
NZS 4512:2010 Fire detection and alarm systems in buildings
NZS 4512:2021 Fire detection and alarm systems in buildings
NZS 6115:2006 Electrical installations - Mobile medical facilities
NZS 6116:2006 Safe application of electricity in the meat processing industry
NZS 7901:2014 Electricity and gas industries - Safety management systems for public safety
SA/SNZ HB 331:2020 Overhead line design handbook
SNZ HB 6117:2014 Electrical installations in dairy sheds