Products Requiring Approval
Products considered to offer a high safety risk are required to be approved, or covered by a recognised certification, (in addition to being required to be covered by an SDoC) prior to being offered for sale.
The list of products, (referred to as Declared Articles) is established by public notice (Gazette Notices).
Most Products that are also sold in Australia will already have a suitable recognised Australian Approval.
If you are a retailer or an installer and have been supplied with electrical equipment requiring an Approval from a New Zealand supplier the law requires that the equipment has an approval prior to legal sale in New Zealand.
If you are a reseller, it is in your best interests to be satisfied that a valid approval has been made before selling a product. If an approval has not been obtained then those sellers in the supply chain, from importer / manufacturer through to final retailer, commit an offence.
Product Categories Requiring Approval:
See also:
Recognised Certification
NZ's Electrical equipment regime allows for the recognition of Approvals issued by foreign Regulators and Product Certification issued in accordance with NZ's Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs).
Applying for an Approval
An approval, valid for a maximum period of five years, is issued in the form of a certificate that can be obtained from Energy Safety, Ministry of Economic Development.
Applicable Regulations (Approvals - Declared Articles)
The principal Regulation relating to the Approval requirements is Regulation 101 of the Electricity Regulations 1997.
Electrical Appliance Approval Form
[ Published 31 May 2002 ]
The electrical appliance approval form and process.
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