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• Applicable Regulations - SDoC
• Completing an SDoC
• Supplier Declaration Form

Products considered to offer a medium (and high) safety risk are required to be covered by a Supplier Declaration of Compliance(SDoC) completed by the supplier of the product in New Zealand prior to sale.(High risk products also require approval prior to being offered for sale.)

The list of products is established by Public Gazette Notices.

If you are a retailer or an installer and have been supplied with an electrical appliance from another New Zealand supplier the law requires that the equipment has a formally completed Supplier Declaration of Compliance prior to legal sale in New Zealand.

It is in your best interests to be satisfied that a valid supplier declaration has been made before selling a product. If a formal declaration required by Regulation 101A has not been made any seller within the New Zealand New Zealand supply chain, from importer/manufacturer through to final retailer, commits an offence.

Product Categories Requiring SDoC:

• Household and similar appliances
• Lighting Fittings
• Wires and Cables
• Power Supplies and Transformers
• Switches, Connectors and Protective Devices
• Electric Tools
• Welding Equipment
• Audio and Video Products
• Information Technology Products
• Transportable Tools

Note: Some products requiring a Supplier Declaration also require approval prior to sale.

See also:

• General Safety Obligations
• List of Recognised Standards

• Applicable Regulations - SDoC
  The principal Regulation relating to the SDoC requirements is Regulation 101A of the Electricity Regulations 1997.
• Completing a Supplier Declaration of Compliance (SDoC)
  A Supplier Declaration of Compliance (SDoC) must be completed by the New Zealand supplier of specified products prior to their sale and in accordance with the relevant regulations on the prescribed form. The supplier declaration is a statement by the NZ supplier that the product they are supplying into New Zealand is safe and that the supplier accepts responsibility for the safety of that...
• Supplier Declaration of Compliance Form
  Suppliers are required to complete a supplier declaration form before certain products can be sold in New Zealand.