4. Actions Required by Retailers and Others who Supply Appliances and Fittings
Retailers have an obligation to be satisfied that any gas appliance or fitting they sell complies with safety requirements of Regulations 13 and 14 of the Regulations. Regulation 13 requires that "...every person who manufactures, imports, sells or offers for sale, hires out, leases out, or installs a gas appliance or fitting ... must take all practicable steps to ensure that the gas appliance or fitting is safe in all reasonably foreseeable circumstances".
Any person who supplies a gas appliance or specified fitting has an explicit obligation to ensure that the appliance or fitting is supported by a current and valid Supplier Declaration (on the ESS website). Note: At this time (November 2006) there are no specified fittings.
Alternatively, if fewer than 11 of that type of appliance or fitting are supplied throughout New Zealand, a copy of the supplier declaration must be supplied with each appliance or fitting. Retain a copy of the declaration and the name and address of the person supplied with the appliance. This record must be retained for a period of seven years.
Retailers and other suppliers are also encouraged to report to the Energy Safety Service (email: appliances@ess.govt.nz) any instances of apparent non-compliance of any appliances or fittings on the market.
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