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• Completing an SDoC
• Supplier Declaration Form

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 product.

The Declaration must be made using the prescribed form "ESS1/02" and must contain the following elements:

• Name, address, telephone number of the manufacturer, or importer or Agent who is responsible for the product in the New Zealand marketplace,
• A full description of the electrical equipment, including type, model, etc.
• Basis of claimed safety (i.e. compliance with Regulation 69) by of where appropriate, references to with specifications or standards when compliance with such, are used as the basis of the declaration, If evidence of compliance is a test report or recognised approval, the name of testing laboratory or approval issuer should be recorded together with the report number or approval number. If none of the aforementioned evidence is available, record on what is the basis is the declaration of safety is being signed.

Identification of the signatory in New Zealand who has been empowered to enter into commitments on behalf of the manufacturer, or importer or person responsible for placing the product on the New Zealand market.

The declaration must be retained by the supplier while the product is being offered for sale and may be required for audit purposes. It is not required to be submitted to Energy Safety other than when requested.

The declaration must be made in New Zealand by a person subject to New Zealand law.

The declaration may be made in electronic form and may be posted on the internet.

Copies of the declaration should be supplied (or available) to persons intending to on-sell the products.

The signatory, before signing the SDoC, should be confident that the documentary evidence upon which the product is safe to be placed on the New Zealand market, is adequate. e.g. does the supporting documentation align with the product being sold, i.e. does the description, type, model numbers match the product the documentation it purports to support.

Every care should be taken to confirm that the product to be sold in NZ is identical with respect to safety, as that of the test sample originally evaluated to the specifications, standards or approval that may have been used as the basis of the declaration Evidence of quality control in manufacture can increase confidence, in this respect.