[chbot] Electrical regulations

[Mark Beckett]

Helmut

The regulations are very clear.
http://www.legislation.co.nz/regulation/public/2010/0036/latest/whole.html#DLM2763649

part 6 No 80 ....


          New and used fittings and appliances to be electrically safe

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      (1) Every new or used fitting, and every new or used appliance,
      that is sold, offered for sale, supplied, or offered for supply
      must be electrically safe.

      (2) A new fitting or appliance is, for the purpose of this
      regulation, deemed to be electrically safe if—

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            (a) it complies with—

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                  (i) AS/NZS 3820; or

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                  (ii) whichever official standard listed in Schedule 4
                  <http://www.legislation.co.nz/regulation/public/2010/0036/latest/whole.html#DLM2763790>
                  applies to the fitting or appliance; or

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            (b) in relation to an appliance imported into New Zealand in
            purported compliance with the Conformity Cooperation
            Agreement, it complies with the requirements of that Agreement.

      (3) A used appliance is, for the purpose of this regulation,
      deemed to be electrically safe if, at the time it is sold or
      offered for sale,—

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            (a) it is tested, inspected, and tagged in accordance with
            AS/NZS 5761; or

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            (b) it has been disabled and marked in accordance with
            AS/NZS 4701; or

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            (c) in the case of a used electrical medical device, it is
            tested and marked in accordance with AS/NZ 3551.

      (4) A person who sells, offers for sale, supplies, or offers for
      supply a new or used fitting or appliance, knowing that, or being
      reckless as to whether, the fitting or appliance is electrically
      unsafe, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level
      2 penalty.


IMO the authorities are letting too much unsafe stuff past the border, 
and not prosecuting enough people.


Mark

Helmut Walle wrote:
> .... One aspect of imported goods is that it often is somewhere 
> between difficult and impossible to prosecute the (overseas) 
> manufacturer if something goes wrong. T
>
> .... while the (local) retailers could not legally be held 
> responsible, because they were not the manufacturer