Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958

Reprint
as at 12 July 1968

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958

(SR 1958/148)

Cobham, Governor-General

Order in Council

At the Government House at Wellington this 22nd day of October 1958

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Health.

Pursuant to the Health Act 1956, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1

  • (1) These regulations may be cited as the Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958.

    (2) These regulations shall come into force on 1 January 1959.

2

  • In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    fire extinguisher means any portable fire appliance which contains any liquid, gas, or other substance, or any combination of liquids or gases or other substances, and which is so designed that the contents are discharged either manually or automatically; but does not include any fire extinguisher of a kind described in the Schedule

    pressurised fire extinguisher means any fire extinguisher as hereinbefore defined, containing carbon tetrachloride, methyl bromide, or chlorobromomethane, in any quantity confined under pressure; or containing any other halogenated compound in excess of 3 pounds weight confined under pressure in a single container

    sale includes barter, and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or sending or delivering for sale, or causing or allowing to be sold; and to sell has a corresponding meaning.

    Regulation 2 pressurised fire extinguisher: replaced, on 12 July 1968, by regulation 2 of the Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958, Amendment No 2 (SR 1968/119).

3

  • No person shall sell any fire extinguisher containing any material that is or may become injurious to health or dangerous, unless the name of that material and a statement of the precautions that should be taken by persons using the fire extinguisher are conspicuously and durably printed on it.

4

  • No person shall sell for use in any dwellinghouse, as defined in section 2 of the Health Act 1956, any pressurised fire extinguisher.

5

  • No person shall sell any pressurised fire extinguisher unless the words “Not to be used in a dwellinghouse” are conspicuously and durably printed on the fire extinguisher.

6

  • Every person commits an offence, and shall be liable accordingly under sections 136 and 137 of the Health Act 1956, who contravenes or fails to comply in any respect with any of the provisions of these regulations.

Schedule
Fire extinguishers to which these regulations do not apply

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1

  • Soda acid extinguishers, being fire extinguishers in which carbon dioxide is liberated from a carbonate solution by the action of acid.

2

  • Water and carbon dioxide extinguishers, being fire extinguishers containing water, as the extinguishing agent, and a carbon dioxide expellent.

3

  • Foam extinguishers, being either chemical foam fire extinguishers having inner containers holding aluminium sulphate dissolved in water and outer containers holding water, sodium bicarbonate, and a stabiliser, or mechanical foam fire extinguishers having inner containers holding foam compound and outer containers holding water and suspended within the container a pressurised charge of either carbon dioxide or nitrogen as an expellent.

4

  • Carbon dioxide extinguishers, being fire extinguishers containing carbon dioxide under pressure.

5

  • Dry powder or dry chemical extinguishers, being fire extinguishers containing fine powder (for example, sodium bicarbonate) to be expelled by carbon dioxide or nitrogen under pressure.

T J Sherrard,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 October 1958.

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2Status of reprints

  • 3How reprints are prepared

  • 4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • 5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is a reprint of the Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 12 July 1968, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

    Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ .

2 Status of reprints

  • Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.

    This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

3 How reprints are prepared

  • A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.

4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.

    A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.

    In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:

    • •omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”)

    • •typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)

    • •layout of provisions, including:

      • •indentation

      • •position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)

    • •format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)

    • •format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”)

    • •position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)

    • •punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)

    • •Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •case and appearance of letters and words, including:

      • •format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)

      • •small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters

    • •schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)

    • •format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).

5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

  • Fire Extinguishers Regulations 1958, Amendment No 2 (SR 1968/119)