Pursuant to section 36(1) of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000 and section 22 of the Standards Act 1988, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister of Energy (having satisfied the requirements of section 36(2) of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000), makes the following regulations.

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal regulations amended

4 Schedules 1 and 2 amended

Schedule
Amendments to Schedules 1 and 2

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Amendment Regulations 2008.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2008.

3 Principal regulations amended

These regulations amend the Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations 2002.

4 Schedules 1 and 2 amended

(1) Schedule 1 is amended as specified in Part 1 of the Schedule of these regulations.

(2) Schedule 2 is amended as specified in Part 2 of the Schedule of these regulations.

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Part 1
Amendments to Schedule 1

Omit the item relating to household refrigerating appliances and substitute:

Household refrigerating appliances

AS/NZS 4474.2:2001: Performance of household electrical appliances—Refrigerating appliances—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standard requirements

AS/NZS 4474.1:2007: Performance of household electrical appliances—Refrigerating appliances—Energy consumption and performance

Second column of the item relating to single-phase ducted air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps: omit “AS/NZS 3823.2:2005: Performance of electrical appliances—Airconditioners and heat pumps—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standard (MEPS) requirements” and substitute “AS/NZS 3823.2:2005: Performance of electrical appliances—Airconditioners and heat pumps—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standard (MEPS) requirements”.

Second column of the item relating to single-phase non-ducted air conditioners and heat pumps: omit “AS/NZS 3823.2:2005: Performance of electrical appliances—Airconditioners and heat pumps—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) requirements” and substitute “AS/NZS 3823.2:2005: Performance of electrical appliances—Airconditioners and heat pumps—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) requirements”.

Second column of the item relating to three-phase air conditioners and heat pumps: omit “AS/NZS 3823.2:2005: Performance of electrical appliances—Airconditioners and heat pumps—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) requirements” and substitute “AS/NZS 3823.2:2005: Performance of electrical appliances—Airconditioners and heat pumps—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) requirements”.

Part 2
Amendments to Schedule 2

Omit the item relating to household refrigerating appliances and substitute:

Household refrigerating appliances

AS/NZS 4474.2:2001: Performance of household electrical appliances—Refrigerating appliances—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standard requirements

AS/NZS 4474.1:2007: Performance of household electrical appliances—Refrigerating appliances—Energy consumption and performance

Diane Morcom,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2008, amend the items relating to—

household refrigerating appliances, single-phase ducted air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps, single-phase non-ducted air conditioners and heat pumps, and three-phase air conditioners and heat pumps in Schedule 1 of the Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations 2002; and
household refrigerating appliances and single-phase non-ducted air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps in Schedule 2 of the Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations 2002.

The amendments re-incorporate by reference the minimum energy performance standards and testing standards relevant to the energy-using products specified above to account for recent revisions to these standards. These standards apply in the form that they existed on 1 April 2008.

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

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 March 2008.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.

Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Amendment Regulations 2008