Joint draft standards

We are consulting on the following draft amendment to mitigate identified safety issues in the current AS/NZS standard.

Amendment No.1 to AS/NZS 60335.2.21:2023 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.21: Particular requirements for storage water heaters

The proposed amendment to the standard was prepared by Australian/New Zealand Joint Technical Committee EL-002 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances and small power transformers and power supplies. 

The original draft DR 24045 CP Amendment No.1 to AS/NZS 60335.2.21:2023 was available for the public to comment from 21 October to 16 December 2024.

With additional technical changes in relation to the subclause 27.1 (Provision for earthing), the draft amendment was updated as DR 25043 CP Amendment No.1 to AS/NZS 60335.2.21:2023. This updated draft is available for the public to comment from 22 April to 17 June 2025.

This Amendment applies to the following elements:

• Appendix ZZ
• Appendix ZA

This Amendment applies to the following elements:

(a) Clause 5.2

The objective of this document is to provide designers, installers, manufacturers and consumers with the installation requirements for emergency lighting equipment and associated systems.

This document specifies the requirements and specifications which are applicable to installations where emergency luminaires and exit signs are used.

Where reference is made to a Standard by its number only, the reference applies to the current edition of the document. Where reference is made to a Standard by number, year and where relevant an amendment number, the reference applies to that specific document.

A list of all parts in the AS/NZS 2293 series can be found in the Standards Australia online catalogue.

The major changes in this edition are as follows:

a. Align the switchboard warning with the wording in SA TS 5367.
b. Provide further explanatory notes on visibility of EXIT signs and considerations/impacts when using lighting control systems in buildings.
c. Align with the latest version of the electrical safety Standard applicable to emergency luminaires and exit signs.
d. Align and make consistent the use of the term ESSS in lieu of battery (where appropriate) in line with IEC 60598-2-22.
e. Cater for emergency luminaires installed at mounting heights < 2.1 m and luminaires that do not achieve an emergency classification for use with the spacing tables. The changes include appropriate marking and installation requirements.
f. Provide explanatory notes regarding PL EXIT signs and applicable Standards for such signs.
g. To clarify some ambiguities relating to the labelling of emergency lighting – unique identifier.
h. Provide further explanatory notes on the application of this document and why it does not apply to areas such as high-risk task areas and construction sites.
i. Update the spacing table method to better cater for stairs with a dividing wall.

The terms “normative” and “informative” are used in Standards to define the application of the appendices to which they apply. A “normative” appendix is an integral part of a Standard, whereas an “informative” appendix is only for information and guidance.

The objective of this document is to specify requirements and test procedures for the routine service and maintenance necessary to ensure that emergency lighting and exit sign systems are in a state of readiness for operation at all times. The performance criteria for the routine service and maintenance of emergency lighting and exit sign systems ensures that they continue to safeguard occupants from injury until the next scheduled activity by having adequate emergency lighting and identification of and direction to exits in accordance with the approved design.

The changes in this edition are primarily a consequence of alterations made in AS/NZS 2293.1:2018 and AS/NZS 2293.3:2018.

The objective of this document is to specify requirements for the design, construction, performance and testing of emergency luminaires and exit signs, to facilitate the production of luminaires that will provide an acceptable level of emergency lighting to a space when installed to conform with AS/NZS 2293.1.

A list of all parts in the AS/NZS 2293 series can be found in the Standards Australia online catalogue.

The objective of this document is to specify requirements for PN 16 and PN 25 metal-bodied resilient-seated gate valves for waterworks purposes.

This revision includes the following changes:

a. (a) Inclusion of performance-based requirements for copper alloy and stainless-steel materials.
b. (b) Inclusion of additional end connections; polyethylene (PE) tails and restrained flexible joint sockets for polyethylene (PE) pipe.
c. (c) Inclusion of DN 50 and DN 65 flanged end connections.

The objective of this object is to specify requirements for the correct and safe installation of domestic solid fuel burning appliances (and their associated floor protectors and flue systems) that can be fully assembled prior to being transported to the installation site.

The major changes in this edition are as follows:

a. (a) Inclusion of reference to pellet heater Standard EN 14785.
b. (b) Improved clarity in Section 4 regarding the references to
c. Appendix B and
d. Appendix F

The objective of this document is to provide the Australian and New Zealand electrical industry, including manufacturers, test laboratories, certification bodies and regulators, with requirements and test methods for plugs, socket -outlets or plug portions.

This document is one of a series of approval and test specifications to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 3100, Approval and test specification–General requirements for electrical equipment. The purpose of this series is to outline conditions which need to be met to secure approval for the sale and use of electrical equipment. Only safety matters and related conditions are covered.

The essential safety requirements in AS/NZS 3820, Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment, which could be applicable to plugs, socket -outlets or plug portions, are covered by this document, taken in conjunction with any other relevant requirements affecting safety.

The objective of this document is to provide regulatory and testing bodies with a standard method for continuously monitoring methane and non-methane organic compounds in ambient air.

A list of all parts in the AS/NZS 3580 series can be found in the Standards Australia online catalogue.

The major changes in this edition are as follows:

(a) Alignment with current technology and to ensure consistency and uniformity across different methods used in other gaseous pollutant continuous monitoring Standards.
(b) Provision of an essential reference to AS 3580.19

This document has been developed as a performance-based Standard, which may include direct-reading instrumental methods other than Flame Ionization Detection (FID).

The objective of this document is to specify the general definitions and service conditions, construction requirements, technical characteristics and verification requirements for low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies.

This document is an adoption with national modifications and has been reproduced from IEC 61439‑1:2020 (ED. 3.0), Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies — Part 1: General rules. The modifications are set out in national variations boxes which give instructions where the IEC text is to be modified for use in Australia. Due to IEC copyright policy it is not possible to directly modify the IEC content.

The secretariat of this committee is managed by Standards Australia. Please see the attached document on how to access public comment drafts and submitting comments via the Standards Australia Public Commenting Portal, Connect.

The objective of this document is to define the specific requirements for the power switchgear and controlgear assembly.

This document is an adoption with national modifications, and has been reproduced from, IEC 61439-2:2020, Low voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies — Part 2: Power switchgear and controlgear assemblies. The modifications are set out in national variations boxes which give instructions where the IEC text is to be modified for use in Australia and New Zealand. Due to IEC copyright policy, it is not possible to directly modify the IEC content.

The secretariat of this committee is managed by Standards Australia. Please see the attached document on how to access public comment drafts and submitting comments via the Standards Australia Public Commenting Portal, Connect.

The objective of this document is to introduce the dependability attribute of supportability (and support) and the relationship with related dependability attributes of reliability, maintainability and availability. This document can be used at any time during an item’s life to guide the planning and implementing of supportability and support activities focused on achieving an intended balance of performance, cost and risk.

All activities can be tailored to the nature of the item and its conditions of use. Guidance is offered on how supportability and support activities can be applied at any life cycle stage for newly designed items, existing items available for commercial procurement, or for items during their operational life. This document considers the life cycle implications by formally managing risks associated with the management and delivery of activities to create, operate, maintain and refurbish an item to achieve its stated purpose.

The objective of this document is to specify methods for measuring the performance of electric washing machines for household use, with or without heating devices, and utilizing cold and/or hot water supply, including those which specify the use of no detergent for normal use. It is also applicable to washing machines for communal use in blocks of flats or in launderettes and to electrical household appliances for both washing and drying textiles (household washer-dryers) with respect only to their washing related functions. It also deals with electrical appliances for water extraction by centrifugal force (spin extractors).

The secretariat of this committee is managed by Standards Australia. Please see the attached document on how to access public comment drafts and submitting comments via the Standards Australia Public Commenting Portal, Connect.

The objective of this document is to specify the International Standard name identifier (ISNI) for the identification of public identities of parties, i.e. the identities used publicly by parties involved throughout the media content industries in the creation, production, management and content distribution chains.

This document is identical to, and has been reproduced from, ISO 27729:2024, Information and documentation — International standard name identifier (ISNI).

The secretariat of this committee is managed by Standards Australia. Please see the attached document on how to access public comment drafts and submitting comments via the Standards Australia Public Commenting Portal, Connect.

This Amendment applies to the following elements:

• Front cover
• Preface
• Amendment 1 (New)

The objective of this standard is to provide guidance on auditing management systems.

This document is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO/IEC DIS 1720, Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies performing inspection.

The secretariat of this committee is managed by Standards Australia. Please see the attached document on how to access public comment drafts and submitting comments via the Standards Australia Public Commenting Portal, Connect.

The objective of this document is to provide a framework that applies to all resources and specifies how to describe resources. It includes rules governing the way in which descriptions are made.

This document provides principles, rules and structures for specifying the description of any type of resource. It identifies and establishes attributes for specifying properties, resources classes, vocabularies and application profiles and the rules governing their use. The key principles set out in this document are framed in a user-centric context and aim to meet the requirements of multilingual and cultural adaptability from a global perspective.

This document can be used for the specification of metadata describing any type of resource (not only learning resources). This document is information-technology-neutral and defines a set of common approaches.

This document specifies generic properties, generic resource classes and predefined rule sets for content value rules. These generic elements are proposed in such a way that they can be widely reused, thereby promoting interoperability.

This document is applicable to the development of —

(a) application profiles based on the ISO/IEC 19788 series but not part of it or any other document based on it; and
(b) standards consisting of the description of resources (in a broad sense), whether they belong to the domain of education or to any other domain.

The objective of this standard is to promote confidence in bodies performing inspections.

This document is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO/IEC DIS 1720, Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies performing inspection.

The secretariat of this committee is managed by Standards Australia. Please see the attached document on how to access public comment drafts and submitting comments via the Standards Australia Public Commenting Portal, Connect.