Description

Australia Electrical Product Certification Services

Consumer electrical equipment as supplied in Australia is classified as either:

Declared Articles - equipment as defined in Appendix E2 of AS/NZS ***7.2 which are required to be approved before supplyor offer to supply in Australia or Non-declared articles - equipment not covered in AS/NZS ***7.2 Appendix E2 and which may be supplied to the public without first being approved.

If you are selling declared articles, you should, prior to accepting delivery of goods: insist that your supplier provides you with a copy of an 'Australian' Certificate of Approval and confirm that an approval mark appears on the electrical articles and accessories.

Overseas Certificates of Approval and approval marks are not acceptable in Australia.

Under certain conditions your supplier may guarantee compliance with requirements and may become liable in your stead.

The maximum penalty for selling, importing, hiring or exchanging unmarked or unapproved electrical goods is $*2,**0 and/or two years imprisonment for an individual or $**5,**0 for a corporation.

Acceptance of Test Reports

A Safety Test Report shall be the original or a certified copy of one of the following:

1) A NATA endorsed report

2) An endorsed report from a laboratory with which NATA has a MRA

3) A CB test report and certificate issued under the IECEE CB Scheme.

4) A report from a testing laboratory which is determined by all relevant regulators to meet standards of competency not inferior to those above, and which is recognised, certified or accredited within its own country by an appropriate national body, or internationally by similar bodies (eg GS Scheme for Germany).

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