Compliance Insights April 2025

Regulatory changes

Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) — Australia

Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (LED Lamps) Determination 2025

Released on March 3, 2025, with implementation date of March 3, 2026 (12 months)

Will require most single-cap and double-cap replaceable LED lamps to be evaluated to the applicable Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) (AS/NZS 5341) to have information included on the product and/or packaging, and for the LED lamps to be registered on the online energy rating database

https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L00263/asmade/text

https://www.energyrating.gov.au/industry-information/products/light-emitting-diode-led-lamps

New standards/amendments published

AS/NZS CISPR 15:2025

Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Electrical Lighting and Similar Equipment
New edition published April 17, 2025
FYI only

AS 60598.2.4:2019, Amd 1:2025

Luminaires – Particular Requirements – Portable General-Purpose Luminaires (IEC 60598-2-4:2017, Ed. 3.0, MOD)
Amendment 1 published May 2, 202

• Added definition of “simple portable luminaire” (does not include salt lamps).
• Simple portable luminaire cord length required to be longer than 1.8 m (if evaluated to Annex ZA).
• Removed abnormality test with 150 W incandescent lamp.

Applicable upon publication

AS/NZS 61347.1:2016, Amd 2:2025

Lamp Controlgear – Part 1: General and Safety Requirements (IEC 61347-1:2015, MOD)
Amendment 2 published May 2, 2025
Modification to marking requirement of functional extra-low voltage (FELV) and extra-low voltage (ELV) warning symbols and statements (Appendix ZZ 7.1

Applicable upon publication

Draft standards/amendments published

DZ PAS 6014, Residential Solar Photovoltaics (PV) and Battery Storage Systems Guideline,

provides advice for:

• Consumers on choosing an appropriate solar and/or battery storage system aligned with their specific needs and understanding what they need to know to sell surplus electricity back into the system.
• Government agencies, suppliers and installers of solar PV and distributed generation equipment and energy service retailers; the publicly available specification (PAS) explains the regulatory requirements for installing and/or connecting a solar system to the electricity grid.

Closing date for comments: May 12, 2025

https://consultations.standards.govt.nz/draft-standards/nzs6014-public-consultation/

DR AS/NZS 60335.2.21:2023 Amendment 1

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.21: Particular Requirements for Storage Water Heaters (IEC 60335-2-21, Ed. 7, MOD)

DR 25043 CP

• Class I water heater accessible metal parts (including metal part behind decorative cover) required to be reliably earthed (even if it meets reinforced insulation distance/gap requirements) (Cl. 27.1).
• Class II and Class III water heaters shall not have protective earthing (Cl. 27.1).
• Safety extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits shall not be earthed unless they are protective extra-low voltage (Cl. 27.1).
• Additional instruction for heat exchange closed water heaters that can be retrofitted with immersion heater units and immersion heater units to be retrofitted in a heat exchange closed water heater (Cl. 7.12.1; Annex AA 7.12.1).
• Test to be carried out on each model and trademark of the heat exchange closed water heater listed in immersion heater unit’s installation instructions (Annex AA.5.AZ101).

Closing date for comments: June 17, 2025

https://consultations.standards.govt.nz/draft-standards/el-002-pc-22-apr-17-jun-25-a1-asnzs60335-2-21-2023/

Standards/amendments published but pending application

The following standards have an application date within the next six months.

AS/NZS 60335.2.2:2020, Amendment 1

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.2: Particular Requirements for Vacuum Cleaners and Water-Suction Cleaning Appliances 
Amendment 1 published June 30, 202

For AS/NZS variation only: Docking stations of automatic battery-operated cleaners are required to be lock-rotor-tested and considered as unattended appliances during glow wire assessments (Cl. 19.7, 30.2.3).

Date of application: June 30, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.10:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.10: Particular Requirements for Floor Treatment Machines and Wet Scrubbing Machines
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.10:2006
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-10, Ed. 6.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Additional requirement to limit the temperature rise of external accessible surfaces (Cl. 11).
• Modification of spillage test involving a change to spillage solution and placement of liquid container (Cl. 15.2).
• Clarification that hand-held appliances in normal operation are not subject to stability tests (Cl. 20.1).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.13:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.13: Particular Requirements for Deep Fat Fryers, Frying Pans and Similar Appliances
New edition published June 24, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.17:2017
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-13, Ed. 7.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Exclusion of battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1).
• Additional warning statement to keep out of reach of children (Cl. 7.12).
• Additional requirement to limit the temperature rise of external accessible surfaces, including marking of hot surfaces (Cl. 7, 11).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.28:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.28: Particular Requirements for Sewing Machines
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.28:2006
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-28, Ed. 5.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Clarification for battery-operated appliances’ normal operation (Cl. 1, 3.1.9, 11.7; Annex B.11.1).
• Additional requirement to limit the temperature rise of external accessible surfaces (Cl. 11).
• Additional requirement to apply Test Probe 19 on foot pedals and parts situated on floor; n.ot for assessing live parts and dangerous moving parts (Cl. 8.1.1, 20.2; Annex B.22.3, B.22.4)

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.44:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.44: Particular Requirements for Ironers
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.44:2012
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-44, Ed. 4.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Exclusion of battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1).
• Additional requirement to limit the temperature rise of external accessible surfaces (Cl. 11).
• Clarification that temperature rise limit of handles/grips of vents and air shutters is the same as handles/knobs held for short periods in normal use (Cl. 11.8).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.52:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.52: Particular Requirements for Oral Hygiene Appliances
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.82:2018
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-52, Ed. 4.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Clarification that IPX7 does not apply to detachable power supply parts incorporated with plug pins, and removes the allowance of IPX0 for Class III appliances with rated voltages less than 24 V (Cl. 6.2).
• Clarification of normal operation requirements for battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1, 11.7; Annex B.11.1).
• Introduces application of Test Probe 19 (simulates child’s finger less than 36 months old) (Cl. 8.1.1, 20.2; Annex B.22.3, B.22.4).
• Stability test has been updated to cover hand-held parts of battery-operated appliances when placed on their charging stands unless they only operate at SELV, low-power circuits; no damage after drop test five times from 700 mm height and no sharp edges (Cl. 20.1).
• Added drop test with a sling from 900 mm for hand-held parts of appliances and detachable power supply parts (Cl. 21.101, 21.102).
• Updated table for minimum opening area for cell (B.2) and volume of air injected at 2,070 KPa (B.3) during withstanding pressure of integral battery assessment after abnormal operation to reflect smaller cell capacities (Annex B.20.1).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.55:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.55: Particular Requirements for Electrical Appliances for Use with Aquariums and Garden Ponds
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.55:2011
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-55, Ed. 4.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Change of maximum operating depth symbol (Cl. 7.6, 7.12).
• Additional requirement to limit the temperature rise of external accessible surfaces (Cl. 11).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.59:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.59: Particular Requirements for Insect Killers
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.59:2005
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-59, Ed. 4.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Clarification of normal operation requirements for battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1, 11.7; Annex B.11.1).
• Clarification that temperature rise limit of handles/grips of vents and air shutters is the same as handles/knobs held for short periods in normal use (Cl. 11.8).
• Additional requirement to limit the temperature rise of external accessible surfaces (Cl. 11).
• Test Probe 18 is not applicable to appliances mounted at a high level (Cl. 20.2).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.74:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.74: Particular Requirements for Portable Immersion Heaters
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.74:2018
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-74, Ed. 3.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Exclusion of battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1).
• Added appliances that maintain a liquid at a set temperature to abnormal operation sections (Cl. 19.4 for temperature control failure, Cl. 19.5 for tubular sheathed heating element failure); classified as unattended appliances during glow wire assessment (Cl. 30.2).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.78:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.78: Particular Requirements for Outdoor Barbecues
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.78:2019
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-78, Ed. 3.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Exclusion of battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1).
• Added requirements for communal-use barbecues (Cl. 3 for definitions, Cl. 7.1 for markings, Cl. 7.12 for warning statements, Cl. 22.103 for requirements for switches and two manual operations to turn on, Cl. 22.104 for timer requirements).
• Clarification that residual current device (RCD) warning statement is not necessary for fixed wiring appliances (Cl. 7.12).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.80:2016, Amendment 3

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.80: Particular Requirements for Fans
Amendment 3 published Dec. 1, 2023
AS/NZS variation only
Cl. 20.101: Fans mounted at a high level (except ceiling fans) are now required to be guarded

Date of application: Dec. 1, 2025

AS/NZS 60335.2.106:2022

Household and Similar Electrical Appliances – Safety – Part 2.106: Particular Requirements for Heated Carpets and for Heating Units for Room Heating Installed Under Removable Floor Coverings
New edition published Nov. 25, 2022
Superseding AS/NZS 60335.2.106:2007
Identical adoption of IEC 60335-2-106, Ed. 2.

• Intended to be used in conjunction with AS/NZS 60335.1:2022.
• Exclusion of battery-operated appliances (Cl. 1).
• Added requirements for “portable” heated carpets (Cl. 5 for portable heated carpets tested with/without detachable covers; Cl. 6.1 for Class II or III only; Cl. 6.2 for when IPX7 is not required; Cl. 7 for additional marking and warnings statement; Cl. 11.8 to set PVC insulation limit at 80 K; Cl. 15.101 for immersion tests; Cl. 16 for testing between live parts and electrodes immersed in saline solution; Cl. 19.101 to set heating element insulation limit at 145 K; Cl. 19.103 for clarification on internal wire part; Cl. 21.105 for heating elements, earthing conductors and heating wire flexing strength and insulation resistance durability tests; Cl. 21.106 for crushing test; Cl. 24.1.5 for exemption for IEC 60320-3 connectors; Cl. 24.2 to allow switches in flexible cords; Cl. 29.3).
• Added requirements for washable portable heated carpets (Cl. 5 for washing twice for washable portable heated carpet before test; Cl. 7 for additional marking and warnings statement).
• Clarification that insulation of heating element, internal wiring and connection needle flame tests are repeated on two additional samples (Cl. 30.102).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 61558.2.16:2022

Safety of Transformers, Reactors, Power Supply Units and Combinations Thereof – Part 2.16: Particular Requirements and Tests for Switch Mode Power Supply Units and Transformers for Switch Mode Power Supply Units for General Applications
New edition published June 24, 2022
Identical adoption of IEC 61558-2-16, Ed. 2.

• Editorial and technical alignment with AS/NZS 61558.1:2018 (IEC 61558-1:2017, Ed. 3.0).
• Definitions of different voltage characteristics.
• Partial discharge and description of constructions moved to Part 1.
• Alternative method for dimensioning of clearances.
• Removal of requirements for homogeneous field conditions.
• Clarification that transformer is to be tested at 90% and 110% rated voltage (Cl. 14.102).
• Added example for determination of clearance and creepage distance (Annex CC).

Date of application: June 24, 2025

AS/NZS 62368.1:2022

Audio/Video, Information and Communication Technology Equipment – Part 1: Safety Requirements 
New edition published June 24, 2022
Modified adoption of IEC 62368-1, Ed. 3.

• Incorporated requirements from IEC 60950-22 (outdoor equipment) and IEC 60950-23 (large data storage equipment).
• All likely installation positions need to be considered, including nonvertical surfaces, regardless of the user installation instructions (Cl. 4.1.6).
• Button battery requirements expanded to cover all chemistries (IEC adoption of AU/NZ difference), not just lithium (IEC only).
• General clarifications added regarding peak vs. root mean square (RMS), along with three-second guidance for repetitive pulses.
• Antenna terminal requirements revised to align more with previous IEC 60065 standard requirements (Cl. 5.4.5, 5.5.6).
• Added requirements for functional earthing (from IEC 60950-1) (Cl. 5.6.8).
• Added requirements for a battery-backed-up supply capable of backfeeding (Cl. 5.8).
• Fire enclosure requirements revised to include parts of the previous IEC 60950-1 requirements
• Stability tests revised (Cl. 8.6).
• Added thermal requirements for wireless power transmitters (Cl. 9.6).
• Revision and clarification of optical radiation safeguards (Cl. 10.4).
• References to battery standards updated (IEC 62133-1 for alkaline and IEC 62133-2 for lithium) or added (IEC 62619 for nonportable lithium).
• Television sets and display devices required to be provided with a fixing point or restraining device to prevent the equipment from toppling (AU ND 8.6.201 and 8.6.202).

Date of application: June 24, 2025

AS/NZS 62841.3.6:2015, Amendment No. 2

Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery – Safety – Part 3.6: Particular Requirements for Transportable Diamond Drills with Liquid System
Amendment 2 published Nov. 25, 2022
Identical adoption of IEC 602841-3-6, Ed. 1, Amendment 

• Additional information to include appliance weight and mounting instruction of heavy appliances (heavier than 25 kg) into user instructions (Cl. 8.3, 8.14.3).
• Added different leakage current limit for three-phase diamond drills with rated input greater than 3,700 W (Cl. 14.3, 14.4, 14.3.101; Annex C).
• IPX4 tools excluded from spillage test (Cl. 14.3).
• Added alternative RCD compliance requirement for three-phase tools to IEC 61008-1:2010 (Cl. 14.5).
• Removed “safety-critical function for overspeed prevention” and “prevent self-resetting” from performance levels (Cl. 18.8).
• Allows Class I tools employing liquid systems if they are at least IPX3 when operating and IPX5 when not operating (Cl. 21.15).
• Dust collection requirement (Cl. 21.35) and non-self-resetting protection device or circuit (Cl. 23.3) are not applicable.
• Added cord size requirement for currents greater than 25 A and less than 63 A (Cl. 24.5, Table 8).
• Clarification that IEC 60664-1 applies for working voltages greater than 480 V AC (Cl. 28.1).
• Clarification of the microphone setup during noise measurement (Annex I).

Date of application: Nov. 25, 2025

AS/NZS 62841.4.5:2022

Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery – Safety – Part 4.5: Particular Requirements for Grass Shears
New edition published June 24, 2022
Supersedes AS/NZS 60335.2.94:2008
Identical adoption of IEC 62841-4-5:2021, Ed. 

Date of application: June 24, 2025