Newsletter #3 2017

AS/NZS 3820
We field many enquiries about AS/NZS 3820. This standard is the basic electrical safety standard referenced by State and National electrical safety legislation across Australia and New Zealand. Simply put, this standard requires that any electrical product imported into, or manufactured in, Australia must comply with the relevant Australian safety standard. Even if a product is not regulated and is not mandatory for certification, it must still comply with the Australian standard. There have been instances recently where the Australian Customs have impounded shipments of products which do not have test reports covering the Australian standard, often only with European CE declarations. To avoid this, we remind everybody to ensure they have endorsed test reports from an accredited laboratory for all electrical products. We do offer a service for a Certificate of Suitability for non-declared products and this is the best way to ensure you have met your legal obligations for electrical safety.
AS/NZS 3820
我们收到不少关于AS/NZS 3820的咨询。这是一本贯穿于澳大利亚和新西兰各州以及国家法律的基础电气安全标准。简言之，这本标准要求所有进口到以及在澳大利亚和新西兰制造的电气产品必须符合相关的澳大利亚／新西兰标准。不论产品是否属于强制性认证产品，所有产品必须符合澳大利亚／新西兰标准。近期澳大利亚海关扣押了不少进口货物，这些被扣押的物品往往只有欧洲ＣＥ认证而没有测试报告显示符合澳大利亚／新西兰标准。为避免货物被海关扣押，我们提醒所有客户把产品带入澳大利亚和新西兰之前请务必确保你们持有一份有资质实验室签发的产品符合澳大利亚／新西兰标准的测试报告。我们公司提供非强制认证产品的认证服务。向澳大利亚和新西兰海关提供一份我们公司签发的非强制性产品认证证书是最好的确保您的产品符合澳大利亚／新西兰标准的方法。
New NSW Gazette
新的新南威尔士州公告
The NSW Government has released a new gazette which has 4 changes from the previously reported gazette:
新南威尔士州政府发行了一份新的公告，对强制认证产品清单进行4处改动：
Item 7 – Building Wiring Cable
新增条款７――建筑用电线电缆
Item 15 – Double Capped Light Emitting Semiconductor Lamp (LED Tubes)
新增条款１５――双端ＬＥＤ灯（ＬＥＤ灯管）
Item 37 – Plug (add A3 to 3112)
修改条款３７――插头（增加３１１２增刊３的要求）
Item 47 – Socket Outlet (add A3 to 3112)
修改条款４７――插座（增加３１１２增刊３的要求）

The full list of items can be viewed on our website here.
完整的强制认证产品清单在线浏览，请电击这里。
There is a transition period for the new items, the Building Wire Cable and the LED tubes until January 29, 2018. These products must be certified before this time.
从此刻起到２０１８年１月２９日止为新增的建筑用电线电缆和ＬＥＤ灯管的认证过渡期。所有在澳大利亚市场的建筑用电线电缆和ＬＥＤ灯管在２０１８年１月２９日前必须获取澳洲强制认证证书。
For those certificate holders who already have Certificates of Suitability for these items, we will be emailing the client and the consultant to advise what steps will need to be taken to update their certificates.
对于建筑用电线电缆和ＬＥＤ灯管已经持有非强制认证证书的持有人，我们近期会清查我们公司数据库，发送电子邮件到客户以及咨询公司并指导如何将非强制认证证书转换成强制认证证书。
Please note that NSW has decided against including air conditioners at this time.
新南威尔士州决定目前不变更空调为强制认证产品。

Standards
标准更新

Please note that once a certificate has been issued, there is no need to update the standard on the certificate until the expiry date is reached and a renewal has been submitted. The exception is if a technical modification is made to the certified product, in which case the testing must be updated to the latest version of the standard.
一份证书从签发日起直到有效期截止日的过程中，不需要对该证书涵盖的产品做标准更新，除非该证书涵盖的产品有技术变更。如果某证书涵盖的产品有技术变更，那么需要对该产品按照现行有效标准进行重新测试并修改证书。
AS/NZS 3100:2017 was published on 13 January 2017. There is a 2 year transition period during which the older version may be used.
澳大利亚于２０１７年１月１３日发行了AS/NZS 3100:2017。这份新标准有两年的过渡期，标准发行后两年内允许使用旧版标准。
AS/NZS 62841.2.11:2017 for reciprocating saws has been released.
澳大利亚新发行了往复锯标准AS/NZS 62841.2.11:2017。
Fraud

As we have previously informed our partners and stakeholders, we recently upgraded our electronic certificates in an effort to better protect the public from fraudulently altered certificates. However, we continue to find instances of certificates having been fraudulently altered, or just outright frauds. We offer a free service to check that a certificate is valid and for this we require a photo of the product and a copy of the certificate presented. We endeavour to answer these enquiries as quickly as possible. If you have any doubt at all about the safety of a product, we urge you to immediately contact the Electrical Safety Office in your State with your concerns. We work with the regulators as closely as possible to prevent fraud and unsafe product appearing in Australia or New Zealand.
证书核实
如我们之前提到的，我们近期对电子证书进行了更新，期望可以减少仿冒证书从而保护我们客户的利益以及公众安全。然而，我们依然经常发现对我们发行的证书进行擅自修改和彻底仿冒的行为。基于以上情况，我们现提供证书的免费核实服务。如需核实证书的有效性，请同时给我们发送产品照片以及证书复印件或照片。我们会尽快的回复这一类求证核实电子邮件。如果您对自己购买的产品有任何疑虑，我们建议您联系您所在州的电气安全部门。我们与各个执法部门紧密合作以减少仿冒产品在澳大利亚以及新西兰流通。