Annex 5: Gas Appliance Standards
5.1 A Cooperation Programme covering regulatory Requirements for gas appliances will be pursued under the auspices of this Arrangement and in conformance with the provisions of Part IX. The two main options for cooperation are mutual recognition or harmonisation.
Coverage of Existing Requirements
5.2 Regulatory Requirements covering safety standards and conformance assessment arrangements for gas appliances will be covered by the Arrangement subject to this Annex.
Institutional Arrangements
5.3 New Zealand is to be a full member of the Gas Technical Regulators Committee as well as the Energy Management Task Force and the National Appliance Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council. Appropriate consultation with key stakeholders will be undertaken by these Committees in the course of pursuing this Cooperation Programme.
Legislation Subject to Special Exemption
Australia
Gas Act 1986 (New South Wales).
Gas and Fuel Corporation Act 1958 (to be repealed by 6 June 1996), Gas Industry Act 1994 (Victoria).
Gas Act 1965 (Queensland).
Gas Act 1988 (South Australia).
Gas Standards Act 1972 (to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances) (Western
Australia).
Dangerous Goods Act 1972 (to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances) (Tasmania).
Dangerous Goods Act 1980 (to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances) (Northern
Territory).
Gas Act 1992, Dangerous Goods Act 1984 (to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances)
(Australian Capital Territory).
New Zealand
Gas Act 1992.
Signed for and on behalf of each of the Parties by
The Honourable John Winston Howard MP
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Robert John Carr MP
Premier of the State of New South Wales,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Jeffrey Gibb Kennett MLA
Premier of the State of Victoria,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Robert Edward Borbidge MLA
Premier of the State of Queensland,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Richard Fairfax Court MLA
Premier of the State of Western Australia,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Dean Craig Brown MP
Premier of the State of South Australia,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Anthony Maxwell Rundle MHA
Premier of the State of Tasmania,
on the 14 day of June 1996
Kate Carnell MLA
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory,
on the 14 day of June 1996
The Honourable Shane L Stone MLA
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia,
on the 14 day of June 1996
Rt Hon J B Bolger
Prime Minister of New Zealand,
on the 9 day of June 1996
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