Energy and Utilities Administration Amendment (Clothes Washing Machines and Dishwashers) Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 145

New South Wales

Energy and Utilities Administration

Amendment (Clothes Washing
Machines and Dishwashers)

Regulation 2007

under the

Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987.

JOSEPH TRIPODI, M.P.,

Minister for Energy

Explanatory note
The Energy and Utilities Administration Regulation 2006 provides that:

(a)	electrical equipment listed in Schedule 1 to that Regulation must comply with the performance criteria set out in a standard applicable to the equipment when tested in accordance with that standard, and
(b)	such equipment must not be sold unless an approved energy efficiency label is displayed on the equipment in accordance with that standard.

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Energy and Utilities Administration Regulation 2006 to update the standards applicable to clothes washing machines and dishwashers (electrical equipment listed in Schedule 1 to that Regulation). The updated standards provide for the measurement of standby power and for standby power to be taken into account in energy consumption values and star rating calculation algorithms used for the purposes of energy efficiency labels.

This Regulation is made under the Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987, including section 38 and section 53 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 45 of 30 March 2007, page 1999	Page 1
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Clause 1	Machines and Dishwashers) Regulation 2007

Energy and Utilities Administration Amendment
(Clothes Washing Machines and Dishwashers)

Regulation 2007

under the

Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Energy and Utilities Administration Amendment
(Clothes Washing Machines and Dishwashers) Regulation 2007.

2 Amendment of Energy and Utilities Administration Regulation 2006

The Energy and Utilities Administration Regulation 2006 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Energy and Utilities Administration Amendment (Clothes Washing	2007 No 145
Machines and Dishwashers) Regulation 2007
Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Schedule 1 Standards for electrical equipment that requires registration and labelling with an energy efficiency label

Omit clause 2 (a) and (b). Insert instead:

(a)	AS/NZS 2040.1:2005, Performance of household electrical appliances—Clothes washing machines, Part 1: Methods for measuring performance, energy and water consumption,
(b)	AS/NZS 2040.2:2005, Performance of household electrical appliances—Clothes washing machines, Part 2: Energy efficiency labelling requirements.

[2]      Schedule 1, clause 3 (a) and (b)

Omit the paragraphs. Insert instead:

(a)	AS/NZS 2007.1:2005, Performance of household electrical appliances—Dishwashers, Part 1: Methods for measuring performance, energy and water consumption,
(b)	AS/NZS 2007.2:2005, Performance of household electrical appliances—Dishwashers, Part 2: Energy efficiency labelling requirements.

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