Pursuant to section 79(5) of the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms Act 1996 ("HSNO Act"), the Environmental Risk Management Authority advises that
it approved on 25 June 2009, the Code of Practice AS/NZS 60079.10:2004 and AS/NZS 2430.3:2004.
This code is intended to provide a means of compliance with Regulation 58 of the Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to
5 Controls) Regulations 2001 in respect of the standards for the delineation of hazardous atmosphere zones.
This code has been developed by ERMA New Zealand and enables:
- AS/NZS 60079.10:2004 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres, Part 10: Classification of hazardous areas; and
- AS/NZS 2430.3:2004 Classification of hazardous areas
to be used for the establishment of hazardous atmosphere zones.
Pursuant to section 80(1) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, this code may be inspected on request at the Wellington office of the Environmental Risk Management Authority of New Zealand, Level 1, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Pursuant to section 80(1)(b) of the Act, the code can be downloaded from the ERMA New Zealand website
www.ermanz.govt.nz
ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, ERMA New Zealand.