Michael, Martin
Recently, I had an enquiry of a somewhat similar nature, and this is what I found for Safety The Australian industrial equipment and standards situation somewhat parallels that in the EU and the Member States – in that there are Regulations in each State, which tend to be very similar, and agreed at Federal level. However, the actual State Regs are of a general nature and don’t regulate down to the detail level for machinery. For example, in New South Wales, there is the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 (http://www.legislation nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/subordleg+648+2001+cd+0+N <http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/main op/view/inforce/subordleg+648+2001+cd+0+N> ), which is the equivalent of HASAWA 1974 in the UK, and Part 5.2 “Design, manufacture and registration of plant” of Chapter 5 “Plant” is particularly relevant. It is both general and specific, but not to an absolute low level of detail. In that context, an overview of the relationship between legislation and standards is given here: http://www.sta dards.org.au/DevelopingStandards/Legislationandcaselaw.aspx <http://www.standards.org.au/DevelopingStandards/Legislationandcaselaw.aspx> which also takes you here to the search facilities here: http://www.austlii.edu.au/ <http://www.austlii.edu.au/> >From this you will therefore see that like the EU/UK, the general approach in Australia is to use Standards to demonstrate compliance with the regulations. This page gives a general Overview & list of Australian machinery stds, & the relationships to EN/IEC/ISO stds: http://www.nhp.com.au/safety/aust_euro_standards.asp <http://www.nhp.com.au/safety/aust_euro_standards.asp> >From this page it will be seen that many Australian standards relate closely to/are based on International IEC/ISO and European EN standards - but are not necessarily identical to them because of local conditions/requirements. Australian Standards preparation is the responsibility of “Standards Australia”, but they are published and distributed by “SAI Global International”. Their Home page is: ttp://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/default.aspx <http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/default.aspx> Using the search engine, it is possible to select those related to Machinery – which gets you to the set of pages starting here: http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/re ults2.aspx?searchType=simple&publisher= ll&keyword=machinery&gPublisher=AS&pageNo=1 <http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/r sults2.aspx?searchType=simple&publisher all&keyword=machinery&gPublisher=AS&pageNo=1> Then, Page 5 of this set is especially relevant as it lists standards that do/may apply to machinery, http://infos ore.saiglobal.com/store/results2.aspx?s archType=simple&publisher=all&keyword=machinery&gPublisher=AS&pageNo=5 <http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/r sults2.aspx?searchType=simple&publisher all&keyword=machinery&gPublisher=AS&pageNo=5> Hope this may be of some assistance. Regards & Happy Xmas John Allen London, UK From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Garwood Sent: 22 December 2010 10:58 To: 'Michael Loerzer'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Safety requirements for machines in Australia In Australia, all electrical items placed on the market must be safe and meet the essential electrical safety requirements of AS/NZS3820. This calls up the product specific standards such as AS/NZS60950 for IT or the AS/NZS60335.2.X series of standards for domestic appliances. In the case of machinery, AS/NZS3100 or AS/NZS 61010 may be the applicable product standards, hard to know as no specific product description is provided. Electrical machinery does not typically fall into the declared item category which means the formal application to an Australian Safety Regulator for a Safety Certificate is not required. The above is in addition to the ACMAs’ C-Tick requirements for EMC emissions, applicable to most items based on existing CISPRs or ENs. Regards, Martin. Austest Laboratories Martin Garwood 2/9 Packard Ave Castle Hill NSW 2154 Australia Ph +61 2 96809990 Fx +61 2 88503113 www.austest.com.au <http://www.austest.com.au/> www.harvestlabs.com <http://www.harvestlabs.com/> www.approvalspecialists.com <http://www.approvalspecialists.com/> Local and Global Approvals News www.approvalsblog.com <http://www.approvalsblog.com/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Loerzer Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2010 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Safety requirements for machines in Australia Hello, The EU has closed a MRA with Australia (decision 98/508/EC) in 1998. The sectoral annexes inlcudes machine safety requirments. I found also the standard AS 4024.1-2006 Series:2006-06 which includes 26 ISO/IEC/EN standards with 664 pages. So far so good. Does anybody know if Australia requires a specific machine certification? Or is a “EC declaration of conformity” with respect to the machinery directive 2006/42/EC acceptable for the authorities? Place of operation: 2333 Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia Has Australia specific safety requirements regarding the electrical equipment (control panels, electrical cables, colours, ect.)? Thanks for your support Kind regards Dipl.-Ing. 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