New Zealand: Amendments to the electricity safety regulation. 

 

New Zealand has published Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2025 and Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2025. 

The Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 and the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010 (the regulations) set benchmarks for safe electricity and gas networks, installations, appliances, and associated fittings in New Zealand.  

The amendments will will update approximately 440 citations of standards, alongside a range of technical updates. 

The key changes are: 

• Updates to 50 citations in Schedule 2 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010, primarily to the latest available version of the same standard, including in relation to solar technologies.
• Updates to 309 citations in Schedule 4 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010, primarily to the latest available version of the same standard.
• Introduction of 53 new citations in Schedule 4 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010, addressing a range of technologies, including (but not limited to) refrigerating systems, electrical vehicles, and transportable tools.
• Updates to 22 citations in Schedule 1 of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010, primarily to the latest available version of the same standard.

Additional to citation updates, these changes will also: 

• Update references to Gas compliance bodies in the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010 to recognise current European, Australian, and British gas certification bodies.
• Restructure parts of Schedule 4 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 to better categorise products covered in these regulations.

These changes ensure the regulations are as up to date as possible and meet international standards. This will remove existing barriers and costs for both consumers and suppliers and move us closer in line to our international counterparts. 

To find out more about electrical compliance in New Zealand and worldwide, do not hesitate to contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.