All new and used imported vehicles need to meet New Zealand Gas Regulations. The importer of a vehicle must ensure that the vehicle meets all of the new Gas Standards. All importers will remain liable for the lifetime of the vehicle, if anything happens to the vehicle, due to a gas incident occurring. Liability is only transferred to an approved gas practitioner once the Gas Certification is issued. It is therefore imperative that importers ensure the vehicle is certified.
Motorhome and Caravan - Used Vehicles
Existing vehicles that predate the current regulations do not have to comply with the new regulations, except in cases where the gas plumbing is altered in any way. This will result in the vehicle having to comply to the new standards, given at the time.
Please see the regulations below:
AS/NZS 5601.2.2010 can be found under Section 1.3- Compliance.
This section offers instruction as to when the standard should be followed, it states that the standard,
“...does not apply retrospectively to existing installations, but any repair or modifications to existing installations shall comply with the requirements of this standard. So if an appliance in the motorhome is faulty and needs replacing the new regulations fall into place and the vehicle will be required to undergo certification. All appliances under the new regulation will need a fail-safe device…”
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