Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01406:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01406
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3162–6353

Schedule 1—Deemed Compliance Requirements

  1  Requirements for conducting tests under the Australian/New Zealand Standard

    For paragraphs 24(1)(b) and 26(1)(c) of the Act, the specified product class is taken, for the purposes of the Act, to comply with subsection 7(3) of the Determination if the modifications to AS/NZS 2040.1.2005 listed in column 2 of the Table at item 2 of this Schedule are complied with.

    2  Modifications to AS/NZS 2040.1:2005

    Each clause of the AS/NZS 2040.1:2005 in column 1 of the Table is modified in accordance with column 2 of the Table.

    Modifications
Column 1                Column 2
Clause                  Modification

    Clause A8.2     After Table A3 of this clause, insert the following:

                                     Sodium percarbonate (with active oxygen 13 % to 14 %) may be used as an alternative to sodium perborate. In this instance the detergent shall comprise the IEC base powder specified in Table A3 (without sodium perborate) with the addition of sodium percarbonate.

                                    The sodium percarbonate shall be added and thoroughly mixed immediately prior to use.

                                    The quantity of sodium percarbonate shall be as specified in clause B7.2.

                            Note:    See modifications to clause B7.2 in item 3 of the Table in Schedule 1 to the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Deemed Compliance) Declaration (No. 1) 2024.

    Clause A8.4     Delete the text of this clause and replace it with the following:

                        Detergents should be stored in a cool, dark, dry place in small airtight containers. Non-drum-type detergent shall not be used if more than 2 years old.

                                     Neither sodium perborate tetrahydrate or sodium percarbonate shall be used if more than 1 year old. (If the date of the manufacture is not provided with the sodium perborate tetrahydrate or sodium percarbonate, the age shall be measured from the date of purchase.)

    Clause B7.2     In this clause, delete:

                        Where a manufacturer specifies only the use of a low-sudsing or high-efficiency type detergent, then detergent for drum type machines shall be used at the dose for drum type machines in (b) above irrespective of the type of machine under test.

                    and replace it with the following:

                        If sodium percarbonate is used as an alternative to sodium perborate tetrahydrate in detergent for drum type machines, irrespective of the manufacturer's instructions, the following detergent dose shall be used:

                              1.                   Drum type machines using sodium percarbonate – IEC base powder (without sodium perborate) at 11.875 g/kg of the nominal mass of the test load and sodium percarbonate at 0.438 g/kg of the nominal mass of the test load.

                        Where a manufacturer specifies only the use of a low-sudsing or high-efficiency type detergent, then detergent for drum type machines shall be used at the dose for drum type machines in (b) or (i) above (as applicable) irrespective of the