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From: Andrew McGregor <[FOI #32857 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 November 2025 4:33 pm
To: Ministerial Services – WorkSafe <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Vapouriser Approval Information 2

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Dear WorkSafe New Zealand,

Thank you for your response dated 14 November 2025 regarding file 251127.

This is a new request for information under the Official Information Act, relating to the "Notice of Approval" for application VAP2303 dated 26 March 2024.

In that Notice of Approval VAP2303, WorkSafe applied several conditions. My request concerns Condition 4f, which states that the New Zealand specific installation and instruction manual must:

"f. if followed, will ensure that the installation of the vapouriser is safe and compliant with New Zealand law."

In your letter of 14 November 2025, you stated that WorkSafe "did not undertake any assessments against AS/NZS 60079.14".

Given that AS/NZS 60079.14 and the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 are part of New Zealand law, I request the following information:

All documents, technical assessments, correspondence, and any other information that WorkSafe used to justify and conclude that the installation manual for VAP2303, if followed, would ensure the installation is "compliant with New Zealand law".

All information WorkSafe holds that discusses or confirms whether Condition 4f of the VAP2303 approval supersedes or overrides the installer's legal obligations under standards such as AS/NZS 60079.14 and the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010.

This request is for the information WorkSafe used to validate the compliance claim made in Condition 4f of its own approval notice.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew McGregor

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