2 June 2026
File Ref: 260318
Mark Harris
[FYI request #34329 email]
Dear Mark
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 1 April 2026. You requested:
Please provide all of the advice WorkSafe provided to MBIE during the development of the
Electrical (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2025 that relates to removal of clauses
2.3.2.1.2 (b) and (c) from AS/NZS3000:2018.
On 29 April 2026, we notified you of an extension to the time limit for deciding on your request by
an additional 20 working days.
Information being released
Given the nature of the recommended change, there is little detailed documentation of the
recommendation and how it was formulated. This was appropriate given the recommendation was
made as a preparatory step, with the intention that the restriction would be replaced by specific
guidance relevant to each scenario, and it was not intended to permit ‘switching’ of these
conductors without introducing substitute controls to provide for safety.
Please find attached the following documents.
Item
Document Date
Document Title
Decision
1.
23 June 2023
Extract - Streamlined standards table for Cabinet
Release extract in
paper CB Comments to update to Dec 2022 new
full
2.
27 June 2023
Email WorkSafe to MBIE: Workshopping the
Release with
Energy Safety Standards Cabinet paper
redactions
3.
27 February 2024
Extract – Regs review
Release extract in
full
4.
14 March 2024
Extract - Standards tables from Energy Safety as
Release extract in
at 7 March
full
5.
25 June 2024
Extract from Paper: Further information about
Release extract in
changes to standards included in Energy Safety
full
Standards Update
I have decided to release the relevant parts of the documents listed above subject to personal
information being withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act, with any
information not relevant to your request removed and noted as “out of scope”:
s9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons.
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140
In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the
Act.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
investigate and review my decision, and further information is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you require further assistance, please con
tact [email address].
Yours sincerely
Darren Handforth
Acting Head of Inspectorate
2