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Sets out requirements for fire-rated landing doors for retarding the passage of fire through openings in fire-rated liftwells; it applies where doors are required to have a fire-rating certificate.

This Amendment applies to the following elements of AS 3958:2023: Figures 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.4.1, 3.3.5.1, 5.4.7.3(D) and the Bibliography.

Specifies minimum requirements for the design, construction and testing of electrical installations that supply electricity to appliances and equipment on construction and demolition sites, and for the in-service testing of portable, transportable and fixed electrical equipment used on construction and demolition sites.

AS/NZS 3000:2018 is amended as follows.

Specifies requirements for alarm systems for all types of passenger and goods passenger lifts; deals with the minimum information to be provided as part of the instruction manual related to maintenance and the rescue service.

Adopts EN 81-70:2018 with modifications for Australia, which specifies the minimum requirements for the safe and independent access and use of lifts by a wide range of persons, including persons with disabilities.

Identically adopts EN 81 3:2000+A1:2008, specifying safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lifts with traction or positive drive, or hydraulic service lifts defined as lifting equipment, serving defined landing levels, having a car which is inaccessible, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails.

Sets out requirements for waterproofing membranes for external above-ground use, installed in accordance with AS 4654.2.

Specifies safety requirements for electrical installations in areas where it is intended that low-voltage medical electrical equipment will be used on a patient; it applies to new electrical installations and to alterations, additions and repairs of existing electrical installations.

Sets out requirements for the supply of electricity to power consuming devices for shows, carnivals and events, public events and limited duration private domestic or private corporate events where attendance is expected to be in excess of 30 people or when staff are employed for the event.