Aged standards under review for speech equipment, flooring and furniture, waste water and electrical installations.

Standards New Zealand and Standards Australia periodically review joint AS/NZS standards that are over a decade old to ensure they remain fit for purpose and industries’ needs. As part of this process, a number of standards have been proposed for review by Standards Australia that we now need your feedback on. If you use these standards, we need you to tell us:

• Should these be withdrawn, reconfirmed, or revised?
• Are they still fit for purpose?
• Do you use alternatives to meet your compliance needs?

Before any decision is made across both Australia and New Zealand, we factor in industry interest – even if you work in industries relevant to the topic of the standard but don’t use the standards, your input is helpful in forming an understanding of their place and value to industry.

Please get in touch if this is something you wish to discuss:

Email the joint standards team

Reviewing aged standards is a healthy and sensible approach to ensuring standards remain fit for purpose and continue to bring value in guiding good practice.

You can find the standards and links to provide your feedback here:

Standards New Zealand’s Consultation Hub(external link)

The aged standards under review include the following:

• AS/NZS 4295:2015 (external link)Analogue speech (angle modulated) equipment operating in land mobile and fixed services bands in the frequency range 29.7 MHz to 1 GHz
• AS/NZS 4295:2015 A1 (external link) Analogue speech (angle modulated) equipment operating in land mobile and fixed services bands in the frequency range 29.7 MHz to 1 GHz: Amendment 1
• AS/NZS 2111.18:1997(external link) Textile floor coverings - Tests and measurements, Method 18: Burning behaviour - Tablet test at ambient temperature
• AS/NZS 3744.1:1998(external link) Furniture - Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture, Part 1: Ignition source - Smouldering cigarette
• AS/NZS 3744.2:1998(external link) Furniture - Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture, Part 2: Ignition source - Match-flame equivalent
• AS/NZS 3744.3:1998(external link) Furniture - Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture, Part 3: Ignition sources - Nominal 160 mL/min gas flame and nominal 350 mL/min gas flame
• AS/NZS 4088.1:1996(external link) Specification for burning behaviour of upholstered furniture, Part 1: Upholstery materials for domestic furniture - Smouldering ignitability
• AS/NZS 1547:2012(external link) On-site domestic wastewater management
• AS/NZS 3003:2018(external link) Electrical installations - Patient areas.

The deadline for feedback is 12 January 2026.