Prepared by IRHACE in response to a request from the then Minister for the Environment, the Rt Hon Simon Upton, under Section 10 of the Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996. This version was endorsed by the NZ Government at the time.
Australia and New Zealand
Refrigerant handling code of practice 2007
The Australia and New Zealand Refrigerant Handling Code of Practice 2007 written by AIRAH, with funding from both the Australian and New Zealand Governments, applies to all systems which use fluorocarbon refrigerants. It will replace the HB40 series of codes of good practice in Table 135 of the Australian Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995, and therefore compliance with them will be mandatory for anyone holding a refrigerant handling licence or refrigerant trading authorisation . It is supplied in two parts:
Self-contained low charge systems
Prepared by the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) and the Institute of Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers New Zealand (IRHACE)
Self-contained low charge systems
Prepared by the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) and the Institute of Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers New Zealand (IRHACE)