8Applicable industry standard

8 Applicable industry standard

(1) In this standard, subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), the applicable industry standard, for a device, has the meaning determined using the following table:

Note 1: An applicable industry standard is incorporated as in force at the times mentioned in section 11.

Note 2: See the Note to subsection 6(2) for information about how a copy of an applicable standard can be obtained.

Note 3: Column 7 of the list of standards gives a manufacturer or importer of a device guidance about whether a particular standard listed in column 2 of Part 1 and 2 of the list of standards may apply to a device they manufacture or import.
Note 4: If an applicable standard mentioned in item 2 of the table in subsection 8 (1) has passed its expiry date, information in column 10 of the list of standards may give details about a standard that replaces the applicable industry standard (replacement standard), including the name and commencement date of the replacement standard.

(2) A document in column 2 of Part 1 and 2 of the list of standards is not an applicable industry standard if the expiry date mentioned in the document has passed. (3) For item 1 of the table in subsection (1), if more than one document in column 2 of Part 2 of the list of standards is identified as an applicable industry standard for a device, the manufacturer or importer of the device may choose 1 of those documents to be the applicable industry standard for the device. (4) If: (a) a document is in column 2 of the list of standards; and (b) subsection (1) has the effect that, apart from this subsection, the document is a applicable industry standard for a device; and (c) remarks in column 10 of the list of standards in relation to the document modify the application or requirements of the document; the applicable industry standard for the device is the document as modified by those remarks.