Frustrating as it is Badger, charges are relevant to the regulation and legislation at the time of the infringement, not retrospectively. 

hi guys, ( legislation at the time of the infringement, not retrospectively) funny that only when it suits them, bar-stewards,cheers

Part one is mandatory....... and part two is a form of compliance, but not mandatory......

I think one of the co-author's of NZ5261 says it best....

Paul and Emma,

Please find below a brief overview of gasfitting in New Zealand.

•   “Gasfitting” is a defined term in the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006

•   In order to do gasfitting you have to be licensed by the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board

•   Gas work (gasfitting) must comply with the Gas Regulations and be certified by the gasfitter as complying with NZS 5261: 2003, part 1 which is the Performance based design and installation criteria

•   Part 2 of NZS 5261 gives one way of complying with Part 1, but other ways of complying with part 1 can be used. Relevant Australian or British standards may be used if the gasfitter can demonstrate compliance with NZS 5261, Part1

As I understand it this differs from the UK where home owners are able to do their own gas work.

Other sources of information can be obtained from the Energy Safety Service (www.ess.govt.nz) and the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (www.pgdb.co.nz)

Please telephone if you wish to discuss

Kind regards
Bruce
 
Bruce Klein
Senior Advisor Building Standards

Basically if its ok and quite relevant, not to mention, tried and tested since the year 2000.... for 70 million people, with a much higher use of gas per capita, with similar construction methods and a similar climate and weather....but where people live in greater densities.....then it PROVES that this is an acceptable alternative to a non mandatory part two of NZ5261.

And some more....

Ok so you were claiming compliance of an Install in NZ based on using a British Standard in place of the current NZ Standard at the time??

Was there a difference in the clearances permissible in the British Standard when compared to the  NZ standard in place when the work was done???

What appliance was it an Infinity/ Integrity style water heater??

Hi guys, badger what about acceptable solutions that we can apply to plumbing regs,cheers

If hot flue gases are propelled away from the building, at a considerable force, they will travel horizontally until they loose momentum, they will then, and only then, rise...away from the building and any window on that building....just as I said at the hearing.....I even drew a diagram.

Out of interest Plasto, Answer me this..... how can a mechanically powered "inlet" be nearer to a flue than an opening window? (even allowing for a un-fanned flue, where the fumes would rise just like cigarette smoke, just as I said at my hearing, up the wall, close in, as it lacks the propulsion of the fan forced).....

Table 16 in NZ 5261 even emphasises a spa blower, which is a bit misleading because as far as external fumes are concerned it is a sucker not a blower. They suck at a rate measured in cubic meters per minuet, seven from memory.....from outside to inside.

So this acceptable solution allows for a vacuum type vent positioned above a source of fumes, sucking from outside, to inside...which then places the fumes literally right under the nose of the person in the spa bath....in one of the traditionally smallest rooms in the home, where in all likelihood the room would be full of steam, from the water being heated by the califont outside, you know the same califont that is filling the spa bath.....this could be a balanced flue, like the Bosch water wizard type, with no fan...... the guy who was investigating me helped write this table.