General Notice No. 850 of 2022

Standards Act (8/2008) » Standards Matters

Title	Standards Act (8/2008) » Standards Matters
Department	Trade and Industry
Gazette	National Gazettes, No. 45954 of 25 February, 2022, 4 page(s), 60.7Kb

92   No. 45954              GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25 FEbRuARy 2022

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION
                                 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION

No.                                   NOTICE 850 OF 2022                                   2022

STANDARDS ACT, 2008
                                                  STANDARDS MATTERS

In terms of the Standards Act, 2008 (Act No. 8 of 2008), the Board of the South African Bureau of Standards has acted in
             regard to standards in the manner set out in the Schedules to this notice.

SECTION A: DRAFTS FOR COMMENTS

The following draft standards are hereby issued for public comments in compliance with the norm for the development of
             the South Africa National standards in terms of section 23(2)(a) (ii) of the Standards Act.

SCHEDULE A.1: AMENDMENT OF EXISTING STANDARDS

The following draft amendments are hereby issued for public comments in compliance with the norm for the development
             of the South African National Standards in terms of section 23(2)(a) (ii) of the Standards Act.

Draft Standard                                                                      Closing
                    No.                    Title                      Scope of amendment            Date
                and Edition
               SANS 3001-GR5   Civil engineering test methods – Part  Amended  to update  the  introduction,  2022-04-12
                   Ed 1.1      GR5: Wet preparation and air-drying  delete reference to  SANS  241,  change
                               of  samples  for plasticity  index and  definitions for  agglomerations and clods,
                               hydrometer test                define  water quality  for  testing,  expand
                                                              Principles and incorporate the  changes  in
                                                              references and definitions in the text.
              SANS 3001-GR51  Civil engineering test methods – Part  Amended  to update  the  introduction, to  2022-04-12
                   Ed 1.3      GR51:   Sampling,   preparation,  update referenced  standards,  to  update
                               compaction and curing of field mixed  requirements for  apparatus,  to  update
                               freshly  cementitiously  stabilized  "sample  mass",  to  update formulae in
                               materials including the determination  "calculations",  to  update requirements for
                               of  the maximum  dry density and  the  "test report", to update Annex  A
                               optimum moisture content       "Calculation  of the  compaction mould
                                                              factor by determining the volume", and to
                                                              update Annex  B  "Example of  the
                                                              calculations used in the procedure".
                  ARP 032      Guidelines  for the  modification of  Amended to update referenced standards.   2022-03-31
                   Ed 1.1      luminaires  for tubular  fluorescent
                               lamps to retro-fit LED tubular lamps
                               or T5 semi-luminaires

SCHEDULE A.2: WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS

In terms of section 24(1)(C) of the Standards Act, the following published standards are issued for comments with regard to
             the intention by the South African Bureau of Standards to withdrawn them.

Draft Standard No.            Title              Reason for withdrawal       Closing Date
                   and Edition
                SANS 10142-1-2     The wiring of premises Part 1-  Withdrawn in accordance with   2022-04-17
                                   2:     Additional   special  the outlined due process.
                                   requirements  for low voltage
                                   small    scale   embedded
                                   generator       installations
                                   connected to THE GRID

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