Australian & New Zealand Laser Safety Standards

The main Australian and New Zealand laser safety standards are listed below. In general, Australia and New Zealand adopt the international laser safety standards. There is often a delay between when the international standards are released and the official adoption of those standards in Australia and New Zealand. However, using the latest international standards would be considered best practice by many in the industry.

On the 12th of November 2014, Standards Australia published AS/NZS IEC 60825.1:2014, which is an equivalent standard to IEC 60825-1 Ed. 3.0 was released in May 2014.