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 AS/NZS 1604.3/Amdt 2/2008-03-19

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA/STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

Amendment No. 2
to
AS/NZS 1604.3:2004
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Specification for preservative treatment

Part 3: Plywood

REVISED TEXT
The 2004 edition of AS/NZS 1604.3 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the
appropriate places.
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to Clauses 1.2, 1.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.4(a), 1.9, 3.2(c)(i), 4.4 and 8.4, Tables
H2.1 and H2.2, and Appendix B.
Published on 19 March 2008.
Approved for publication in New Zealand on behalf of the Standards Council of New Zealand on 15 February
2008.

AMDT
Clause 1.2
No. 2 Delete ‘AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘the AS/NZS 1605 series’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Clause 1.3
No. 2 Reference to AS/NZS 1605, end of Standard title, insert ‘(all Parts)’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Clause 1.8.2
No. 2
MAR 1 First paragraph, second line, delete ‘in AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘of the
2008 AS/NZS 1605 series’.
2 Item (a), delete ‘AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘the AS/NZS 1605 series’.

AMDT
Clause 1.8.4(a)
No. 2 Delete ‘ in AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘of the AS/NZS 1605 series’.
MAR
2008

ISBN 0 7337 8576 X

 AMDT
Clause 1.9
No. 2 Insert new paragraph as follows:
MAR
2008
Plywood treated for hazard class H3 of this Standard shall be considered as having been
treated to either hazard class H3.1 or hazard class H3.2, as defined in NZS 3640, with the
envelope analysis zone in accordance with this Standard and retention and penetration in
heartwood and sapwood in accordance with NZS 3640 in respect of the preservatives used,
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as follows:
(a) Hazard class H3.1:
(i) Boron.................................................................. preservative code number 11.
(ii) TBTN .................................................................. preservative code number 62.
(iii) TBTO .................................................................. preservative code number 41.
(iv) Propiconazole + tebuconazole ............................. preservative code number 64.
(v) Copper naphthenate ............................................ preservative code number 57.
(b) Hazard class H3.2:
(i) CCA .................................................................... preservative code number 01.
(ii) ACQ.................................................................... preservative code number 90.
(iii) Copper azole ....................................................... preservative code number 58.
(iv) Copper naphthenate ............................................ preservative code number 57.

AMDT
Clause 3.2(c)(i)
No. 2 Delete ‘3.2 mm’, and replace with ‘4.3 mm’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Table H2.1
No. 2 Delete Table H2.1, and replace with the following:
MAR
2008
TABLE H2.1
MINIMUM PRESERVATIVE RETENTION IN THE PENETRATION ZONE FOR
VENEER, ENVELOPE, AND FACE VENEER TREATMENTS⎯HAZARD CLASS H2
(Individual piece; percent mass/mass based on the oven-dried mass of the test sample)
Copper chromium arsenic Alkaline copper quaternary Cyper- Delta- Bifenthrin (2)
Permethrin
(Cu + Cr + As) (Cu + DDAC) (1) methrin methrin All regions Southern regions (3)

0.32 0.350 0.020 0.030 0.0020 0.0042 0.0008

NOTES:
1 Based on ACQ formulation given in AS 1604.1. Treated timber shall contain not less than 45% of the nominated minimum
retention as Cu and 30% as DDAC (didecyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride).
2 Bifenthrin shall be analysed by the technique specified in AS/NZS 1605.3.
3 These treatments are suitable for use only in areas south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
 AMDT
Table H2.2
No. 2 Delete Table H2.2, and replace with the following:
MAR
2008
TABLE H2.2
MINIMUM PRESERVATIVE RETENTION IN THE PENETRATION ZONE FOR
GLUELINE TREATMENTS⎯HAZARD CLASS H2*
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(Individual piece; % mass/mass based on the oven-dried mass of the test sample)
All regions Southern regions only (1)
Glueline with Glueline with face veneer
Glueline treatment Glueline treatment only
face veneer treatment(5)
only
treatment Delta- Delta-
Bifenthrin Imidacloprid Bifenthrin Imidacloprid
Arsenic Bifenthrin Bifenthrin methrin methrin

0.13 (3)(4) 0.0083 (4) 0.0042 (4) 0.010 (2) 0.0021 (5) 0.0027 (9) 0.0028 (6) 0.0006 (5)(7) 0.0067 0.0021 (8) 0.0006 (7)
* All treatments, with exception of arsenic (As 2O 3 ) and bifenthrin, are approved for use in softwoods only.
NOTES:
1 Treatments listed for southern regions are suitable for use only in areas south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
2 Face veneers shall not exceed 2.5 mm in thickness.
3 Applied as arsenic in the form of As 2 O 3 dissolved in formaldehyde-based adhesives.
4 For veneer not thicker than 2.5 mm.
5 For veneer not thicker than 3.2 mm.
6 For hardwood veneer of natural durability class 1, 2 or 3 and not thicker than 2.5 mm.
7 Glueline dosed with imidacloprid against termites shall be analysed by the Elisa analysis technique specified in AS/NZS 1605.3.
8 Bifenthrin shall be analysed by the technique specified in AS/NZS 1605.3.
9 For softwood veneer not thicker than 4.3 mm.

AMDT
Clause 4.4
No. 2 Last paragraph, delete ‘56’ and replace with ‘41’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Clause 8.4
No. 2 Delete existing Note, and replace with the following:
MAR
2008 NOTE: Supplementary treatment should be the application of, for example, a brush-on
insecticide/wood-preservative according to the manufacturer’s recommendation and as
appropriate to the hazard class.

AMDT
Paragraph B2, Appendix B
No. 2 Delete ‘AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘the AS/NZS 1605 series’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Paragraph B3(c), Appendix B
No. 2 Insert ‘(see Figure B1)’ after ‘10 mm strip’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Paragraph B4(a), Appendix B
No. 2 Delete ‘AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘the AS/NZS 1605 series’.
MAR
2008

AMDT
Paragraph B4(b)(i), Appendix B
No. 2 Delete ‘in AS/NZS 1605’, and replace with ‘of the AS/NZS 1605 series’.
MAR
2008
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Figure B1 (new), Appendix B
No. 2 Insert new Figure B1 as follows:
MAR
2008
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150

150
Plywood sheet

S e e D e ta i l A
S e e D e ta i l A
150

150
150 150
Equal 200 Equal

Te s t s a m p l e ( 5 0 x 2 0 0 ) Sp e c i m e n f r o m m i d d l e
t o b e ta k e n f r o m t h e of the sheet edge
penetration zone for Cut edge (either long side or
chemical analysis 50 short side), 150 mm
across penetration zone
100

Panel edge

D e ta i l A

DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES

FIGURE B1 SELECTION OF SPECIMEN FOR ANALYSIS OF RETENTION

IN DEDGE PENETRATION ZONE