GEMS (Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps) Determination 2013, a replacement Determination that regulates air conditioners and heat pumps manufactured in or imported into Australia will come into force on 1st April 2014. It will regulate multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps for the first time, covering vapour compression type appliances with a rated total cooling capacity of 65 kilowatts or less. The Determination does not affect the registration of any model registered under the GEMS Determination 2012.
It is required that all air conditioners and heat pumps covered by the Determination be registered with the Australian GEMS Regulator.
There are no GEMS labelling requirements for water cooled condensers, water-to-air heat pumps, brine-to-air heat pumps and multi-split systems.
However, the Determination does not cover the : close control air conditioners and liquid-chilling packages; evaporative coolers or any other cooling systems that are not of the vapour compression type; ground-water-sourced heat pumps or ground-loop-sourced heat pumps; or unbalanced air conditioners and spot coolers.
GEMS (Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps) Determination 2013 is available on the Australian Government ComLaw website: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013L01672