AU & NZ Standards

Standards provide vital guidance to local governments and main road authorities about how to design and implement safe, effective, robust and reliable public lighting. With the rapid pace of technical development in lighting and smart controls, ANZ standards are currently the focus of much development work and must increasingly be considered in conjunction with key international standards and guidance documents.

An important part of the SLSC Programme is to work consultatively with Standards Australia (SA) and Standards New Zealand (SNZ) to:

  • Improve the representation balance of standards committees, identify vacancies on relevant committees by local government, new-entrant suppliers and those with expertise in LEDs and smart controls and their application to adaptive lighting. To identify suitable candidates to fill vacancies, nominate candidates and provide appropriate briefing and support to nominees; and
  • Ensure that standards update proposals support the timely deployment of LEDs, smart controls and smart city technology.

The following Standards and Technical Specifications comprise the fundamental guidance documents for street, road and area lighting in Australasia:

AS/NZS 1158 Series: Lighting for roads and public spaces which includes the following components:



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Standards Australia

Standards New Zealand

AS/NZS 1158.0:2005

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Introduction

AS/NZS 1158.1.1:2005

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Vehicular traffic (Category V) lighting - Performance and design requirements

AS/NZS 1158.1.2:2010

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Vehicular traffic (Category V) lighting - Guide to design, installation, operation and maintenance

DR AS/NZS 1158.2:2005:2017

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Computer procedures for the calculation of light technical parameters for Category V and Category P lighting

AS/NZS 1158.3.1:2005
AS/NZS 1158.3.1:2005/Amdt1:2008
AS/NZS 1158.3.1:2005/Amdt2:2010

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Pedestrian area (Category P) lighting - Performance and design requirements

AS/NZS 1158.4:2009

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Lighting of pedestrian crossings

AS/NZS 1158.5:2007

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Tunnels and underpasses

SA/SNZ TS 1158.6 2015
SA/SNZ TS 1158.6:2015/Amdt1:2018

Lighting for roads and public spaces - Luminaires - Performance

AS/NZS 60598.1:2017

Luminaires - General requirements and tests

AS/NZS 60598.2.3 2015

Luminaires Particular requirements - Luminaires for road and street lighting

AS/NZS 4282:201

Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting

AS 1798:2014

Lighting poles and bracket arms – Recommended dimensions

AS/NZS 3000:2018

Electrical Installations – Building, Structures and Premises