This Standard is an adoption with national modifications of the fifth edition of IEC 60335-1, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements including its Corrigendum 1 (July 2010). This part is to be used in conjunction with the appropriate Part 2 of AS/NZS 60335. The Parts 2 contain clauses to supplement or modify the corresponding clauses in this part to provide the relevant requirements for each type of appliance. The national variations to the IEC 60335-1 Ed 5 form the Australian and New Zealand national variations for purposes of the IECEE scheme for recognition of results of testing to standards for safety of electrical equipment (the CB scheme).