Provides the lighting industry with specifications for general and minimum safety requirements for classification and marking of luminaires for their mechanical and electrical construction with allied tests. This Standard has been reproduced from IEC 60598-1 Ed.4.1:1996 Luminaires, Part 1 General requirements and tests incorporating IEC amendment-1, interpretation sheets and corrigendum. AS/NZS deviations from IEC are also covered in this Standard. This Standard also applies to luminaires for use with electric light sources on supply voltages not exceeding 1000V.