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ELECTRICAL SAFETY ACT 2022 (NO 3 OF 2022) - SECT 122

Grounds for discipline – electrical contractor licence or in-house electrical licence

    (1)     Each of the following is a ground for taking disciplinary action against the holder of an electrical contractor licence or an in-house electrical licence:

    (a)     the holder performs or supervises electrical work in a manner that is not safe from electrical risk;

    (b)     the holder performs or supervises electrical work and that work is not safe from electrical risk;

    (c)     the holder performs or supervises electrical work that results in an individual or property not being safe from electrical risk;

    (d)     the holder failed to give a notice required under this Act about electrical work performed by the holder;

    (e)     the holder unreasonably delayed rectifying a fault in electrical work performed by the holder;

    (f)     the holder, or a worker of the holder, intentionally deceives, or attempts to deceive, an electricity entity or inspector by:

        (i)     concealing inferior work or materials used in electrical work; or

        (ii)     making a statement about electrical work that is false or misleading in a material particular;

    (g)     the holder, or a worker of the holder, unlawfully breaks or tampers with a meter, control apparatus or fuse belonging to an electricity supplier or a seal attached to a meter or control apparatus;

    (h)     the holder, or a worker of the holder, connects an electrical installation, or part of an electrical installation, to a source of supply chargeable at a rate lower than the rate for which electricity supply to the electrical installation or part is chargeable, without the authority of the electricity supplier;

        (i)     the holder is a party to conduct, equivalent to one referred to in paragraph (a) to (h), engaged in by another person or knows of the conduct and does nothing about it;

    (j)     the holder gave incorrect or misleading information in an application;

    (k)     the holder is no longer eligible, qualified or competent to hold the licence;

    (l)     the holder commits an offence against this Act;

    (m)     the holder contravenes a condition or restriction included in the licence;

    (n)     the holder advises, causes or allows a person to perform electrical work, knowing the person is not authorised under this Act to perform the work.

    (2)     Each of the following is a ground for taking disciplinary action against a person who formerly held an electrical contractor licence:

    (a)     the person performed electrical work in a manner that was not safe from electrical risk;

    (b)     the person supervised electrical work that was performed negligently or incompetently.



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