Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 104

104 Requirements for construction wiring and electrical equipment

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that all electrical equipment for the performance of work complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites).

(2) However, the requirement under AS/NZS 3012, clause 3.8.3 that the tag must include the name of the person or company who performed the test does not apply.

(3) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, electrical equipment mentioned in AS/NZS 3012, clause 3.1 is not fitted with a tag that includes the test or retest date for the equipment unless—

(a) the equipment is new; or

(b) both of the following apply—

(i) the equipment has been inspected and tested under that clause by a competent person and found to comply with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012;

(ii) the tag includes the day by which the equipment must be reinspected and retested and the information mentioned in subsection (4) .

(4) For subsection (3) (b) (ii) —

(a) if the individual who performed the test or retest is employed or engaged by a corporation—the information is any of the following—

(i) the name of the individual;

(ii) the individual’s electrical contractor licence number;

(iii) the name of the corporation;

(iv) the corporation’s electrical contractor licence number; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the information is any of the following—

(i) the name of the individual;

(ii) the individual’s electrical contractor licence number;

(iii) the electrical contractor licence number of the individual’s employer;

(iv) the individual’s electrical worker licence number.

(5) A person with management or control of a workplace where construction work is being carried out must ensure that all construction wiring at the workplace complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites).

(6) In this section—

"competent person" see AS/NZS 3012, clause 1.4.9.

"construction wiring" , for a workplace, means temporary electrical wiring by which electricity is supplied by an electricity entity for use in, and for the period of, construction work, within the meaning of the WHS Regulation , section 289 , at the place.

Note for subsections (1) to (5)—

ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 )