Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 116

116 Specified electrical equipment

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that specified electrical equipment of the person is not used to perform work unless—

(a) it is inspected and tested by a competent person—

(i) if the equipment is double insulated—at least once every year; or

(ii) if the equipment is not double insulated—at least once every 6 months; and

(b) it is connected to a type 1 safety switch or type 2 safety switch.

(2) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (a) , a competent person decides the equipment is safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that shows the prescribed details for the equipment.

(3) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (a) , a competent person decides the equipment is not safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure—

(a) the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and

(b) the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use.

(4) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subsection (2) unless—

(a) the equipment is new; or

(b) both of the following apply—

(i) the equipment has been inspected and tested by a competent person;

(ii) the tag was attached by the competent person.

Note for subsections (1) to (4)—

ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 )