Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 120

120 Requirements for rural industry work

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that—

(a) specified electrical equipment used by the person is visually inspected for electrical safety defects before it is connected to a socket-outlet; and

(b) if rural industry work is proposed to be performed, the proposed work is assessed to decide whether it involves a stated electrical risk factor; and

(c) if the proposed work involves a stated electrical risk factor, control measures are implemented to prevent the electrical risk from the stated electrical risk factor; and

(d) if specified electrical equipment is used by the person that involves a stated electrical risk factor, the specified electrical equipment is—

(i) connected to a type 1 safety switch or type 2 safety switch; or

(ii) inspected and tested at least annually by a competent person and complies with AS/NZS 3760 when tested; and

(e) control measures are implemented for the risk of electric shock or burns from electrical welding work performed in the business or undertaking, including the wearing of protective clothing, gloves and footwear.

(2) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (d) (ii) , 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.

(3) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (d) (ii) , 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(b) the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use.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.

(5) In this section—

"personally supported electrical equipment" includes hand held, or carried, electrical equipment, including, for example, a backpack type vacuum cleaner.

"stated electrical risk factor" means any of the following—

(a) use of plug-in electrical equipment in an unroofed area or wet area, including, for example, a hose down area;

(b) use of personally supported electrical equipment if the electrical supply cord is subject to flexing while the equipment is being used;

(c) use of plug-in electrical equipment that is exposed to environmental factors that subject the equipment to abnormal wear or deterioration.

Examples of environmental factors that subject equipment to abnormal wear or deterioration—

• corrosive or other damaging dusts

• corrosive chemicals in the air

Note for subsections (1) to (4)—

ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 )