Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 190

190 Requirement to display DIY warning sign

(1) The person must not sell an item of particular electrical equipment unless a DIY warning sign is displayed for the item.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1) , a DIY warning sign is displayed for an item of particular electrical equipment if the sign is displayed—

(a) in close proximity to the point of display of the item; or

(b) as part of the price tag of the item; or

(c) on a label attached to the packaging of the item; or

(d) as part of the packaging of the item; or

(e) on a label attached to the item.

(3) In this section—

"DIY warning sign" means a sign that—

(a) contains a symbol in the form of a red circle and a red diagonal line over the letters ‘DIY’ in black letters; and

(b) for a sign displayed in the way mentioned in subsection (2) (a) —contains the words ‘ALL ELECTRICAL WORK MUST BE PERFORMED BY A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN’ in uppercase black letters; and

(c) for a sign displayed in the way mentioned in subsection (2) (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) —contains the words ‘MUST BE INSTALLED BY A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN’ in uppercase black letters; and

(d) has a white background; and

(e) is unambiguous and clearly legible.

"point of display" , of an item, means—

(a) for an item displayed in a shop, warehouse or other physical space—the place where the item is displayed in the shop, warehouse or other physical space; or

(b) for an item displayed in an online shop—the place where the item is displayed on the online shop’s website.