Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 192

192 Regulator may prohibit the sale or use of electrical equipment on safety grounds

(1) The regulator may, by gazette notice, prohibit the sale or use by any person of an item of electrical equipment, or items of electrical equipment of a particular type, if the regulator believes on reasonable grounds that the item or type does not comply with the safety criteria in AS/NZS 3820 (Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment).

(2) The prohibition remains in force for the period stated in the gazette notice or, if no period is stated, for an indefinite period.

(3) As well as notifying the prohibition in the gazette, the regulator must give an information notice for the decision to prohibit the sale or use of the item or type of electrical equipment to each person the regulator knows to be, or is likely to be, a seller of the item or type.

(4) A person must not contravene the prohibition, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(5) Unless a court otherwise decides in the circumstances of a particular case, it is not a reasonable excuse for a contravention of the prohibition that the person did not receive an information notice under subsection (3) .