Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 223

223 Disconnection and reconnection of low voltage electrical installation

(1) This section applies to an eligible person who—

(a) performs electrical installation work on a consumer’s consumer terminals, main switchboard or consumer mains; or

(b) isolates electricity supply to an electrical installation to eliminate an exclusion zone that would otherwise exist.

(2) Despite anything else in this division, the eligible person may, in accordance with recognised electricity industry practice, de-energise and re-energise the consumer’s electrical installation by—

(a) removing and replacing a fuse wedge from a service fuse; or

(b) switching off and on a circuit breaker installed as a service line disconnector.

(3) If subsection (1) (a) applies, the eligible person must, before reconnecting the electrical installation to a source of electricity, test to ensure the installation is safe to reconnect to the source.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) If subsection (1) (b) applies, the eligible person must, before reconnecting the electrical installation to a source of electricity—

(a) if the eligible person, or another person acting for the eligible person, has performed electrical work on the installation—test to ensure the installation is safe to reconnect to the source; or

(b) otherwise—carry out a visual inspection of the part of the installation that is in the area of the eliminated exclusion zone to ensure the installation has no serious defects.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(5) In this section—

"eligible person" means—

(a) a licensed electrical contractor; or

(b) a person who holds an electrical mechanic licence and is performing work for a licensed electrical contractor as an employee of the contractor; or

(c) a person who holds an electrical mechanic licence and is performing work for the person or a relative of the person at premises owned or occupied by the person or relative.