Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 227

227 Certificate of testing and compliance

(1) A licensed electrical contractor who connects an electrical installation on which electrical work has been performed to a source of electricity must, as soon as practicable after the connection, give the person for whom the work was performed a certificate, complying with subsection (2) and (3) , about the testing of the electrical installation required under this part.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) The certificate must state the following—

(a) the name and address of the person for whom the work was performed;

(b) the electrical installation tested;

(c) the day the electrical installation was tested;

(d) the number of the electrical contractor licence under which the electrical installation was tested.

(3) The certificate must certify that the electrical installation, to the extent it is affected by the electrical work, has been tested to ensure it is electrically safe and complies with the requirements of the wiring rules and any other standard applying under this regulation to the electrical installation.

(4) A licensed electrical contractor must keep a copy of a certificate given under this section for at least 5 years after the certificate is given.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —20 penalty units.