Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 26

26 Certificate of testing and safety

(1) This section applies if a licensed electrical contractor performs electrical work that must be tested under this division.

(2) The contractor must, as soon as practicable after testing the electrical work, ensure that the person for whom the electrical work was performed is given a certificate complying with this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) The certificate must state the following—

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

(b) the electrical equipment tested;

(c) the day the electrical equipment was tested;

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

(4) The certificate must certify that the electrical equipment, to the extent it is affected by the electrical work, is electrically safe.

(5) 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 (5) —20 penalty units.