Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 4

4 How purposes are to be achieved

The ways adopted by this regulation for the achievement of its purposes include the following—

(a) prescribing matters in support of the electrical licensing arrangements established under the Act ;

(b) prescribing requirements for working around exposed parts and energised electrical equipment;

(c) prescribing requirements for electrical installations;

(d) prescribing matters about electrical equipment, including—

(i) requirements for electrical equipment; and

(ii) requirements relating to the registration and certification of particular electrical equipment; and

(iii) requirements about the hiring, selling, testing and using of electrical equipment; and

(iv) requiring particular electrical equipment to be marked for compliance with relevant standards; and

(v) requirements for the testing of electrical equipment;

(e) prescribing requirements and procedures for the design, building and maintenance of electric lines and the works of electricity entities;

(f) prescribing requirements for the performance of electrical work;

(g) prescribing requirements for safety management systems for prescribed electricity entities;

(h) prescribing requirements for the operation of cathodic protection systems and requirements for particular systems to be registered by the regulator;

(i) prescribing notification and reporting requirements for serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events.