Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 72

72 Work involving water equipment

(1) A person must not perform work on water equipment unless—

(a) the person is a licensed electrical worker; and

(b) the work performed is work that the person would be authorised to perform on the water equipment under the person’s electrical work licence if the water equipment were electrical equipment; and

(c) the water equipment, to the extent it is affected by the work, complies with the wiring rules.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) If a business or undertaking includes the performance of work on water equipment, a person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, in the conduct of the business or undertaking, a person does not perform work in contravention of subsection (1) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

"designated equipment" means any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire—

(a) used for controlling, generating, supplying, transforming or transmitting electricity at extra low voltage; or

(b) operated by electricity at extra low voltage.

"water equipment" means designated equipment that is in, or that surrounds the water container of, a swimming pool, paddling pool, spa pool, water feature or water tub.

"work" , on water equipment, does not include—

(a) the plugging in of a pre-packaged water feature; or

(b) replacing a component forming part of the water equipment if the water equipment has been designed so that the component is readily and safely able to be replaced by a person without electrical knowledge or skill.