Queensland Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 No. 18 - SECT 335

Sections 14 and 15—

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'(1) Electrical equipment means any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire that—

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

(b) is operated by electricity at a voltage greater than extra-low voltage; or

(c) is part of an electrical installation located in an area in which the atmosphere presents a risk to health and safety from fire or explosion; or

(d) is, or is part of, a cathodic protection system.

'(2) Electrical equipment does not include any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire that is part of a vehicle if—

(a) the equipment is part of a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle; or

(b) the electricity source for the equipment is a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion to the vehicle.

Examples of things that, under subsection (2), are not electrical equipment—

the headlights of a vehicle

ignition spark plugs of a motor vehicle

the interior lighting system of a vehicle, if powered from a battery charged by the engine that drives the vehicle or by the vehicle's movement

Examples of things that are not prevented by subsection (2) from being electrical equipment—

interior lighting or a socket outlet in a caravan, if the lighting or outlet is operated by a low voltage generating set or connected to low voltage supply

a refrigeration unit in a food delivery vehicle operating at low voltage from a source separate from the propulsion unit for the vehicle

'(1) An electrical installation is a group of items of electrical equipment that—

(a) are permanently electrically connected together; and

(b) can be supplied with electricity from the works of an electricity entity or from a generating source; and

(c) do not include items that are works of an electricity entity.

'(2) An item of electrical equipment may be part of more than 1 electrical installation.

'(3) In subsection (1)(a)—

(a) an item of electrical equipment connected to electricity by a plug and socket outlet is not permanently electrically connected; and

(b) connection achieved through using works of an electricity entity is not a consideration in determining whether or not electrical equipment is electrically connected.

Examples of an electrical installation—

the switchboard, wiring, lighting, socket outlets and other electrical equipment permanently connected for a shop in a shopping centre

the switchboard, wiring, lighting, socket outlets and other electrical equipment permanently connected for a house or residential unit

the switchboard, wiring, lighting, socket outlets and other electrical equipment permanently connected for a shopping centre. The electrical installation for the shopping centre generally includes the electrical installations for the individual shops.

the switchboard, wiring, lighting, socket outlets and other electrical equipment permanently connected for a residential unit complex. The electrical installation for the residential unit complex generally includes the electrical installations for the individual residential units.

the switchboard, wiring, lighting, socket outlets and other electrical equipment permanently connected within a caravan