South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations54—Connection testing and inspection procedures
(1) For the purposes
of section 59(1b)(b), (1d)(d) and (1g)(b) of the Act, electricity
supply from a transmission or distribution network must not be connected to an
electrical installation unless the connection testing and inspection
procedures of the operator of the network have been complied with.
(2) The connection
testing and inspection procedures of a network operator relating to the
connection of electricity supply from powerlines designed to operate at a
voltage of less than 11 kV must be procedures that have been approved by
the Technical Regulator.
(3) For the purposes
of section 59(1g)(a) of the Act, the work of installing or replacing a
meter, or examinations and tests relating to such work, must be carried out in
accordance with—
(a) the
metering installation procedures of the metering provider; or
(b) the
metering installation procedures published by the Technical Regulator.
(4) A person who
personally carries out the work of connecting electricity supply from a
transmission or distribution network to an electrical installation must—
(a) make
and sign a written record that—
(i)
specifies the place and date at which the work has been
carried out and sets out the person's full name; and
(ii)
states that the person has complied with the connection
testing and inspection procedures of the network operator relating to the
work; and
(b)
provide the record—
(i)
to the network operator; or
(ii)
in the case of work carried out on behalf of a prescribed
person (as defined in section 59 of the Act) other than the network
operator, to that prescribed person.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.
(5) A network operator
or other prescribed person who receives a record referred to in
subregulation (4) must keep the record for at least 2 years.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.