South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 149

149—Unsafe electrical equipment

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that any unsafe electrical equipment at the workplace—

            (a)         is disconnected (or isolated) from its electricity supply; and

            (b)         once disconnected (or isolated)—

                  (i)         is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe; or

                  (ii)         is replaced or permanently removed from use.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         In the case of an individual—$3 600.

            (b)         In the case of a body corporate—$18 000.

        (2)         For the purposes of this regulation, electrical equipment or a component of electrical equipment is "unsafe" if there are reasonable grounds for believing it to be unsafe.