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ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY SAFETY AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 (NO. 72 OF 1997) - SECT 18

Obligation to ensure that electrical contractor's business is properly managed

(1)  A person who holds an electrical contractor's licence must not carry on an electrical contractor's business unless electrical work carried out in the course of the business is subject to the management and supervision of a nominated manager, being an individual –
(a) who –
(i) holds an electrical technician's licence; and
(ii) is, in the Regulator's opinion, competent to assess the scope and technical requirements of work to be carried out under a contract or proposed contract, to determine the skills and resources necessary to carry out the work, and put in place appropriate arrangements for carrying out the work properly and safely; and
(b) who is designated in the licence, or by notice of nomination under this section, as the nominated manager.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.
(2)  If the nominated manager for a particular electrical contractor's business dies, or ceases to manage the electrical work carried out in the course of the electrical contractor's business, no offence is committed against this section if, within 60 days or a longer period allowed by the Regulator, the holder of the licence nominates, by notice of nomination given in the manner and form required by the Regulator, a new manager who is eligible to be the nominated manager for the electrical contractor's business.



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