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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 152

152 .         Electrical work

        (1)         A person who, at a workplace, is a person conducting a business or undertaking at, or a person with management or control of, the workplace must ensure that, before electrical work is carried out on a part of an electrical installation at the workplace, the part —

            (a)         is tested by a competent person to ascertain whether or not it is energised; and

            (b)         if it is found to be energised, is de‑energised by a competent person.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        (2)         Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply to electrical work carried out under the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 regulation 55(2).



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