Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1971 - SECT 12

    (1)     An approved first seller commits an offence if—

        (a)     the seller—

              (i)     sells a prescribed article of electrical equipment (a prescribed article ); or

              (ii)     installs a prescribed article in, or connects a prescribed article to, an electrical installation; and

        (b)     the seller is reckless about whether the article is a prescribed article and—

              (i)     a declaration of compliance in relation to the article is not registered under section 16 or the corresponding law of a State or another Territory; or

              (ii)     a direction under section 30 (Directions about unsafe articles) has been given to the seller in relation to articles of the same brand and model.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

    (2)     A person, other than an approved first seller, commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

              (i)     sells a prescribed article; or

              (ii)     installs a prescribed article in, or connects a prescribed article to, an electrical installation; and

        (b)     the person is reckless about whether the article is a prescribed article and—

              (i)     a declaration of compliance in relation to the article had never been registered under section 16 or the corresponding law of a State or another Territory; or

              (ii)     the person has received from someone else a notice under section 30 in relation to the recall of articles of the same brand and model.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.