Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1971 - SECT 15

    (1)     An approved first seller may apply to the construction occupations registrar for the registration of a declaration of compliance made by that seller in relation to a prescribed article of electrical equipment by lodging with the registrar —

        (a)     a written application; and

        (b)     the declaration of compliance; and

        (c)     a report prepared by a testing laboratory approved for this Act to the effect that the article has been tested and found to comply with the relevant safety standards; and

        (d)     subject to subsection (2), the article or another article of the same brand and model.

Note     A fee may be determined under s 64 (Determination of fees) for this subsection.

    (2)     If it is impracticable to lodge an article with the construction occupations registrar under subsection (1) (d), the approved first seller shall give the registrar reasonable access to the article.

    (3)     A declaration of compliance lodged under this must contain—

        (a)     the name and business address of the approved first seller; and

        (b)     a description of the article of electrical equipment to which it relates, identifying the article by the manufacturer's model or catalogue number or by any other means the construction occupations registrar determines; and

        (c)     a declaration by the applicant that the article complies with the relevant safety standards; and

        (d)     an undertaking by the applicant that, while the declaration of compliance is in force, the applicant will not supply an article of electrical equipment of the same description, type or class imported or manufactured by the applicant to any person unless—

              (i)     the article of electrical equipment complies with the relevant safety standards; and

              (ii)     the article of electrical equipment is marked, stamped or labelled as prescribed; and

              (iii)     if the article of electrical equipment has been modified in any way—details of the modification have been recorded in the register referred to in section 21 (1) (c) or a new declaration of compliance in relation to that article has been registered; and

        (e)     any other information required by the construction occupations registrar.

Note     If a form is approved under s 65 (Approved forms) for a declaration of compliance, the form must be used.