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ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1971 - SECT 19

Safety registration mark

    (1)     If a declaration of compliance has been registered under this Act, the approved first seller shall, from time to time as necessary, ensure that, as soon as practicable, each article of electrical equipment to which the declaration relates that is manufactured or imported by him or her is marked, stamped or labelled as prescribed.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

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

              (ii)     exposes or advertises for sale or hire a prescribed article; or

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

        (b)     the prescribed article has not been marked, stamped or labelled in accordance with subsection (1) or a corresponding law of a State or another Territory; and

        (c)     the person is reckless about whether the prescribed article has been marked, stamped or labelled.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.



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