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ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1971 - SECT 28

Prohibited articles

    (1)      The planning and land authority may prepare a written notice prohibiting the sale or installation of articles of electrical equipment of a stated class.

    (2)      The planning and land authority may act under subsection (1) only if satisfied on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     articles of the class are, or are likely to become, unsafe to use because of their design or construction; and

        (b)     the use of an article of the class involves, or would involve, a risk of death or injury to a person or damage to property.

    (3)      A notice under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.

Note      A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act 2001 .

    (4)     The planning and land authority must also publish the notice in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the ACT.



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