Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1971 - SECT 31

    (1)      The planning and land authority may publish warnings or information to increase public awareness about risks associated with the use of articles of electrical equipment.

    (2)      Without limiting the operation of subsection (1), the planning and land authority may publish statements containing advice about the use of—

        (a)     a prohibited article of electrical equipment; or

        (b)     an article of electrical equipment to which a declaration under section 30 (Directions about unsafe articles) applies.

    (3)     A person is not personally liable for anything done, or omitted to be done, honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function under this section; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the act was in the exercise of a function under this section.

    (4)     Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to a person attaches instead to the Territory.