ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - made under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of regulation 2. Exemption from inspection etc--Act, s 34 3. Exemption from AS/NZS 3000--Act, s 5 (2) (b) 4. Exemption from Act, s 5 and s 6--Act, s 7 (a) 5. Articles of electrical equipment to bear registration number--Act, s 6. Energy efficiency standards--Act, s 27 (5) (a) and 8. Articles of electrical equipment--labelling ENDNOTES ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 1 Name of regulation This regulation is the Electricity Safety Regulation 2004. ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 2 Exemption from inspection etc--Act, s 34 Electrical work that consists of the installation of the wiring or a component of an electrical installation for a lift or escalator on the load side of a circuit-breaker in the motor room for the lift or escalator is prescribed. ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 3 Exemption from AS/NZS 3000--Act, s 5 (2) (b) The Act, section 5 (1) (a) does not apply if the construction occupations registrar is satisfied that-- (a) the electrical wiring work-- (i) is begun before the day when a revised edition of AS/NZS 3000 is published and is finished after that day; or (ii) is finished before the end of the period of 6 months starting on the day when a revised edition of AS/NZS 3000 is published; and (b) the electrical wiring work complies with AS/NZS 3000 as in effect before the publication of the revised edition. ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 4 Exemption from Act, s 5 and s 6--Act, s 7 (a) Electrical wiring work consisting of the installation of the wiring or a component of an electrical installation for a lift or escalator on the load side of a circuit-breaker in the motor room for the lift or escalator is prescribed. ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 5 Articles of electrical equipment to bear registration number--Act, s 19 Each article of electrical equipment to which a registered declaration of compliance relates must be marked, stamped or labelled by attaching the registration number of the declaration to, or writing that number indelibly on, the article. ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 6 Energy efficiency standards--Act, s 27 (5) (a) and (7) The Electricity Safety Act 1998 (Vic) is a corresponding law. Note 1 At the commencement of this section, energy efficiency standards are prescribed under the Electricity Safety Act 1998 (Vic) (see the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 (Vic)) for the following articles of electrical equipment: o clothes washing machines o dishwashers o refrigerating appliances o single-phase refrigerative airconditioners and heat pumps o rotary clothes dryers o storage water heaters o three-phase cage induction motors o three-phase airconditioners and heat pumps. Note 2 The text of Victorian Acts and section is available at www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - REG 8 Articles of electrical equipment--labelling (1) Articles of electrical equipment mentioned in the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 (Vic), regulation 16 (Electrical equipment labels) or schedule 3 (Standards for electrical equipment that requires registration and labelling), as in force from time to time, must be labelled as required under those provisions. Note 1 At the commencement of this section, the articles of electrical equipment mentioned in the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 (Vic), reg 16 and sch 3 are the following: o clothes washing machines o dishwashers o refrigerating appliances o single-phase refrigerative airconditioners and heat pumps o rotary clothes dryers o three-phase cage induction motors o three-phase airconditioners and heat pumps. Note 2 The text of Victorian Acts and regulation is available at www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au (2) The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to this section. ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - NOTES Endnotes Endnotes 1 About the endnotes Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes. Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote. If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications. 2 Abbreviation key am = amended ord = ordinance amdt = amendment orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph def = definition pres = present dict = dictionary prev = previous disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative (prev...) = previously Assembly pt = part div = division r = rule/subrule exp = expires/expired renum = renumbered Gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading R[X] = Republication No IA = Interpretation Act 1967 RI = reissue ins = inserted/added s = section/subsection LA = Legislation Act 2001 sch = schedule LR = legislation register sdiv = subdivision LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 sub = substituted mod = modified/modification SL = Subordinate Law o = order underlining = whole or part not commenced om = omitted/repealed or to be expired 3 Legislation history This regulation was made as part of the Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Act 2004 (see A2004-13 amdt 2.37 and sch 2) and is taken to have been made under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 A1971-30 (see s 131 (1) as ins by A2004-13 amdt 2.37) as the Electricity Safety Regulations 2004. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001. Electricity Safety Regulation 2004 SL2004-37 taken to have been notified LR 26 March 2004 (A1971-30, s 131 (3) (a) as ins by A2004-13 amdt 2.37)s 1 taken to have commenced 26 March 2004 (LA s 75 (1)) remainder commenced 1 September 2004 (A1971-30, s 131 (3) (b) as ins by A2004-13 amdt 2.37) 4 Amendment history Name of regulations 1 am R2 LA 5 Earlier republications Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Except for the footer, electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. Republication No and date Effective Last amendment made by Republication for R11 Sept 2004 1 Sept 2004-1 Nov 2004 not amended new regulation (c) Australian Capital Territory 2004 ELECTRICITY SAFETY REGULATION 2004 - NOTES Australian Capital Territory SL2004-37 Republication No 2 Effective: 2 November 2004 Republication date: 2 November 2004 Regulations not amended(republication includes editorial amendments under Legislation Act)Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office About this republication The republished law This is a republication of the Electricity Safety Regulation 2004, made under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 2 November 2004. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law. The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. Kinds of republications The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au): o authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies o unauthorised republications. The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page. Editorial amendments The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice. This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1). Uncommenced provisions and amendments If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote. Modifications If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95. Penalties The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is-- (a) if the person charged is an individual--$100; or (b) if the person charged is a corporation--$500. Australian Capital Territory Electricity Safety Regulation 2004 Endnotes Australian Capital Territory Electricity Safety Regulation 2004