New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY (CONSUMER SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 31

31 Electrical installation work to comply with regulations

(1) A person must carry out electrical installation work in accordance with such standards or requirements as may be prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a second or subsequent offence by a corporation-7,500 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a first offence by a corporation-5,000 penalty units, or

(c) in the case of a second or subsequent offence by an individual-750 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, or

(d) in the case of a first offence by an individual-500 penalty units.

(2) In this section:
"electrical installation work" means the work of installing, adding to, altering, disconnecting, reconnecting or replacing an electrical installation.