New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY (CONSUMER SAFETY) REGULATION 2006

- Made under the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004
- As at 2 October 2009
- Reg 34 of 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Applicable fees

CHAPTER 2 - ELECTRICAL ARTICLES

   PART 1 - MODEL APPROVALS

           Division 1 - Applications for model approvals

   5.      Application for model approval: section 11 (1) of Act
   6.      Particulars of approval: section 11 (4) (g) of Act

           Division 2 - Extensions and renewals of model approvals

   7.      Extension of model approval
   8.      Application for renewal of approval
   9.      Notice of renewal
   10.     Refusal of application for renewal

           Division 3 - Modification of model approval and changes in details

   11.     Application for modification of model approval
   12.     Approval or refusal of modification
   13.     Notice of changes in other particulars

           Division 4 - Model approval certificates

   14.     Model approval certificates
   15.     Duplicate model approval certificates
   16.     Particulars concerning model approvals

           Division 5 - Register of model approvals

   17.     Director-General to establish register of model approvals

   PART 2 - RELEVANT AUTHORITIES

   18.     Relevant authorities of other States and Territories

   PART 3 - RECOGNISED EXTERNAL APPROVAL SCHEMES

   19.     Declaration of recognised external approval schemes
   20.     Applications for declaration of scheme
   21.     Applications for declaration to be advertised
   22.     Reporting requirements for recognised external approval schemes

   PART 4 - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

           Division 1 - Safety requirements for electrical articles that are not declared electrical articles

   23.     Minimum requirements in general

           Division 2 - Safety warnings

   24.     Warnings to accompany certain articles
   25.     Offence of disposing of articles that do not carry warnings
   26.     Publicising prohibition of sale of unsafe electrical articles: section 21 (5) of Act

           Division 3 - General

   27.     Offence of disposing of non-conforming article

   PART 5 - MARKING OF ELECTRICAL ARTICLES

   28.     Marking of declared electrical articles

   PART 6 - SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF ELECTRICAL ARTICLES

   29.     Return of seized electrical articles and compensation: section 28 of Act
   30.     Application for forfeiture of electrical articles: section 29 (1) of Act

   PART 7 - ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

   31.     Constitution and functions of Committee

CHAPTER 3 - ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
           Note

   PART 1 - ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WORK

   32.     Standards and requirements for electrical installation work: section 31 (1) of Act
   33.     Conduct of safety and compliance tests
   34.     Notification of results of safety and compliance tests
   35.     Unqualified persons not to carry out safety and compliance tests
   35A.    Exclusion from application of Part

   PART 2 - MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

   36.     Maintenance of electrical installations: section 32 of Act

CHAPTER 4 - ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATIONS

   37.     Notifiable serious electrical accidents: section 33 of Act
   38.     Interference with site of serious electrical accident: section 36 (c) of Act

CHAPTER 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   39.     Definition of “electrical installation”: section 3 (1) of Act
   40.     Penalty notice offences and penalties
   41.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
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