New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY (CONSUMER SAFETY) REGULATION 2006 - REG 28

28 Marking of declared electrical articles

(1) For the purposes of sections 16 (1) (b), 17 (2) (b) (iii) and 18 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act, a declared electrical article is to be marked with at least one of such of the following marks as apply to the article:

(a) a mark approved by the Director-General for articles of the model to which the article belongs,

(b) a mark in accordance with the requirements of the relevant authority for another State or a Territory by which the model to which the article belongs is approved or registered,

(c) a mark in accordance with the requirements of a recognised external approval scheme.

(2) A mark is not in accordance with subclause (1) unless it is made in a manner that is legible and permanent.

(3) The mark may be made on the article itself or, as the relevant certificate of approval so indicates, on a container, or a label affixed to a bundle, in which the articles are sold.

(4) A person must not mark an article of one model (or a container, or bundle, of articles of one model) with a mark that properly relates only to one or more other models.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.