New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY (CONSUMER SAFETY) REGULATION 2006 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"applicable fee" -see clause 4.
"Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules" means the Australian and New Zealand Standard entitled AS/NZS 3000:2007, Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules), as in force from time to time, published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.
"authority number", in relation to a person who carries out or supervises the carrying out of electrical installation work, means the licence number or certificate number for a licence or certificate issued under the Home Building Act 1989 that authorises the person to contract to do or to carry out, or supervise the carrying out of, electrical wiring work.
"distribution network service provider" has the same meaning as in the Electricity Supply Act 1995 .
"distribution system" has the same meaning as it has in the Electricity Supply Act 1995 .
"dwelling" means a building, or a portion of a building, that is occupied or used, or so constructed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used, as a separate residence.
"electrical installation work" has the same meaning as in section 31 of the Act.
"energise", in relation to an electrical installation, means the connection of the installation (or part of the installation) to the distribution system of a distribution network service provider or to a stand-alone power system.
"free-standing electrical installation" means an electrical installation that is used for (or for purposes incidental to) the conveyance, control and use of electricity in connection with a dwelling where the only source for the electricity is, or is to be, a stand-alone power system.
"model approval certificate" -see clause 14.
"model reference code" means, in relation to an electrical article, a model name, model number, catalogue number, series number or similar indication of the model of the article given by its manufacturer or by a seller of the article.
"qualified person", in relation to the testing of an electrical installation work, means:

(a) a person authorised under the Home Building Act 1989 to do electrical wiring work without supervision, and

(b) in relation to the testing of a consumer’s aerial wiring system (within the meaning of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)-includes a person who is authorised to test a distribution network service provider’s overhead lines.

"register" means the register of model approvals maintained under clause 17.
"relevant distribution network service provider", in relation to an electrical installation or place at which a serious electrical accident occurs, means a distribution network service provider that owns or controls the distribution system that is used (or is intended to be used) to convey, or control the conveyance of, electricity to the installation or place.
"responsible person" for electrical installation work-see clause 34 (3) (c) (ii).
"safe" means not posing a risk to life, health or property.
"safety and compliance test" means a test referred to in clause 33.
"stand-alone power system" means a system for the supply of electricity that is not connected to a distribution system of a distribution network service provider.
"switchboard" means a switchboard within the meaning of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
"the Act" means the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004 .

(2) A reference in this Regulation to a Form is a reference to a form contained in Schedule 1.

(3) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.