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86 Hazardous specialist work: do-it-yourself publications and public addresses

(1) In this clause:
"document" includes a film, tape or disc or other article from which sounds or images are capable of being reproduced.
"hazardous specialist work" means:

(a) electrical wiring work, and

(b) gasfitting work, and

(c) plumbing work to which AS/NZS 3500.4:2003, Plumbing and drainage, Part 4:Heated water services , published by Standards Australia, applies.

"publish" includes distribute, display or exhibit.
"unauthorised person", in relation to the doing of hazardous specialist work, is a person who is not the holder of an endorsed contractor licence or supervisor certificate authorising its holder to do such work or who is not appropriately supervised in the doing of the work by the holder of such a licence or certificate.

(2) A person must not publish a document or deliver a public address (whether or not in the form of a lecture or talk in public or in a radio or television broadcast) in which the person:

(a) describes or advises how hazardous specialist work may be done, or

(b) states, suggests or implies that an unauthorised person may do such work,

unless the person complies with subclause (3).

Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 20 penalty units in any other case.

(3) The person must include in the document or address a statement that:

(a) is expressed in the language used in the document or address, and

(b) is legible or audible, as the case requires, and

(c) is located prominently in the document or during the address, and

(d) informs the reader, the viewer or the audience, as the case may be, that:

(i) it is illegal and potentially dangerous for unauthorised persons to do electrical wiring work, gasfitting or hot water plumbing, and

(ii) penalties on conviction for doing such work illegally are severe.

(4) Subclauses (2) and (3) do not apply to a document or public address used or intended to be used for training or addressing persons engaged or concerned in the relevant specialist work industry.