Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Safety Act 1998 - SECT 36

Electrical contractors not to employ certain persons

36. Electrical contractors not to employ certain persons



(1) A person (the contractor) must not employ a person (the worker) to carry
out, in the course of a business carried on by the contractor, electrical
installation work that, under the regulations, is a prescribed class of
electrical installation work for the purposes of this Division, unless-

   (a)  the contractor is a registered electrical contractor under this
        Division; and

   (b)  the worker is a licensed electrical installation worker under this
        Part in respect of electrical installation work of that class.

Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 50 penalty units; In the case of a
body corporate, 250 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the employment, in the regular course of
a business carried on by a person, of a licensed electrical installation
worker to carry out electrical installation work of a class in respect of
which the worker is licensed only in premises owned or occupied by the
employer.