Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Safety Act 1998 - SECT 44

Compliance and testing of electrical installation work

44. Compliance and testing of electrical installation work



(1) A licensed electrical installation worker must ensure that all electrical
installation work carried out by that worker-

   (a)  complies with this Act and the regulations; and

   (b)  is tested in accordance with and at the intervals required by the
        regulations before it is connected to the electricity supply, or if
        the electrical circuits or electrical equipment handled in the course
        of that work were not disconnected from the electricity supply, before
        the work is first used after it is completed.

Penalty: 40 penalty units.

(2) A licensed electrical installation worker who carries out electrical
installation work must, within 4 business days after the completion of that
work-





   (a)  complete and sign a certificate of compliance in respect of that work;
        and



   (b)  if the worker is not the person responsible for the carrying out of
        the work, give to the person who is responsible for the carrying out
        of the work a signed certificate of compliance in respect of that
        work.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) A licensed electrical installation worker must not sign a certificate of
compliance in relation to any electrical installation work carried out by that
worker unless the certificate-

   (a)  describes the work; and

   (b)  states that the work complies with this Act and the regulations; and

   (c)  contains any other details in relation to the work required by the
        regulations.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

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