Exemptions

  • Heading: inserted, on 1 April 2010, by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).

75 Board may exempt person or class of persons from section 74
  • (1) The Board may, if it thinks fit, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any person or class of persons from compliance with section 74 generally or in relation to a particular type of prescribed electrical work.

    (2) The Board may grant the exemption subject to any terms and conditions that it thinks fit.

    (3) A person may do any prescribed electrical work, or assist in doing any prescribed electrical work, under an exemption granted under subsection (1) if—

    • (a) the work is within the limits specified in the exemption; and

    • (b) the exemption applies to the person; and

    • (c) the work is done in accordance with the terms and conditions of the exemption; and

    • (d) the work is carried out in a competent and safe manner.

    (4) A notice published under this section is a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 but is not a regulation for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

    Section 75: substituted, on 1 April 2010, by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).