New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
Reprint as at 1 April 2010
(SR 1997/60)
Thomas Eichelbaum, Administrator of the Government
At Wellington this 7th day of April 1997
Present:
The Right Hon J B Bolger presiding in Council
Electricity Regulations 1997: revoked, on 1 April 2010, by regulation 120 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/36).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Commerce.
Pursuant to section 169 of the Electricity Act 1992, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Part 2
Registration and licences
4 Requirements for registration and provisional licences
6 Eligibility to sit examinations
7 Applications for examination and re-marking
13 Conditions for issue of practising licences
Replacement certificates and licences
14 Replacement certificates and licences
Recognition of overseas workers
16 Requirements prescribed for employer licences
Part 3
Prescribed electrical work and worker safety
Restrictions on prescribed electrical work
18 Prescribed electrical work registered electrical service technicians may do
19 Prescribed electrical work registered line mechanics may do
20 Prescribed electrical work registered electricians and registered electrical inspectors may do
21 Prescribed electrical work qualified engineers may do
22 Prescribed electrical work holders of provisional licences may do
23 Prescribed electrical work trainees may do
24 Work on live high voltage overhead electric lines [Revoked]
Competency requirements and safety tuition, etc
25 Competency requirements for electrical workers
26 Safety tuition for electrical workers
27 Assistance for work on certain live high voltage fittings [Revoked]
Requirements in relation to work on or near overhead electric lines
28 Work on live high voltage conductors of overhead electric lines
29 Work on live conductors of low voltage overhead electric lines in electrical installations
31 Construction of overhead lines on existing poles or other supports
Temporary earthing requirements
32 Temporary earthing requirements
33 Further provisions relating to temporary earthing requirements [Revoked]
Warning notices, safety locks, and safety instructions
34 Warning notices, safety locks, and safety instructions
35 Responsibility of employers for safety of employees
36 Safety responsibilities of person who carries out work
Testing, certification, and inspection
37 Testing of prescribed electrical work
38 Testing electrical appliances
39 Certification of prescribed electrical work
40 Further provisions relating to certification of prescribed electrical work
41 Inspection of prescribed electrical work
42 Further provisions relating to inspection of prescribed electrical work
43 Forms for certificates of compliance other than under employer licences
43A Connection of electrical installations to electricity
44 Suppliers of electricity to new or recommissioned electrical installations and switchboards
45 Connection of power supply for testing, certification, or inspection purposes
Safety checks for particular installations
46 Safety checks for particular electrical installations and electrical appliances
Limits of home-owners' and tradespersons' work
47 Home-owners' electrical wiring work
48 Maintenance of domestic appliances
49 Limits and requirements of exemption for tradespersons
57 Change in supply characteristics
58 Electrical interference with telecommunications lines, etc
59 Keeping of records and plans
Earthing, protection measures, warning notices, etc
60 Earthing requirements for works
62 Protection against fault currents
63 Further provisions relating to protection against fault currents [Revoked]
64 Protection against overload current
65 Isolation fittings for works and electrical installations
66 Strength of works and warning notices
Part 5
Safety of works, electrical installations, fittings, and electrical appliances
68 Works, electrical installations, fittings, and electrical appliances in existence on 1 April 1993
69B Compliance with regulation 69(1)
69C Compliance with design, construction, and installation requirements of regulation 69(1)
Cables, conductors, switches, plugs, etc
71 Identification of conductors [Revoked]
72 Position of switches and protective fittings
73 Storage capacitors [Revoked]
75 Residual current protection devices [Revoked]
76 Fittings and electrical appliances
76A Non-complying fittings and electrical appliances
78 Compliance with Conformity Cooperation Agreement marks
78 Isolation of fixed wired appliances and ranges [Revoked]
[Revoked]
79 Particular requirements for electric motors [Revoked]
[Revoked]
80 Switchboards [Revoked]
81 MEN switchboards [Revoked]
82 Linked busbar switchboards [Revoked]
83 Distribution switchboards [Revoked]
85 Fittings that must not or need not be earthed [Revoked]
86 Earthing system for MEN electrical installations
87 Construction of works and electrical installations
88 Further provisions relating to construction of works and electrical installations [Revoked]
89 Electricity generation facilities and substations
91 Extra-low voltage installations
92 Conductor insulation for overhead electric lines
93 Safety distances from electric lines
93A Interference with, or movement of, works
94 Protection against direct and indirect electrical contact
95 Notification of existence of particular types of electrical installations [Revoked]
96 Notification of construction of or additions to electric lines [Revoked]
98 Supply of electricity to connectable installations
Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions
101A Specified fittings or electrical appliances
Prohibitions, exemptions, and urgent instructions
102 Prohibition of fittings and electrical appliances
103 Secretary's exemptions from requirements
104 Chief executive responsible for Building Act 2004 may grant exemptions
105 Issuing of urgent instructions
106 Details to be provided in reporting accidents
108 Approvals, modifications, permissions, etc, under earlier regulations
Schedule 1
Qualifications for registration as electrician
Schedule 2
Qualifications for registration as electrical service technician
Schedule 3
Qualifications for registration as line mechanic
Schedule 4
Qualifications for registration as electrical inspector
Schedule 5
Conditions to be fulfilled by applicants for practising licences
Schedule 6
Overseas qualifications
Schedule 7
Subject-matter for course of tuition for tradespersons
[Revoked]
