Electricity Regulations 1997 (SR 1997/60) (as at 01 October 2008)

Reprint as at 1 October 2008

Electricity Regulations 1997

(SR 1997/60)


Note

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.

Contents

Registration

Examinations

Notices

Registers

Practising licences

Replacement certificates and licences

Recognition of overseas workers

Employer licences

Prescribed electrical work

Restrictions on prescribed electrical work

Competency requirements and safety tuition, etc

Requirements in relation to work on or near overhead electric lines

Temporary earthing requirements

Warning notices, safety locks, and safety instructions

Associated equipment

Testing, certification, and inspection

Safety checks for particular installations

Limits of home-owners' and tradespersons' work

Notification to Secretary

Offences

Systems in general

Earthing, protection measures, warning notices, etc

Offences

General provisions

Cables, conductors, switches, plugs, etc

Electrical appliances

Electric motors

Switchboards

80 Switchboards [Revoked]

81 MEN switchboards [Revoked]

Earthing requirements

Miscellaneous provisions

Offences

Declared articles

Prohibitions, exemptions, and urgent instructions

Accident reports

Offences

Transitional provisions

Fees

Revocations

Gazette information

Reprint notes