Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010

Certifying installations

Heading: inserted, on 1 July 2013, by regulation 11 of the Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/279).

74A Electrical safety certification

(1AA)

This regulation applies to prescribed electrical work on—

(a)

an installation; or

(b)

a part installation; or

(c)

any fitting that supplies an installation or a part installation with electricity.

(1)

After the work referred to in subclause (1AA) is complete, the person who completed the work must issue an electrical safety certificate for the installation or part installation if the person is satisfied that—

(a)

the installation or part installation is safe to use, on the grounds that it is electrically safe and complies with these regulations; and

(b)

where the prescribed electrical work comprised the maintenance or alteration of, or the addition to, the installation or part installation, the work has not adversely affected any other part of the installation.

(2)

For the purposes of subclause (1), if an installation or part installation was disconnected from a power supply while the prescribed electrical work was done, the work is complete only once the installation or part installation is connected or reconnected to a power supply.

(3)

An electrical safety certificate must—

(a)

include a statement that the person issuing it is satisfied that the installation or part installation is connected to a power supply and is safe to use; and

(b)

clearly state whether the electrical safety certificate relates to the whole of the installation or just to specified parts of it; and

(c)

identify the location of the installation or part installation to which it relates; and

(d)

include or have on it the authentication mark, as specified in regulation 111B; and

(e)

give the date on which the connection was done; and

(f)

be signed and dated by—

(i)

the person who did the connection; and

(ii)

if the person who did the connection was acting under supervision, the supervisor; and

(g)

give the name and registration number of—

(i)

the person who did the connection; or

(ii)

if that person was acting under an employer licence, the employer’s licence number; or

(iii)

if the person in subparagraph (i) was acting under supervision, the registration number of the supervisor.

(4)

If prescribed electrical work is done without disconnecting the power supply, references in subclause (3)(e) to (g) to connection must be taken to be references to the completion of the work.

(5)

An electrical safety certificate issued for an installation or part installation is, for the purposes of section 19(1)(e) of the Building Act 2004, a certificate that confirms that any prescribed electrical work done on the installation or part installation complies with the building code.

Regulation 74A: inserted, on 1 July 2013, by regulation 11 of the Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/279).

Regulation 74A(1AA): inserted, on 31 December 2013, by regulation 21(1) of the Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/494).

Regulation 74A(1): amended, on 31 December 2013, by regulation 21(2) of the Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/494).

Regulation 74A(3)(f): replaced, on 31 December 2013, by regulation 21(3) of the Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/494).

Regulation 74A(3)(g): replaced, on 31 December 2013, by regulation 21(3) of the Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/494).