Nothing in these regulations applies to any of the following, or to work done on any of the following:

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

A term used in connection with a particular standard has the meaning used in that standard, unless the term is defined in the Act or these regulations, in which case it has that meaning.

A term used in these regulations and not defined in the Act or these regulations, and to which subclause (2) does not apply, has the meaning given (if any),—

In these regulations, electrical codes of practice and official standards (such as AS/NZS and IEC) are referred to by the abbreviations listed in Schedule 2.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

For the purpose of the definition of prescribed electrical work in section 2(1) of the Act, prescribed electrical work is electrical work of a type described in clause 1 of Schedule 1 that is not work of a type described in clause 2 of that schedule.

In these regulations, low-risk prescribed electrical work—

In these regulations, high-risk prescribed electrical work means the prescribed electrical work (not being low-risk prescribed electrical work) that—

In these regulations, general prescribed electrical work means any prescribed electrical work on an installation, or on mining electrical equipment, that is not low-risk prescribed electrical work or high-risk prescribed electrical work.

To avoid doubt, work done on an installation by a person acting under the exemption in section 79 of the Act (an exemption for domestic electrical wiring work) is not categorised as low-risk, high-risk, or general prescribed electrical work, unless, in order to comply with regulation 57, the work is required to be certified, in which case the work is to be categorised in accordance with subclauses (1) to (3) of this regulation.

For the purpose of the definition of connectable installation in section 2(1) of the Act in relation to a vehicle, a relocatable building, or a pleasure vessel, a connectable installation is one that is designed or intended for, or is capable of, connection to an external power supply that operates at a nominal voltage between 90 and 250 volts AC at standard low voltage.

Works not covered by audited safety management systems are deemed to be electrically unsafe if the magnitude and duration of electric shock currents resulting from the step, touch, and transferred voltages created by an earth fault exceed curve c2 of Fig 20 of IEC/TS 60479-1.

A low voltage installation and any fittings and appliances supplied at low voltage are deemed to be electrically unsafe if the magnitude and duration of electric shock currents resulting from direct or indirect contact with the live parts of the installation, fitting, or appliance exceed—

A high voltage installation, and any fittings and appliances supplied at high voltage, that are not provided with protection from supplying works are deemed to be electrically unsafe if the magnitude and duration of electric shock currents resulting from step, touch, and transferred voltages created by an earth fault exceed curve c1 of Fig 20 of IEC/TS 60479-1.

A high voltage installation and any fittings and appliances supplied by that installation that are provided with protection from supplying works are deemed to be electrically unsafe if the magnitude and duration of electric shock currents resulting from step, touch, and transferred voltages created by an earth fault exceed curve c2 of Fig 20 of IEC/TS 60479-1.

In New Zealand, the ambient temperature is deemed to be—

A level 1 penalty is,—

A level 2 penalty is,—

Subclauses (2) and (3) apply to every offence in these regulations except those that specifically refer to a defendant’s state of knowledge or intention regarding the facts constituting the offence.

In a prosecution for an offence to which this subclause applies, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant knew or intended the facts that constitute the offence.

It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence to which this subclause applies if the defendant proves—

Offences against the following are infringement offences:

The infringement fee for an offence punishable by a level 2 penalty is,—

The infringement fee for an offence punishable by a level 1 penalty is,—

The infringement fee for an offence against any of sections 20(d), 162, and 163 of the Act is the infringement fee set for an offence punishable by a level 2 penalty.

The prescribed form for infringement notices is form 1 as set out in Schedule 3.

Reminder notices for infringement offences must be as set out in form 2 of Schedule 3.

A person who does work on any works or installation, or on any part of any works or installation, must ensure—

A person who does work on any fittings or appliances must ensure that—

A person who does work on any works, installations, fittings, or appliances must, while doing the work, ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that people and property are protected from dangers arising from the work.

In this regulation, work includes doing, or supervising the doing of, any of the following:

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she—

A person who designs, or supervises the design of, works, installations, fittings, or appliances must ensure that, if the finished design were constructed, installed, or manufactured as designed, the finished works, installations, fittings, or appliances would be electrically safe.

A person who designs, or supervises the design of, works, installations, fittings, or appliances commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (1).

This regulation applies if a manufacturer or importer supplies a fitting or appliance with manufacturer’s instructions that—

The manufacturer’s instructions must be such that, if the fitting or appliance to which they apply is installed, tested, maintained, or connected in accordance with those instructions, the resulting fitting or appliance will—

A person who does any prescribed electrical work involving a fitting or appliance to which manufacturer’s instructions apply is entitled (if acting in good faith) to rely on the manufacturer’s instructions as complying with subclause (2).

A manufacturer or importer who supplies a fitting or appliance to which manufacturer’s instructions apply commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the manufacturer’s instructions do not comply with subclause (2).

A person who owns or operates works, installations, fittings, or appliances must not use, and must not allow any other person to use, the works, installations, fittings, or appliances if the works, installations, fittings, or appliances are electrically unsafe.

A person must not rent, hire out, or lease out fittings or appliances to any other person if the fittings or appliances are electrically unsafe at the start of the rental, hire, or lease period.

A person who is the direct renter, hirer, or lessee of fittings or appliances must not use, and must not allow any other person to use, the fittings or appliances if the fittings or appliances are electrically unsafe.

A person who uses, or supervises the use of, associated equipment must ensure that the associated equipment is not used in a manner that renders the associated equipment a danger to persons or property.

A person who owns, rents, hires, leases, or operates works, installations, fittings, or appliances commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she uses, or allows another person to use, the works, installations, fittings, or appliances, knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the works, installations, fittings, or appliances are electrically unsafe.

A person who is the direct renter, hirer, or lessee of fittings or appliances commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she uses, or allows another person to use, the fittings or appliances knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the fittings or appliances are electrically unsafe.

A person who uses, or supervises the use of, associated equipment commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (2).

A landlord of residential premises must not provide any fittings or appliances under or in connection with a residential tenancy if the fittings or appliances are electrically unsafe.

A landlord of residential premises must not allow any person to use any fittings or appliances provided by the landlord under or in connection with a residential tenancy if the fittings or appliances are electrically unsafe.

A landlord of residential premises must provide the occupier with adequate instructions for the safe use of any fittings or appliances provided under or in connection with a residential tenancy.

A landlord commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she provides fittings or appliances, or allows another person to use fittings or appliances that are provided, under or in connection with a residential tenancy, knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the fittings or appliances are electrically unsafe.

In this regulation, landlord has the meaning given to it in section 2(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

A person who has control of works, installations, fittings, appliances, or associated equipment must minimise, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risk of injury to persons or damage to property from dangers arising from direct or indirect contact between—

A person to whom subclause (1) applies commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with that subclause.

A person who carries out any construction, building, excavation, or other work on or near an electric line must maintain safe distances—

However,—

Each of the following persons commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if safe distances are not maintained as required by subclause (1):

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the person places thermal insulating material on or around fittings in an installation in such a way that the safety of the installation is compromised.

Notices providing instructions on the treatment of electric shock must be installed in a conspicuous position, and be maintained, on the following:

A person who owns premises referred to in subclause (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 1 penalty if he or she fails to ensure that the notices required by that subclause are installed and maintained as required.

While a person is carrying out prescribed electrical work on an installation, the person must, if there is a reasonable risk associated with the work of injury to any person from electric shock, erect or affix the sign referred to in subclause (2) at each access point to the area in which the work is carried out.

WorkSafe must give notice in the Gazette of the sign that is required for the purposes of subclause (1).

A person who carries out prescribed electrical work on an installation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 1 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (1).

This regulation applies to a person while engaged in any of the following:

If a person to whom this regulation applies has reasonable grounds to believe that the works, installation, fitting, or appliance presents an immediate danger to life or property, the person must, as soon as practicable, advise both of the following people of the danger:

The advice in subclause (2) must include—

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if a person to whom this regulation applies has reasonable grounds to believe that any works, installation, fitting, or appliance presents an immediate danger to life or property and fails to comply with subclause (2).

Works and installations are deemed to be electrically unsafe if there are not measures in place that do at least 1 of the following:

Works and installations are also deemed to be electrically unsafe if—

Subclause (2)(fc) does not apply if the safety or security function has a functioning backup system of electricity supply.

A low voltage fitting is deemed to be electrically unsafe if—

An appliance is deemed to be electrically unsafe if—

Fittings and appliances that are designed and used for patient treatment are not electrically unsafe merely because that treatment may cause injury to the patient.

Fittings and appliances that are designed and used for animal stunning, meat conditioning, or fishing are not electrically unsafe merely because they may injure animals or fish, as the case may be.

Subclause (1)(f) does not apply to a free-standing electric range that complies with whichever official standard listed in Schedule 4 applies to the appliance.

This regulation applies to any standard low voltage RCD that is used in a situation where it is required, by these regulations or any standard, to be used.

A portable RCD designed or used to protect against electric shock (whether or not it is an RCD referred to in subclauses (3) to (6)) is deemed to be electrically unsafe if, on failure of the supply voltage, it does not do 1 of the following:

An RCD used to protect against electric shock, and that is either installed as part of an installation or is a portable RCD, is deemed to be electrically unsafe if it has a rated residual current exceeding 30 milliamperes and—

An RCD installed as part of an installation for the protection of property is deemed to be electrically unsafe if—

An RCD installed as part of an installation to protect against electric shock to patients during patient treatment is deemed to be electrically unsafe if—

Where an RCD is required by AS/NZS 3000 to be installed to protect children from the risk of electric shock from direct contact, the RCD is deemed to be electrically unsafe if—

Safety-critical equipment used or installed in an ERZ0 or ERZ1 is deemed to be electrically unsafe if the equipment has not been certified in accordance with clause 34 of Schedule 8 as being suitable to remain powered at all times.

This regulation applies to electrical work—

Electrical work to which this regulation applies is deemed to be electrically unsafe unless it is carried out under an approval system for live electrical work established as part of the electrical engineering control plan for the mining operation required by the regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Despite anything in these regulations, the following installations, fittings, and appliances are deemed to be electrically safe if they comply with the standards indicated and are used in accordance with those standards:

This regulation applies to a fitting or appliance, other than an electrical medical device, that is in use, or available for use,—

A fitting or appliance described in subclause (1)(a) is deemed to be electrically safe if it has a current tag issued in accordance with AS/NZS 3760.

A fitting or appliance described in subclause (1)(b) or (c) is deemed to be electrically safe—

A fitting described in subclause (1)(b) or (c) is deemed to be electrically safe if it is a fitting that is part of an installation and it complies with AS/NZS 3019.

A person supplying electricity or line function services may choose the configuration and voltage of supply systems for the electricity, subject to this regulation.

Installations designed and constructed to operate at standard low voltage other than low voltage AC railway signalling equipment must be connected to a MEN system of supply.

However, subclause (2) does not apply to any fittings that are used, or designed or intended for use, by any person in connection with the generation of electricity for that person’s use and not for supply to any other person.

If an installation other than low voltage AC railway signalling equipment is supplied with electricity from a MEN system of supply,—

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she connects an installation to a supply of electricity otherwise than in accordance with this regulation.

The supply of electricity to installations operating at a voltage of 200 volts AC or more but not exceeding 250 volts AC (calculated or measured at the point of supply)—

The supply of electricity to installations operating at other than standard low voltage (calculated or measured at the point of supply)—

A person who supplies electricity commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she supplies electricity to an installation in breach of this regulation.

The frequency of electricity supplied by a person must be maintained within 1.5% of 50 hertz, except for momentary fluctuations.

The requirement in subclause (1) may be varied for supplies at other than standard low voltage if the supplier and the person receiving the supply agree.

A person who supplies electricity commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she supplies it otherwise than in accordance with this regulation.

In order to ensure that the supply of electricity is safe,—

A person who supplies electricity or line function services commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she—

In order to preserve the quality of electricity supplied, the use of fittings and appliances must not unduly interfere with the satisfactory supply of electricity to any other person, or impair the safety, or interfere with the operation, of any other fittings or appliances.

In relation to interference from harmonics, compliance with whichever of the following standards is applicable is deemed to be compliance with subclause (1):

In relation to interference from flicker, compliance with whichever of the following standards is applicable is deemed to be compliance with subclause (1):

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 1 penalty if the person, knowingly or recklessly,—

A person who supplies line function services to a consumer must, in respect of that consumer, provide a service protective fitting (being a fitting that can interrupt the supply of electricity to an installation) of appropriate rating for protection against short-circuits or earth faults on mains.

A person who supplies line function services commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (1).

If telecommunications equipment is being constructed in the vicinity of works or installations, the person constructing the telecommunications equipment must ensure that it is constructed so that any induced voltage or earth potential rise that is capable of being created by electricity conveyed through the works or installations and impressed onto the telecommunications equipment is not likely to cause—

If works or installations are being constructed in the vicinity of telecommunications equipment, the person constructing the works or installations must ensure that they are constructed so that any induced voltage or earth potential rise that is capable of being created by electricity conveyed through the works and installations and impressed onto the telecommunications equipment is not likely to cause—

Voltages impressed onto telecommunications equipment by induction or earth potential rise are deemed not to be likely to cause serious harm to persons if,—

Voltages impressed onto telecommunications equipment by induction or earth potential rise are deemed not to be likely to cause significant damage to telecommunications equipment if, in the case of a fault in an AC system of supply of electricity, the impressed voltages do not exceed—

Voltages impressed onto telecommunications equipment by induction or earth potential rise are deemed not to be likely to cause significant damage to telecommunications equipment if, in the case of a fault in a DC system of supply of electricity or a fault on an electrified railway operating on a DC system of supply of electricity, the impressed voltages do not exceed 1 000 volts peak.

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the person—

In this regulation,—

This regulation applies to an AC SWER system, other than an AC electrified railway traction system, that has high voltage operational voltage to earth.

During normal operation, the SWER system must not impress on a telecommunication line—

During any normal or fault-related operation, the SWER system must not cause earth potential rises coupled to the neutral conductor of a MEN system, or voltages impressed on a telecommunication line, that exceed the maximum voltages in the voltage limit tables of the ITU-T Directives Vol VI:2008.

In this regulation,—

The owner of works must ensure that the works have adequate electrical protection against short circuits and earth faults.

Where fittings that form part of any works are used to protect against over-current, short-circuiting, earth fault current, overvoltage, under-voltage, and no voltage, the owner of those works must ensure that the fittings are designed and installed to achieve the maximum practicable sensitivity and minimum practicable operating times, within the limits necessary to achieve discrimination, in relation to the characteristics of the circuits or other fittings that those fittings protect.

The owner or operator of works that contain fittings referred to in subclause (2) must ensure that the fittings are set to achieve the maximum practicable sensitivity and minimum practicable operating times, within the limits necessary to achieve discrimination, in relation to the characteristics of the circuits or other fittings that those fittings protect.

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (1) or (2).

A person who owns or operates works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (3).

A person must not interfere with, or move or attempt to move, any works, whether or not the works have been damaged, unless—

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 1 penalty if he or she breaches subclause (1).

All electricity generating facilities of works and installations, and all substations, must be secured against access by unauthorised persons.

An owner or operator of a generating facility or substation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 1 penalty if he or she fails to secure the facility or substation against access by unauthorised persons.

If low voltage works are constructed that comply with the requirements of a low voltage installation (as set out in Part 5) then, without affecting the application of any other regulations in this Part to those works, regulation 38 does not apply to the works.

A trolley bus supply system that complies, or is intended to comply, with this Part (which is about works) must be treated for all purposes as if it were works to which this Part applies.

Subclause (1) applies whether or not the trolley bus supply system is an installation to which Part 5 (which is about installations) would otherwise apply.

In this regulation, trolley bus supply system means a system for the supply of electricity to trolley buses that comprises—

This regulation applies if prescribed electrical work has been done on any works.

Before connecting new works to a power supply, the person doing the connection must—

Before connecting or reconnecting existing works to a power supply following maintenance of, or any alteration of or addition to, the works, the person doing the connection or reconnection must—

The person referred to in subclause (2) or (3) may be satisfied that the tests required under subclause (2)(a) or (3)(a) have been carried out on the basis of documentation that he or she has personally sighted that is signed by the person who carried out the relevant testing.

The person referred to in subclause (2) or (3)—

A person who connects or reconnects works to a power supply commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (2) or (3).

Regulations 40 to 46 do not apply to works covered by an audited safety management system; regulations 47 to 56 deal with those works instead.

Every owner of works must establish and implement a safety checking system that complies with subclause (2) for regularly checking the electrical safety of the works.

The safety checking system must—

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she—

A person who operates works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the works have not been checked as required by a system established for the purposes of this regulation, and the person knows that the works have not been checked, or is reckless as to whether the works have been checked.

The owner of works must ensure that the works are designed, constructed, and maintained to minimise as far as practicable the risk of injury to persons or damage to property from the expected structural loading, having regard to the recognised natural occurrences in the areas that the works are or are to be situated.

The owner of works must ensure that overhead electric lines are constructed of suitable conductors and other fittings so that, as far as practicable, the lines—

If overhead line structures are found to be incapable of supporting structural design loads, the owner of the structures must—

If overhead line structures are found to be at risk of failure under normal structural loads, and there is a risk of injury to any person or damage to property other than that of the owner of the line, the owner of the structures must—

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the person—

Every owner of works must ensure that the works are protected (whether from within the works or by the supplying works) by an earthing system that is designed, installed, operated, and maintained to ensure, as far as practicable,—

An earthing system is deemed to comply with subclause (1)(c) if it complies,—

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the person fails to comply with subclause (1).

The owner of works must ensure that the works are capable of being isolated from its supply of electricity, whether that capability is provided from within the works or by the supplying works.

If the works comprise separate parts, the owner must also ensure that each part has an isolation fitting to isolate that part from its supply of electricity.

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she fails to comply with subclause (1) or (2).

The owner of works must ensure that high voltage conductors of overhead electric lines are protected (whether from within the works or by the supplying works) by earth fault protection fittings that interrupt fault currents to earth in 5 seconds or less.

Short-circuit and earth fault protective fittings of the auto-closing type must operate for not more than 3 consecutive closures during a period not longer than 60 seconds, and must not be capable of further reclosures unless manually reset.

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she—

The owner of works must ensure that conspicuous and durable notices reading “Danger Live Wires”, or some equivalent warning, are affixed, and maintained in a legible condition, on all poles or other supports that carry uninsulated conductors and that may be climbed without the use of equipment.

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the person fails to comply with subclause (1).

The owner of works must keep such records and plans of those works as will enable the owner, if required, to readily locate any fittings of the works.

A person who owns works commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 1 penalty if the person fails to comply with subclause (1).

Under section 61A of the Act, electricity generators and electricity distributors that own or operate an electricity supply system (as defined in that section) must implement and maintain safety management systems. Owners or operators of other works may choose to implement and maintain safety management systems as an alternative to complying with regulations 40 to 46. Regulations 48 to 56 set out requirements and other matters relating to safety management systems.

Every safety management system must comply with either—

Nothing in regulation 49 or 50 applies to safety management systems that comply with NZS 7901.

Every safety management system must provide for the following:

Every safety management system must be fully documented, and the documentation must include, at a minimum, a description of the following:

The documentation of the safety management system must be in a format and style that enables anyone auditing it to read it easily.

Every safety management system must be regularly audited to confirm whether—

Every audit must be conducted by an accredited auditor.

The first audit under this regulation of a safety management system must take place within 2 years after the date on which this regulation comes into force, and thereafter at intervals determined by the auditor but at least once every 5 years.

If an accredited auditor is satisfied of the matters in regulation 51(1)(a) to (c), the auditor may issue an audit certificate for the safety management system.

The audit certificate must specify the period for which it is issued, which may be up to 5 years.

The audit certificate comes into force on and from the date it is issued and remains current for the period for which it is issued, unless earlier cancelled.

Every safety management system operator must, at least once every 5 years, make, and send to WorkSafe, a statutory declaration that confirms that the operator’s safety management system has a current audit certificate.

However, the first statutory declaration made under this regulation must be made and sent to WorkSafe within 6 months after the first audit of the safety management system.

An accredited auditor must cancel an audit certificate if—

On cancelling an audit certificate, the accredited auditor must issue a notice of cancellation to the safety management system operator and give a copy of the notice of cancellation to WorkSafe.

For the purpose of section 61A of the Act, a person is deemed to be implementing and maintaining a safety management system if—

However, until the date that is 2 years after the date on which these regulations come into force, an electricity generator or electricity distributor is deemed to comply with section 61A of the Act if it complies with all of regulations 34 to 46.

An accredited auditor commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if that auditor—

A person who carries out prescribed electrical work in reliance on the exemption in section 79 of the Act (exemption for domestic electrical wiring work) must carry it out, and test the work, in accordance with ECP 51.

For the purposes of section 79(1)(a) of the Act, the domestic electrical wiring work that an owner of premises may do is work of any type described in subclause (3) on a domestic installation that has a maximum demand at or below—

The work to which subclause (2) relates is any of the following:

A design for an installation or part installation is a certified design if—

A certified design for an installation or part installation must be such that, if it is installed, tested, inspected, and connected in accordance with the design, the resulting installation or part installation will—

A person who installs, tests, inspects, or connects an installation or part installation to which a certified design relates is entitled (if acting in good faith) to rely on the design as ensuring that, if the installation or part installation is installed, tested, inspected, and connected in accordance with the design, the resulting installation or part installation will comply with subclause (2).

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if the person—

Every low or extra-low voltage domestic installation, or part of a domestic installation, must be installed, tested, inspected, and connected so as to comply with Part 2 of AS/NZS 3000 if it has a maximum demand at or below—

Every other low or extra-low voltage installation or part installation must be installed, tested, inspected, or connected so as to comply with either—

A low voltage or extra-low voltage installation or part installation may be maintained or replaced in all or any of the following ways:

Despite subclause (2), low voltage AC railway signalling equipment must be tested in accordance with ECP 60, and not in accordance with AS/NZS 3000.

This regulation is subject to regulations 60 to 61A.

The following installations or part installations must be installed, tested, inspected, and connected so as to comply with Part 2 of AS/NZS 3000 and also with the standard indicated:

If any of the following are installed so as to comply with Part 2 of AS/NZS 3000, they must also comply with the standards indicated:

This regulation applies to any low or extra-low voltage installation that is being, or is to be, installed in accordance with a certified design prepared in accordance with Part 1 of AS/NZS 3000, despite anything in that part of AS/NZS 3000.

If the installation is a 2-wire or a 4-wire installation in which no conductor is earthed,—

Switches, fuse links, or circuit breakers must not be inserted into an earthing conductor or into any earthing connection.

The voltage drop must not be more than 5% under maximum load conditions between the point of supply and—

An installation that is or will be located in an excavated area above ground (including an installation at an alluvial mining operation, opencast mining operation, or quarrying operation) must be installed, tested, inspected, and connected in accordance with AS/NZS 3007.

This regulation applies despite anything in Part 1 or Part 2 of AS/NZS 3000.

Regulation 59 is subject to this regulation.

If a 3-pin flat-pin socket-outlet that has the dimensions specified in AS/NZS 3112 is, or is to be, installed in a low voltage installation, it must be installed in such a way that—

This regulation applies despite anything in Part 1 or Part 2 of AS/NZS 3000 or in these regulations.

A person who installs a socket-outlet referred to in subclause (1) otherwise than in accordance with that subclause commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty.

All installation, testing, inspection, and connection done on a high voltage installation must be done in accordance with a certified design prepared for the installation.

Without otherwise limiting the application of this Part to high voltage installations, regulations 34 and 39 to 46 apply to high voltage installations as if references in those regulations to works were references to high voltage installations.

All prescribed electrical work done on a low or extra-low voltage installation or part installation must be tested—

However, subclause (1) does not apply if the prescribed electrical work is done by a person acting under the exemption in section 79 of the Act (exemption for domestic electrical wiring work) unless, in order to comply with regulation 57, the work is required to be tested.

A person who fails to test prescribed electrical work as required by this regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty.

Prescribed electrical work done on a high voltage installation must be tested in accordance with regulation 38 as if—

A person who fails to test prescribed electrical work on a high voltage installation as required by this regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty.

A certificate of compliance must be issued in accordance with these regulations for all general and high-risk prescribed electrical work done on an installation or part installation that comprises—

A person who does low-risk prescribed electrical work may, but is not obliged by these regulations to, issue a certificate of compliance for that work.

No general prescribed electrical work may be treated as complete until a certificate of compliance is issued for it.

No high-risk prescribed electrical work may be treated as complete until a certificate of compliance, along with any record of inspection required for the prescribed electrical work, is issued for it.

A person issuing a certificate of compliance for prescribed electrical work done on an installation or part installation, or an electrical safety certificate for an installation or part installation, is, if he or she is acting in good faith, entitled to rely on the veracity of any certificates of compliance issued within the previous 6 months in respect of prescribed electrical work done on the installation or any part of the installation.

Despite anything in this regulation, and although the certification, inspection, and supervision of prescribed electrical work is itself prescribed electrical work (by virtue of clause 1(1)(f) to (h) of Schedule 1), nothing in this clause requires a certificate of compliance to be issued for those kinds of prescribed electrical work.

Subclauses (1), (3), and (4) do not apply in relation to general or high-risk prescribed electrical work done on an installation or part installation if—

Every certificate of compliance for prescribed electrical work must—

For the purposes of a certificate of compliance, prescribed electrical work on an installation or part installation has been done lawfully and safely if—

If it is impractical to attach a copy of a particular manufacturer’s instructions, or of any certified design or supplier declarations of conformity, to a certificate of compliance, the certificate must instead contain a reference to where the documents can be found, in a readily accessible format, through electronic means.

Every certificate of compliance must record the following:

Every certificate of compliance must also—

The person issuing a certificate of compliance may include any additional information (such as testing results) on the certificate.

A person may issue a certificate of compliance only if—

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty if he or she—

All high-risk prescribed electrical work done on a low or extra-low voltage installation or part installation must be inspected as required by regulation 59 or 60, as the case requires.

All high-risk prescribed electrical work done on a high voltage installation must be inspected so as to verify that the installation complies with—

A person who inspects high-risk prescribed electrical work must undertake whatever tests, visual inspection, or other actions are necessary to satisfy the person that—

A person may inspect high-risk prescribed electrical work only if—

However, a person may not inspect prescribed electrical work if the person has—

A person who carries out an inspection of high-risk prescribed electrical work must prepare a written record of the inspection.

The record of inspection must—

The person who carries out the inspection must attach the certificate of compliance, or a copy of the certificate of compliance, to the record of inspection.

If the inspection relates to work covered by more than 1 certificate of compliance, the record of inspection must identify the certificates of compliance to which it relates.

A person who issues a record of inspection must—

A person who issues a record of inspection must, on request by any of the following, provide a copy of the record within 10 working days after the request: