2013/494
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
At Wellington this 11th day of December 2013
Present:His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 169 of the Electricity Act 1992, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal regulations
Amendments to Part 1
4 Regulation 3 amended (Application: things these regulations do not apply to)
5 Regulation 4 amended (Interpretation)
6 Regulation 6A replaced (Meaning of low-risk, high-risk, and general prescribed electrical work)
6A Meaning of low-risk, high-risk, and general prescribed electrical work
7 Regulation 8 amended (IEC shock current standards)
Amendments to Part 2
8 Regulation 13 amended (Doing work on works, installations, fittings, and appliances)
9 Regulation 17 amended (Maintaining safe distances)
10 Regulation 19 amended (Notifying WorkSafe of danger)
11 New regulations 24A and 24B inserted
24A Electrically unsafe safety-critical equipment
24B Electrically unsafe electrical work in relation to certain mining electrical equipment
Amendments to Part 5
12 Regulation 59 amended (Low and extra-low voltage installations to comply with AS/NZS 3000)
13 New regulation 61AA inserted (Installations in excavated areas must comply with AS/NZS 3007)
61AA Installations in excavated areas must comply with AS/NZS 3007
14 Regulation 65 amended (Requirement for certificate of compliance)
15 Regulation 67 amended (Information recorded on certificate of compliance)
16 Regulation 70 amended (High-risk prescribed electrical work to be inspected)
17 Regulation 72 amended (Record of inspection)
18 New regulation 72A inserted (What happens to records of inspection)
72A What happens to records of inspection
19 Regulation 73 amended (Offences relating to inspection)
20 Regulation 73A amended (Before connecting installations to power supply)
21 Regulation 74A amended (Electrical safety certification)
22 Regulation 74B amended (Exception for operators with maintenance management systems)
23 Regulation 74E amended (What happens to certificates of compliance)
24 Regulation 74F amended (Details of certificates of compliance for high-risk work to be lodged on database)
25 Regulation 74G amended (What happens to electrical safety certificates)
26 Regulation 75 amended (Periodic assessments of certain installations)
New Part 5A inserted
27 New Part 5A inserted
Part 5AMining electrical equipment and conductors
78A Interpretation
Alluvial mining operations and quarrying operations
78B Obligations in relation to alluvial mining operations and quarrying operations
78C Standards for equipment at alluvial mining operations and quarrying operations
78D Periodic assessment of equipment and conductors at alluvial mining operations and quarrying operations
Opencast mining operations
78E Obligations in relation to opencast mining operations
78F Standards for equipment at opencast mining operations
78G Safety assessment programmes at opencast mining operations
Tunnelling operations and underground mining operations
78H Obligations in relation to tunnelling operations
78I Obligations in relation to underground mining operations
78J Certified designs for mining electrical equipment and conductors at tunnelling operations and underground mining operations
78K Safety assessment programmes at tunnelling operations and underground mining operations
78L General offences
Tourist mining operations
78M Obligations in relation to tourist mining operations
Amendments to Part 8
28 Regulation 100 amended (Safety responsibilities of person who carries out work)
29 New regulation 103A inserted (Work on or near bare live conductors in alluvial mining operations, mining operations, and quarrying operations)
103A Work on or near bare live conductors in alluvial mining operations, mining operations, and quarrying operations
Amendments to Part 9
30 Regulation 109 amended (WorkSafe's power to exempt from requirements)
31 New regulations 118B to 118D and cross-headings inserted
Transitional provision relating to 2012 amendments
118B Transitional provision relating to Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2012
Transitional and savings provisions relating to 2013 amendments
118C Savings provision for existing mining electrical equipment in relation to Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2013
118D Transitional provision relating to Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2013
Schedules amended, replaced, and inserted
32 Schedule 1 amended
33 Schedule 2 replaced
34 Schedule 4 replaced
35 New Schedule 8 inserted
Schedule 1Amendments that come into force on 1 February 2014
Schedule 2Schedule 2 replaced
Schedule 3Schedule 4 replaced
Schedule 4New Schedule 8 inserted
Explanatory note
Administrative information