Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld)

Electrical Safety Act 2002

An Act about electrical safety, and for other purposes

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Electrical Safety Act 2002.

2   Commencement

This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3   Act binds all persons

(1)This Act binds all persons, including the State, and, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States.

(2)The State, Commonwealth and other States are liable for an offence against this Act.

4   Purpose

(1)This Act is directed at eliminating the human cost to individuals, families and the community of death, injury and destruction that can be caused by electricity.

(2)Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to establish a legislative framework for—

(a)preventing persons from being killed or injured by electricity; and

(b)preventing property from being destroyed or damaged by electricity.

5   How purpose of Act is to be achieved

The purpose of this Act is to be achieved in the following ways—

(a)imposing duties on persons who may affect the electrical safety of others by their acts or omissions;

(b)establishing benchmarks for industry and the community generally through—

(i)making regulations, ministerial notices and codes of practice about achieving electrical safety; and

(ii)introducing safety management systems for particular electricity entities;

(c)providing for the safety of all persons through licensing and discipline of persons who perform electrical work;

(d)providing for protection for consumers against failures of persons who perform electrical work to properly perform and complete the work;

(e)providing for the appointment of a commissioner for electrical safety to advise the Minister on electrical safety matters and to manage the activities of the Electrical Safety Board and its committees;

(f)establishing the Electrical Safety Board and its committees to—

(i)allow industry and the community to participate in developing strategies for improving electrical safety; and

(ii)participate in developing requirements for the licensing and discipline of persons who perform electrical work; and

(iii)promote community awareness about electrical safety; and

(iv)participate in developing requirements for the electrical safety of electrical equipment.

6   Application of Act to mines, petroleum plant and GHG storage plant

(1)An excluded provision does not have application at a mine, petroleum plant or GHG storage plant.

(2)Also, a regulation under this Act has application at a mine, petroleum plant or GHG storage plant—

(a)only to the extent it is made other than for the purposes of an excluded provision; and

(b)only to the extent the regulation provides.

(3)In this section—

excluded provision means—

(a)part 2; or

(b)part 3; or

(c)part 4, to the extent it relates to electrical contractor licences.

GHG storage plant means private plant or an electrical installation that is operated under the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 and subject to inspection under the Petroleum…