Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 184 Electricity Act 1976 ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Replacement of ss 3–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Replacement of s 51 (Notification of intended additions or alterations or of electrical installation work ready for inspection) . . . . . . . 3 51 Informing an Electricity Authority of electrical installation work or the need for a metering change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Amendment of s 53 (Electrical contractors and others to test certain work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Replacement of s 59 (Record of inspections, tests, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 59 Keeping records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 59A Authorised person may inspect records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 59B Disconnection of electrical installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 Replacement of s 62 (Inspection of consumers’ portable electrical articles at depots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 62 Inspection of consumers’ electrical articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 Insertion of new s 78A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 78A Financial and insurance requirements for electrical contractors . . . 8

2 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 10 Replacement of s 126A (Public holidays occurring during long service leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 126A Public holidays while on long service leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 Replacement of Schs A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SCHEDULE FEES PART 1—THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS BOARD PART 2—THE COMMISSION Division 1—Prescribed electrical articles Division 2—Nonprescribed electrical articles PART 3—ELECTRICITY AUTHORITIES PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 MINOR AMENDMENTS

s1 3 s5 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 July 1994. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the Electricity Regulation 1989 . ˙ Replacement of ss 3–6 4. Sections 3 to 6— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Fees ‘ 3. The fees payable under the Act are the fees specified in the Schedule. ˙ ‘ Forms ‘ 4.(1) The Commission may approve forms to be used under the Act. ‘ (2) Before approving a form under section 51, 52, 53 or 57, the Commission must have regard to electricity supply industry practice. ‘ (3) A person may ask the Commission to give the person a copy of a document in an approved form. ‘ (4) The Commission must promptly comply with a request under subsection (3).’. ˙ Replacement of s 51 (Notification of intended additions or alterations or of electrical installation work ready for inspection) 5. Section 51— omit, insert—

s5 4 s5 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ˙ ‘ Informing an Electricity Authority of electrical installation work or the need for a metering change ‘ 51.(1) In this section— “installer” means a person authorised under the Act to perform electrical installation work. ‘ (2) An installer must inform an Electricity Authority of electrical installation work if— (a) the installer performed or supervised the work, or arranged for the work to be performed, for a consumer; and (b) the work must be inspected by an installation inspector before the consumer’s electrical installation is connected to a source of electricity supply. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units. ‘ (3) The installer must inform the Electricity Authority of the work— (a) by giving notice to the Authority in a form approved by the Commission (the “approved form” ); or (b) in a way approved by the Authority (the “approved way” ). ‘ (4) An installation inspector is not required to make an inspection before 2 business days after the Authority is informed of the work under subsection (3). ‘ (5) If an installer informs an Electricity Authority of the work under subsection (3) in the approved way but not in the approved form, the installer must give notice of the work in the approved form to the Authority or an installation inspector before an inspector begins an inspection of the work. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units. ‘ (6) An installer must inform an Electricity Authority of a need for a metering change in the approved form or approved way if— (a) the installer performed or supervised electrical installation work, or arranged for the work to be performed, for a consumer; and (b) the work created a need for a metering change. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units.’.

s6 5 s7 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ˙ Amendment of s 53 (Electrical contractors and others to test certain work) 6.(1) Section 53(2), ‘Form 2’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. (2) Section 53(3),‘in every respect’— omit . (3) Section 53(4)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) An electrical contractor who tests and connects electrical installation work or repair work for a consumer under section 58 must give a certificate for the work to the consumer as soon as practicable after testing and connecting the work. ‘ (4A) The certificate must be in the approved form and certify that the work— (a) has been tested under section 58; and (b) complies with the Act.’. (4) Section 53(5), ‘Form 4A’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. (5) Section 53(6), ‘Form 4’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. (6) Section 53(7), ‘section 337(5A) of this Act’— omit, insert— ‘section 337C of the Act’. ˙ Replacement of s 59 (Record of inspections, tests, etc.) 7. Section 59—

s7 6 s7 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Keeping records ‘ 59.(1) An Electricity Authority must keep a copy of each inspection report made by its installation inspectors for at least 3 years after the report is made. ‘ (2) An electrical contractor must keep a copy of a certificate given to a consumer under section 53(4) for at least 3 years after the certificate is given to the consumer. Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—8 penalty units. ˙ ‘ Authorised person may inspect records ‘ 59A.(1) The secretary of an Electricity Authority may, by writing, require an electrical contractor to allow a specified person (the “authorised person” ) to inspect records specified by the authorised person. ‘ (2) The authorised person must be an employee of the Authority. ‘ (3) The records the authorised person may specify are the certificate copies mentioned in section 59(2) and must relate to testing and connecting activity performed by the contractor— (a) on days specified by the authorised person, but not more than 31 consecutive days; or (b) at premises specified by the authorised person; or (c) for a consumer specified by the authorised person. ‘ (4) An electrical contractor must comply with a requirement under this section. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units. ˙ ‘ Disconnection of electrical installations ‘ 59B.(1) This section applies if an electrical contractor or an electrical mechanic employed by an electrical contractor (an “electrician” ) performs electrical installation work on a consumer’s— (a) terminal; or

s8 7 s8 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 (b) main switchboard; or (c) mains. ‘ (2) An electrician may de-energise and energise an electrical installation by— (a) removing and replacing a fuse wedge from a service fuse; or (b) switching off and on a circuit breaker installed as a service line disconnector. ‘ (3) The work mentioned in subsection (2) must be done in a way that conforms with recognised electricity supply industry practice. ‘ (4) An electrician may connect the installation to a source of electricity supply only after the work tests satisfactorily under section 58. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units.’. ˙ Replacement of s 62 (Inspection of consumers ’ portable electrical articles at depots) 8. Section 62— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Inspection of consumers ’ electrical articles ‘ 62.(1) In this section— “trained person” means— (a) an electrical worker; or (b) a person who— (i) has successfully finished a training course approved by the Commission under this section; and (ii) is supervised by an electrical worker. ‘ (2) A consumer who delivers a portable electrical article to an Electricity Authority may ask the Authority to inspect the article. ‘ (3) The Authority must arrange for a trained person to inspect the article as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the request. ‘ (4) The Authority must not charge the consumer a fee for the inspection.

s 9 8 s 10 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ‘ (5) If a trained person finds that the article, if used in the normal way, is likely to cause fire or a person to suffer an electric shock, the trained person must attach a label to the article stating that the article is electrically unsafe. ‘ (6) A person must not take the label off the article or use the article for its designed purpose unless the article is repaired— (a) by an electrical worker; or (b) at an industrial workplace where the primary activity is the making, assembling, altering or adapting of electrical articles. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units.’. ˙ Insertion of new s 78A 9. After section 78— insert— ˙ ‘ Financial and insurance requirements for electrical contractors ‘ 78A. An applicant for an electrical contractor’s licence must produce to the board evidence that the applicant has public liability insurance for at least $1 000 000 and— (a) if the applicant is an individual or partnership— (i) net realisable assets of $5 000; or (ii) a bank guarantee for $5 000; or (b) if the applicant is a corporation— (i) net realisable assets of $10 000 and a guarantee by the directors of the corporation in a form satisfactory to the board; or (ii) a bank guarantee for $10 000.’. ˙ Replacement of s 126A (Public holidays occurring during long service leave) 10. Section 126A— omit, insert—

s 11 9 s 11 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ˙ ‘ Public holidays while on long service leave ‘ 126A. If an employee is entitled under the employee’s terms of employment to a public holiday and the public holiday happens when the employee is absent on long service leave, a day is added to the employee’s period of leave.’. ˙ Replacement of Schs A and B 11. Schedules A and B— omit, insert— ‘ SCHEDULE ‘ FEES section 3 ‘ PART 1—THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS BOARD The fees specified in this Part are payable to the Electrical Workers and Contractors Board. ‘ 1. Application for a certificate of competency, including a restricted certificate (s 324 of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Application for renewal of a certificate of competency, including a restricted certificate (s 334B of the Act) . . . . 3. Issue of a certificate or permit because a certificate or permit has been lost, destroyed, defaced or mutilated (s 333 of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Application for an electrical contractor’s licence (ss 337, 337A, 337B, 337C of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Application for renewal of an electrical contractor’s $ 25.00 25.00 20.00 200.00

s 11 10 s 11 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 licence (s 339A of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Application for reinstatement of an electrical contractor’s licence (s 339B of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Issue of an electrical contractor’s licence because a licence has been lost, destroyed, defaced or mutilated (s 341 of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. Issue of a fresh electrical contractor’s licence (s 78(2)) . . 200.00 200.00 20.00 20.00 ‘ PART 2—THE COMMISSION The fees specified in this Part are payable to the Commission. ‘Division 1—Prescribed electrical articles ‘ 1. Lodgment of declaration of compliance for prescribed electrical article including, if applicable, the registration of the electrical article (s 263 of the Act)— (a) prescribed articles (fee classification 1) . . . . . . . . . . . (b) prescribed articles (fee classification 2) . . . . . . . . . . . (c) prescribed articles (fee classification 3) . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Application for transfer of registration of registered electrical article (s 267 of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Application for certified copy of declaration of compliance (s 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Application for certified copy of register entry (s 71(2)) . 5. Lodgment of notification of modification of a registered electrical article (s 67(1)(a)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Review of test report of a prescribed electrical article if testing of a modified article has been carried out (s 67(1)(b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250.00 350.00 500.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 100.00 250.00

s 11 11 s 11 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ‘Division 2—Nonprescribed electrical articles ‘ 1. Lodgment of application for certificate of suitability (s 270(4) of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Application for a certified copy of certificate of suitability. 3. Lodgment of application for endorsement on a certificate of suitability of a modification of a nonprescribed electrical article (s 73(3)(b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300.00 35.00 100.00 ‘ PART 3—ELECTRICITY AUTHORITIES The fees specified in this Part are payable to an Electricity Authority. ‘ 1. Disconnection and reconnection of supply of electricity to a consumer after disconnection because of debt (s 197 of the Act)— (a) if the reconnection is made during ordinary working hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary working hours at the request of the consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Testing of a meter by an Electricity Authority (s 84(1)) . 3. Inspection and testing of a meter, as a special case, by an electrical inspector (s 84(3)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.00 57.00 10.00 100.00 ‘ PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS The fee specified in this Part is payable to the court where the application is lodged.

s 11 12 s 11 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 Fee payable to the clerk of the court on lodging a notice of appeal under section 343 or 350 of the Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30.00’.

13 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ¡ SCHEDULE MINOR AMENDMENTS section 3 1. Section 8, definition “Wiring Rules”— omit, insert— ‘ “wiring rules” means the Standards Association of Australia Wiring Rules AS 3000–1991.’. 2. Section 50(1)(b)(ii), ‘clause 0.5.78’— omit, insert— ‘clause 0.5.77’. 3. Section 52(2)(a), ‘Form 2A’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 4. Section 52(2)(b)— omit . 5. Section 57(3), ‘Form 3’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’.

14 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) SCHEDULE (continued) 6. Section 66(1)(a), ‘the prescribed form’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. No. 184, 1994 7. Section 69(a), ‘Form 5’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 8. Section 69(b), ‘Form 6’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 9. Section 69(c), ‘Form 7’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 10. Section 69(d), ‘Form 8’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 11. Section 73(1), ‘Form 9 or Form 10 as shall be applicable’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 12. Section 73(3)(a), ‘Form 11’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’.

15 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) SCHEDULE (continued) 13. Section 73(3)(b), ‘Form 12’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 14. Section 76(1)(a), ‘Form 14’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 15. Section 76(1)(b), ‘Form 15’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 16. Section 76(1)(c), ‘Form 16’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 17. Section 76(1)(d), ‘Form 17’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 18. Section 76(1)(e), ‘Form 18’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 19. Section 76(1)(f), ‘Form 19’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. No. 184, 1994

16 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) SCHEDULE (continued) 20. Section 76(1)(g), ‘Form 20’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. No. 184, 1994 21. Section 76(1)(h), ‘Form 21’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 22. Section 76(2), after ‘as an electrical mechanic’ in code lettering ‘AT’ in paragraph (i)— insert— ‘or engineering tradesperson (electrical)’. 23. Section 78(1) and (2), ‘firm, partnership’— omit, insert— ‘partnership’. 24. Section 78(1), ‘firm or partnership’— omit, insert— ‘partnership’. 25. Section 78(3)— omit, insert— ‘ (3) The Board must not issue a fresh licence to a person or partnership instead of a licence held by a partnership unless the Board is satisfied that— (a) the entire business of electrical contracting work carried on by the partnership in the State is to be carried on by the person or partnership to whom the fresh licence is issued; and

17 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 SCHEDULE (continued) (b) the person or partnership to whom the fresh licence is to be issued is entitled under the Act to hold the licence.’. 26. Section 78(1) and (2), ‘body corporate’— omit, insert— ‘corporation’. 27. Section 78(1)(a), at the end— insert— ‘or’. 28. Section 78(1)(c)— omit . 29. Section 78(1), ‘paragraph (a), (b) or (c)’— omit, insert— ‘(a) or (b)’. 30. Section 78(1), ‘section 337(4) of this Act’— omit, insert— ‘section 337A of the Act’. 31. Section 79(2)(c) and (d)— omit . 32. Section 79(2)(last sentence)— omit .

18 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) SCHEDULE (continued) 33. Section 90 (1) and (2), ‘Form 22’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. No. 184, 1994 34. Section 91(1), ‘Form 23’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 35. Section 93, ‘Form 24’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 36. Section 94, ‘Form 25’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 37. Section 95(1), ‘Form 26’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 38. Section 95(2), ‘Form 25’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 39. Section 105(1)(a), ‘Form 27 or 28, as shall be applicable’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’.

19 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) SCHEDULE (continued) 40. Section 105(3), ‘Form 29’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. No. 184, 1994 41. Section 107(2), ‘Form 30’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 42. Section 108(1), ‘Form 31’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 43. Section 108(2), ‘Form 32’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. 44. Section 108(3)— omit, insert— ‘ (3) A label that is required under section 283 of the Act to be affixed to an electrical article must be in the approved form.’. 45. Section 108(4) and (5)— omit .

20 Electricity Amendment (No. 2) No. 184, 1994 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 2 June 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 3 June 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Queensland Electricity Commission. © State of Queensland 1994