Electricity Amendment Regulations 1997 (WA)

23 May 1997]	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	2417
ELECTRICITY
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For amendments to 3 April 1997 see 1995 Index to Legislation of	Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 67-69 and Gazette
30 August 1996.]

ELECTRICITY ACT 1945

ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1997

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.    These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Amendment

Regulations 1997.

Principal regulations

2.      In these regulations the Electricity Act Regulations 1947* are referred to

as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted .= at 21 August 1968.

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Regulation 321 amended

3.      Regulation 321 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting the

definition of "Duly constituted authority in another State of the

Commonwealth" and substituting the following definition -

it

"Duly constituted authority in another State of the

Commonwealth" means -

(a)	the Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland;
(b)	the Department of Energy, New South Wales;
(c)	the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector, Victoria;
(d)	the Office of Energy Policy, South Australia;
(e)	the Hydro Electric Corporation of Tasmania; or
(0 the Department of Urban Services, Australian Capital	Territory.

Regulation 322 amended

4. Regulation 322 (1) of the principal regulations is repealed and the	following subregulations are substituted -
it
made to the Director, in writing in a form approved by the Director.	(1) An application for approval of an electrical appliance is to be
or when subsequently requested, such samples of, and information	(la) An applicant must give to the Director, with the application
(including drawings, photographs and labels) relating to, the electrical	appliance as the Director may require.

Regulation 332 amended

5.      Regulation 332 (2) (g) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

"contravention of" and substituting the following -

it

contravention or

Regulation 333 amended

6.      Regulation 333 (1) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

"Register of Approval" and substituting the following -

"Register of Approved ".

Heading to Part XI amended

7. The principal regulations are amended by deleting the heading that

duplicates the heading to Part XI.

[The duplicated heading was frst inserted in Gazette 23 December 1994, p.

7133, and was duplicated in Gazette 20 June 1995, p. 2400.1

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Regulation 340 repealed and a regulation substituted

8.      Regulation 340 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted —

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Penalties

340. A person who, either by act or omission, contravenes these

regulations commits an offence.

Penalty: In the case of an individual — $5 000.

In the case of a body corporate — $20 000. 19

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Council.