Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment Regulation 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 125

New South Wales

Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment Regulation 2008

under the

Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004.

LINDA BURNEY, M.P., Minister for Fair Trading

Explanatory note
The Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2006 requires work on electrical installations to comply with certain requirements, including the requirements of the Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3000:2000 (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules). This Standard was revised and a new version, AS/NZS 3000:2007, was published in 2007. This Regulation updates the definition of Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules to refer to the AS/NZS 3000:2007 version.
This Regulation is made under the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004, including section

55 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 50 of 9 May 2008, page 3704	Page 1
2008 No 125
Clause 1	Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment Regulation 2008

Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment Regulation

2008

under the

Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment
Regulation 2008.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 June 2008.

3 Amendment of Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2006

The Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2006 is amended by omitting the definition of Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules from clause 3 (1) and inserting instead:

Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules means the Australian and New Zealand Standard entitled AS/NZS 3000:2007, Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules), as in force from time to time, published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.

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