Electricity Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2000 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2000 No. 250 Electricity Act 1994 ELECTRICITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY (ELECTRICAL ARTICLES) REGULATION 1994 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Amendment of s 5A (What is a “prescribed electrical article”) . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 43 (Minimum energy efficiency, and performance criteria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of ch 3 (Prescribed electrical equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 116 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY REGULATION 1994 7 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 5 (Words have the same meaning as in wiring rules) . . . 4 9 Amendment of s 31 (Exemptions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of s 32 (Exemptions from being electrical contractors) . . . . . 5 11 Amendment of s 40 (Entitlement to licence as electrical worker) . . . . . . . 5 12 Amendment of s 62 (Renewal of electrical contractors’ licences) . . . . . . . 5 13 Amendment of ‘a District Court’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Electricity Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 250, 2000 14 Amendment of sch 6 (Appeals against administrative decisions to industrial magistrates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 15 Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

s1 3 s5 Electricity Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 250, 2000 PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Electricity Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2000 . PART 2—AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY (ELECTRICAL ARTICLES) REGULATION 1994 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 2 2. This part amends the Electricity (Electrical Articles) Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of s 5A (What is a “prescribed electrical article”) 3. Section 5A(3), definition “wiring rules” — omit, insert— ‘ “wiring rules” means Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3000—Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules).’. ˙ Amendment of s 43 (Minimum energy efficiency, and performance criteria) 4. Section 43, heading ‘ efficiency, ’— omit, insert— ‘ efficiency ’. ˙ Amendment of ch 3 (Prescribed electrical equipment) 5.(1) Chapter 3, part 2, division 3— renumber as division 4.

s6 4 s8 Electricity Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 250, 2000 (2) Chapter 3, part 2, division 2, second occurring— renumber as division 3. ˙ Amendment of s 116 (Appeals) 6. Section 116, ‘a District Court’— omit, insert— ‘the District Court’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY REGULATION 1994 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 3 7. This part amends the Electricity Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of s 5 (Words have the same meaning as in wiring rules) 8. Section 5(2) and (3)— omit, insert— ‘ (2) However, for this regulation, the expressions ‘point of supply’ and ‘service line’ in the wiring rules have the same meanings, respectively, as ‘consumers terminals’ and ‘service line’ have in this regulation. ‘ (3) In this section— “wiring rules” means the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3000—Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules). 1 ’. 1 AS/NZS 3000—Electrical installations may be purchased from Standards Australia.

s 9 5 s 14 Electricity Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 250, 2000 ˙ Amendment of s 31 (Exemptions) 9. Section 31(3)(c) and (d)— renumber as section 31(3)(b) and (c). ˙ Amendment of s 32 (Exemptions from being electrical contractors) 10. Section 32(2)(e)— renumber as section 32(2)(d). ˙ Amendment of s 40 (Entitlement to licence as electrical worker) 11. Section 40(1)(c) to (e)— renumber as section 40(1)(b) to (d). ˙ Amendment of s 62 (Renewal of electrical contractors’ licences) 12. Section 62(3)— renumber as section 62(2). ˙ Amendment of ‘a District Court’ 13. Sections 248IA(6)(c), 331B and 339(1), ‘a District Court’— omit, insert— ‘the District Court’. ˙ Amendment of sch 6 (Appeals against administrative decisions to industrial magistrates) 14. Schedule 6, all words after ‘GOE industry employee’— omit .

s 15 6 s 15 Electricity Legislation Amendment (No. 1) No. 250, 2000 ˙ Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) 15.(1) Schedule 8, definitions “assigned employee” , “assigned employer” , “assignment certificate” and “space for a substation” — omit. (2) Schedule 8— insert— ‘ “consumers terminals” means the point where a customer’s electrical installation is connected to a service line. “service line” means an electric line, including a connection to the service fuse, servicing a customer’s premises from the point of supply on the relevant supplier’s works to the customer’s consumers terminals. “space for a substation” for chapter 4, part 1, division 3, see section 237. “wiring rules” see section 5.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 21 September 2000. 2. Notified in the gazette on 22 September 2000. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Mines and Energy. © State of Queensland 2000