Electricity Safety (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (Vic)

Electricity Safety (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

S.R. No. 92/2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1.Objective

2.Authorising provisions

3.Commencement

4.Principal Regulations

5.Amendment to minimum safety standards

6.Insertion of regulations 23 and 24

23.Transitional—Electricity Safety (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

24.Expiry of regulation 23

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STATUTORY RULES 2005

S.R. No. 92/2005

Electricity Safety Act 1998

Electricity Safety (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 27 July 2005

Responsible Minister:

THEO THEOPHANOUS
Minister for Energy Industries

RUTH LEACH

Clerk of the Executive Council

1.Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Electricity Safety (Equipment) Regulations 1999 to prescribe further minimum standards of safety for electrical equipment.

2.Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 153 and 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.

3.Commencement

These Regulations come into operation 1 August 2005.

4.Principal Regulations

In these Regulations the Electricity Safety (Equipment) Regulations 1999[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5.Amendment to minimum safety standards

In regulation 6(b) of the Principal Regulations, for "4.2 and 4.3" substitute "4.2, 4.3 and 4.5".

6.Insertion of regulations 23 and 24

After regulation 22 of the Principal Regulations insert—

"23.Transitional—Electricity Safety (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

These Regulations as amended by the Electricity Safety (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 do not apply to or in respect of electrical equipment that was manufactured in, or imported into, Australia before 1 August 2005, and these Regulations apply to such equipment as if the 2005 Regulations had not been made.

24.Expiry of regulation 23

Regulation 23 expires on 3 April 2006.".

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[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 27/1999.  Subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 38/2001 and 146/2003.

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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter Required by Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004

Note that the following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004.

In the following table—

"AS/NZS 3820:1998" means Australian/New Zealand Standard, "Essential safety requirements for low voltage electrical equipment, AS/NZS 3820:1998", published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand on 5 October 1998, as amended from time to time.

Statutory Rule Provision	Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document	Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 5 which amends regulation 6(b) of the Electricity Safety (Equipment) Regulations 1999	AS/NZS 3820:1998	Clauses 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5