Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2002 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2002 No. 39 Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 159 (Specified electrical equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 163 (Specified electrical equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s5 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 39, 2002 (No. 2) 2002 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2002 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the WorkplaceHealthandSafetyRegulation 1997. 3 Amendment of s 159 (Specified electrical equipment) Section 159(1)(b)(i)— omit, insert — ‘(i) a type 1 or 2 residual current device; or’. 4 Amendment of s 163 (Specified electrical equipment) Section 163(1)(b)(i)— omit, insert — ‘(i) a type 1 or 2 residual current device; or’. 5 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 9, definitions “plug” , “portable outlet device” and “socket outlet” — omit, insert— ‘ “plug” has the meaning given by AS/NZS 3000:2000. 1 1 AS/NZS 3000:2000 Electrical Installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)— 1.4.67 Plug A device intended for insertion into a socket-outlet, cord-extension socket or plug-socket adaptor to make a detachable connection between the contacts of any such accessory and the conductors of a flexible cord or flexible cable.

s5 3 s5 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 39, 2002 (No. 2) 2002 “portable outlet device” has the meaning given by AS/NZS 3105:1998. 2 “socket outlet” has the meaning given by AS/NZS 3000:2000. 3 ’. (2) Schedule 9, definition “specified electrical equipment” , paragraphs (c)(i) and (ii), before ‘divisions’— insert— ‘part 16,’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 7 March 2002. 2. Notified in the gazette on 8 March 2002. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Industrial Relations. © State of Queensland 2002 2 AS/NZS 3105:1998 Approval and test specification—Electrical portable outlet devices— 4.2 Portable outlet device— a device, other than a cord extension set, having a single means of connection to a low voltage supply, and one or more outlet facilities. It may incorporate a reeling or coiling arrangement. The term ‘device’ means ‘electrical portable outlet device’. 3 AS/NZS 3000:2000 Electrical Installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)— 1.4.78 Socket-outlet A device for fixing or suspension at a point, and having contacts intended for making a detachable connection with the contacts of a plug. The term ‘socket-outlet’ is deemed to include a cord-extension socket attached to a flexible cord which is permanently connected to fixed wiring.