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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.122Functions of regulator
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### sec.122 Functions of regulator
The regulator has the following functions—
to advise and make recommendations to the Minister and report on the operation and effectiveness of this Act;
to monitor and enforce compliance with this Act;
to provide advice and information on electrical safety to duty holders under this Act and to the community;
to collect, analyse and publish statistics relating to electrical safety;
to foster a cooperative, consultative relationship between duty holders and the persons to whom they owe duties and their representatives in relation to electrical safety matters;
to promote and support education and training on matters relating to electrical safety;
to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the object of this Act, including the sharing of information with a corresponding regulator;
any other function conferred on the regulator under this Act.
The regulator must act independently when making a decision under this Act but otherwise is subject to direction in the person’s capacity as a public service officer and an officer of the department.
s 122 sub 2011 No. 18 s 377
amd 2015 No. 13 s 37 ; 2024 No. 44 s 19
(sec.122-ssec.1) The regulator has the following functions— to advise and make recommendations to the Minister and report on the operation and effectiveness of this Act; to monitor and enforce compliance with this Act; to provide advice and information on electrical safety to duty holders under this Act and to the community; to collect, analyse and publish statistics relating to electrical safety; to foster a cooperative, consultative relationship between duty holders and the persons to whom they owe duties and their representatives in relation to electrical safety matters; to promote and support education and training on matters relating to electrical safety; to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the object of this Act, including the sharing of information with a corresponding regulator; any other function conferred on the regulator under this Act.
(sec.122-ssec.2) The regulator must act independently when making a decision under this Act but otherwise is subject to direction in the person’s capacity as a public service officer and an officer of the department.
- (a) to advise and make recommendations to the Minister and report on the operation and effectiveness of this Act;
- (b) to monitor and enforce compliance with this Act;
- (c) to provide advice and information on electrical safety to duty holders under this Act and to the community;
- (d) to collect, analyse and publish statistics relating to electrical safety;
- (e) to foster a cooperative, consultative relationship between duty holders and the persons to whom they owe duties and their representatives in relation to electrical safety matters;
- (f) to promote and support education and training on matters relating to electrical safety;
- (g) to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the object of this Act, including the sharing of information with a corresponding regulator;
- (h) any other function conferred on the regulator under this Act.