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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.126Appointment of temporary inspector
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### sec.126 Appointment of temporary inspector
This division applies if—
the regulator considers that an inspector is required urgently to enter a place and investigate the circumstances of a serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event at the place; and
there is no inspector available to enter the place and investigate the circumstances.
The regulator may appoint a person as a temporary inspector to exercise the powers of an inspector for the place.
The person appointed as a temporary inspector need not be a person who could be appointed as an inspector.
However, the regulator may appoint the person as a temporary inspector only if the regulator is satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience for what the temporary inspector can reasonably be expected to have to do.
If practicable, the regulator must give the temporary inspector a document evidencing the temporary inspector’s appointment.
s 126 sub 2011 No. 18 s 377
(sec.126-ssec.1) This division applies if— the regulator considers that an inspector is required urgently to enter a place and investigate the circumstances of a serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event at the place; and there is no inspector available to enter the place and investigate the circumstances.
(sec.126-ssec.2) The regulator may appoint a person as a temporary inspector to exercise the powers of an inspector for the place.
(sec.126-ssec.3) The person appointed as a temporary inspector need not be a person who could be appointed as an inspector.
(sec.126-ssec.4) However, the regulator may appoint the person as a temporary inspector only if the regulator is satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience for what the temporary inspector can reasonably be expected to have to do.
(sec.126-ssec.5) If practicable, the regulator must give the temporary inspector a document evidencing the temporary inspector’s appointment.
- (a) the regulator considers that an inspector is required urgently to enter a place and investigate the circumstances of a serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event at the place; and
- (b) there is no inspector available to enter the place and investigate the circumstances.