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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.19Types of electrical work for this Act
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### sec.19 Types of electrical work for this Act
Electrical installation work is electrical work associated with an electrical installation, but does not include the following electrical work—
testing, repairing or maintaining electrical equipment included in the electrical installation;
replacing an appliance included in the electrical installation with a similar appliance in the circumstances prescribed by regulation for this paragraph;
electric line work associated with the electrical installation.
installing or altering wiring or fixed appliances in a building
installing or altering a switchboard
Electric line work is electrical work associated with an electric line.
erecting an aerial conductor that is part of the works of an electricity entity or of an electrical installation
installing or maintaining street lighting circuits
testing an overhead electrical line to ensure it is correctly connected
Electrical equipment work is electrical work other than electrical installation work or electric line work.
repairing substation electrical equipment
repairing an electric range, whether or not it is part of an electrical installation
installing, jointing or terminating covered cables
s 19 amd 2007 No. 36 s 2 sch ; 2024 No. 44 s 9
(sec.19-ssec.1) Electrical installation work is electrical work associated with an electrical installation, but does not include the following electrical work— testing, repairing or maintaining electrical equipment included in the electrical installation; replacing an appliance included in the electrical installation with a similar appliance in the circumstances prescribed by regulation for this paragraph; electric line work associated with the electrical installation. installing or altering wiring or fixed appliances in a building installing or altering a switchboard
(sec.19-ssec.2) Electric line work is electrical work associated with an electric line. erecting an aerial conductor that is part of the works of an electricity entity or of an electrical installation installing or maintaining street lighting circuits testing an overhead electrical line to ensure it is correctly connected
(sec.19-ssec.3) Electrical equipment work is electrical work other than electrical installation work or electric line work. repairing substation electrical equipment repairing an electric range, whether or not it is part of an electrical installation installing, jointing or terminating covered cables
- (a) testing, repairing or maintaining electrical equipment included in the electrical installation;
- (b) replacing an appliance included in the electrical installation with a similar appliance in the circumstances prescribed by regulation for this paragraph;
- (c) electric line work associated with the electrical installation.
- • installing or altering wiring or fixed appliances in a building
- • installing or altering a switchboard
- • erecting an aerial conductor that is part of the works of an electricity entity or of an electrical installation
- • installing or maintaining street lighting circuits
- • testing an overhead electrical line to ensure it is correctly connected
- • repairing substation electrical equipment
- • repairing an electric range, whether or not it is part of an electrical installation
- • installing, jointing or terminating covered cables