sec.210Regulation-making power

### sec.210 Regulation-making power The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may prescribe— ways of discharging a person’s electrical safety duty; and ways of ensuring the electrical safety of persons or property; and safety and technical requirements for electrical work; and safety and technical requirements for working in contact with, or near to, exposed parts; and safety and technical requirements, and certification requirements, for electrical equipment, including for the selling, testing and using of electrical equipment; and safety and technical requirements for electrical installations, works of electricity entities, electric lines and electricity supply; and amendments, cancellations, suspensions and transfers of certificates and other authorities required under the regulation; and requirements for the labelling, marking and testing of electrical equipment, including requirements for the provision of electrical equipment for testing, the disposal of electrical equipment after testing, and the extent of compensation, if any, payable for electrical equipment damaged or destroyed during testing; and requirements for signs or other advertising material for the sale of electrical equipment; and requirements for safety management systems; and safety and technical requirements, and registration requirements, for cathodic protection systems; and notification and reporting requirements for serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events; and all matters about electrical licences, including the following— classes of electrical licences; the periods for which particular electrical licences are to be in force; financial and insurance requirements for electrical licence holders; particular requirements applying to the making of applications for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences; eligibility requirements for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences, including requirements as to suitability, requirements for particular qualifications and requirements for the successful completion of examinations or courses stated in the regulation or chosen by the regulator; the keeping of a register for recording licence information; requirements for keeping licences and registers up to date, including for the provision of information for keeping licences and registers up to date; restrictions on advertising by electrical licence holders; and all matters relating to the registration of responsible suppliers and in-scope electrical equipment in the national register, including the renewal and cancellation of the registration; and all matters relating to the classification of in-scope electrical equipment; and all matters relating to the sale of in-scope electrical equipment including requirements about the keeping of evidence and certificates that show that items of types of in-scope electrical equipment meet relevant standards; and all matters relating to the recording of information about certificates of conformity in the national register including what information is to be recorded, how it is to be recorded and by whom it is to be recorded; and all matters relating to the recording of other information in the national register including what information is to be recorded, how it is to be recorded and by whom it is to be recorded; and all matters relating to the declaration of a scheme as a recognised external certification scheme under section 48J including the imposition of conditions on, and the cancellation of, the declaration; and discipline of electrical licence holders; and matters of an administrative nature. A regulation may prescribe offences for breaches of the regulation, and may fix a penalty of not more than 300 penalty units for a breach. A regulation may prescribe fees payable under this Act, and may also provide for the refund or remission of fees. A regulation may provide for a distribution entity to impose charges for the carrying out of activities of the distribution entity authorised under a regulation. A regulation may provide for an electricity entity, or a class of electricity entities, to give notices requiring action to be taken in relation to defective electrical equipment. s 210 amd 2003 No. 18 s 37 sch ; 2007 No. 52 s 48 ; 2011 No. 4 s 11 ; 2011 No. 18 s 404 sch 4 pt 1 ; 2014 No. 14 s 4 ; 2026 No. 6 s 6 (sec.210-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. (sec.210-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may prescribe— ways of discharging a person’s electrical safety duty; and ways of ensuring the electrical safety of persons or property; and safety and technical requirements for electrical work; and safety and technical requirements for working in contact with, or near to, exposed parts; and safety and technical requirements, and certification requirements, for electrical equipment, including for the selling, testing and using of electrical equipment; and safety and technical requirements for electrical installations, works of electricity entities, electric lines and electricity supply; and amendments, cancellations, suspensions and transfers of certificates and other authorities required under the regulation; and requirements for the labelling, marking and testing of electrical equipment, including requirements for the provision of electrical equipment for testing, the disposal of electrical equipment after testing, and the extent of compensation, if any, payable for electrical equipment damaged or destroyed during testing; and requirements for signs or other advertising material for the sale of electrical equipment; and requirements for safety management systems; and safety and technical requirements, and registration requirements, for cathodic protection systems; and notification and reporting requirements for serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events; and all matters about electrical licences, including the following— classes of electrical licences; the periods for which particular electrical licences are to be in force; financial and insurance requirements for electrical licence holders; particular requirements applying to the making of applications for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences; eligibility requirements for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences, including requirements as to suitability, requirements for particular qualifications and requirements for the successful completion of examinations or courses stated in the regulation or chosen by the regulator; the keeping of a register for recording licence information; requirements for keeping licences and registers up to date, including for the provision of information for keeping licences and registers up to date; restrictions on advertising by electrical licence holders; and all matters relating to the registration of responsible suppliers and in-scope electrical equipment in the national register, including the renewal and cancellation of the registration; and all matters relating to the classification of in-scope electrical equipment; and all matters relating to the sale of in-scope electrical equipment including requirements about the keeping of evidence and certificates that show that items of types of in-scope electrical equipment meet relevant standards; and all matters relating to the recording of information about certificates of conformity in the national register including what information is to be recorded, how it is to be recorded and by whom it is to be recorded; and all matters relating to the recording of other information in the national register including what information is to be recorded, how it is to be recorded and by whom it is to be recorded; and all matters relating to the declaration of a scheme as a recognised external certification scheme under section 48J including the imposition of conditions on, and the cancellation of, the declaration; and discipline of electrical licence holders; and matters of an administrative nature. (sec.210-ssec.3) A regulation may prescribe offences for breaches of the regulation, and may fix a penalty of not more than 300 penalty units for a breach. (sec.210-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe fees payable under this Act, and may also provide for the refund or remission of fees. (sec.210-ssec.5) A regulation may provide for a distribution entity to impose charges for the carrying out of activities of the distribution entity authorised under a regulation. (sec.210-ssec.6) A regulation may provide for an electricity entity, or a class of electricity entities, to give notices requiring action to be taken in relation to defective electrical equipment. - (a) ways of discharging a person’s electrical safety duty; and - (b) ways of ensuring the electrical safety of persons or property; and - (c) safety and technical requirements for electrical work; and - (d) safety and technical requirements for working in contact with, or near to, exposed parts; and - (e) safety and technical requirements, and certification requirements, for electrical equipment, including for the selling, testing and using of electrical equipment; and - (f) safety and technical requirements for electrical installations, works of electricity entities, electric lines and electricity supply; and - (g) amendments, cancellations, suspensions and transfers of certificates and other authorities required under the regulation; and - (h) requirements for the labelling, marking and testing of electrical equipment, including requirements for the provision of electrical equipment for testing, the disposal of electrical equipment after testing, and the extent of compensation, if any, payable for electrical equipment damaged or destroyed during testing; and - (i) requirements for signs or other advertising material for the sale of electrical equipment; and - (j) requirements for safety management systems; and - (k) safety and technical requirements, and registration requirements, for cathodic protection systems; and - (l) notification and reporting requirements for serious electrical incidents and dangerous electrical events; and - (m) all matters about electrical licences, including the following— (i) classes of electrical licences; (ii) the periods for which particular electrical licences are to be in force; (iii) financial and insurance requirements for electrical licence holders; (iv) particular requirements applying to the making of applications for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences; (v) eligibility requirements for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences, including requirements as to suitability, requirements for particular qualifications and requirements for the successful completion of examinations or courses stated in the regulation or chosen by the regulator; (vi) the keeping of a register for recording licence information; (vii) requirements for keeping licences and registers up to date, including for the provision of information for keeping licences and registers up to date; (viii) restrictions on advertising by electrical licence holders; and - (i) classes of electrical licences; - (ii) the periods for which particular electrical licences are to be in force; - (iii) financial and insurance requirements for electrical licence holders; - (iv) particular requirements applying to the making of applications for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences; - (v) eligibility requirements for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences, including requirements as to suitability, requirements for particular qualifications and requirements for the successful completion of examinations or courses stated in the regulation or chosen by the regulator; - (vi) the keeping of a register for recording licence information; - (vii) requirements for keeping licences and registers up to date, including for the provision of information for keeping licences and registers up to date; - (viii) restrictions on advertising by electrical licence holders; and - (n) all matters relating to the registration of responsible suppliers and in-scope electrical equipment in the national register, including the renewal and cancellation of the registration; and - (o) all matters relating to the classification of in-scope electrical equipment; and - (p) all matters relating to the sale of in-scope electrical equipment including requirements about the keeping of evidence and certificates that show that items of types of in-scope electrical equipment meet relevant standards; and - (q) all matters relating to the recording of information about certificates of conformity in the national register including what information is to be recorded, how it is to be recorded and by whom it is to be recorded; and - (r) all matters relating to the recording of other information in the national register including what information is to be recorded, how it is to be recorded and by whom it is to be recorded; and - (s) all matters relating to the declaration of a scheme as a recognised external certification scheme under section 48J including the imposition of conditions on, and the cancellation of, the declaration; and - (t) discipline of electrical licence holders; and - (u) matters of an administrative nature. - (i) classes of electrical licences; - (ii) the periods for which particular electrical licences are to be in force; - (iii) financial and insurance requirements for electrical licence holders; - (iv) particular requirements applying to the making of applications for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences; - (v) eligibility requirements for the issue, renewal or reinstatement of electrical licences, including requirements as to suitability, requirements for particular qualifications and requirements for the successful completion of examinations or courses stated in the regulation or chosen by the regulator; - (vi) the keeping of a register for recording licence information; - (vii) requirements for keeping licences and registers up to date, including for the provision of information for keeping licences and registers up to date; - (viii) restrictions on advertising by electrical licence holders; and