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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.57AAPerson conducting a business or undertaking must ensure workers are appropriately licensed
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### sec.57AA Person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure workers are appropriately licensed
This section applies if a person is conducting a business or undertaking that includes the performance of electrical work.
The person must ensure—
the electrical work is performed by the holder of an electrical work licence that authorises the performance of the work; and
any supervision of the electrical work is carried out by the holder of an electrical work licence that authorises the performance of the work.
Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the electrical work is performed or supervised by a person who, under section 55 , is not required to hold an electrical work licence for the purpose of performing or supervising the work.
s 57AA ins 2007 No. 52 s 34
amd 2011 No. 18 s 368
(sec.57AA-ssec.1) This section applies if a person is conducting a business or undertaking that includes the performance of electrical work.
(sec.57AA-ssec.2) The person must ensure— the electrical work is performed by the holder of an electrical work licence that authorises the performance of the work; and any supervision of the electrical work is carried out by the holder of an electrical work licence that authorises the performance of the work. Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.
(sec.57AA-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the electrical work is performed or supervised by a person who, under section 55 , is not required to hold an electrical work licence for the purpose of performing or supervising the work.
- (a) the electrical work is performed by the holder of an electrical work licence that authorises the performance of the work; and
- (b) any supervision of the electrical work is carried out by the holder of an electrical work licence that authorises the performance of the work.