sec.104Requirements for construction wiring and electrical equipment

sec.104 Requirements for construction wiring and electrical equipment

A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that all electrical equipment for the performance of work complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites). However, the requirement under AS/NZS 3012, clause 3.8.3 that the tag must include the name of the person or company who performed the test does not apply. A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, electrical equipment mentioned in AS/NZS 3012, clause 3.1 is not fitted with a tag that includes the test or retest date for the equipment unless— the equipment is new; or both of the following apply— the equipment has been inspected and tested under that clause by a competent person and found to comply with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012; the tag includes the day by which the equipment must be reinspected and retested and the information mentioned in subsection (4) . For subsection (3) (b) (ii) — if the individual who performed the test or retest is employed or engaged by a corporation—the information is any of the following— the name of the individual; the individual’s electrical contractor licence number; the name of the corporation; the corporation’s electrical contractor licence number; or if paragraph (a) does not apply—the information is any of the following— the name of the individual; the individual’s electrical contractor licence number; the electrical contractor licence number of the individual’s employer; the individual’s electrical worker licence number. A person with management or control of a workplace where construction work is being carried out must ensure that all construction wiring at the workplace complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites). In this section— competent person see AS/NZS 3012, clause 1.4.9. construction wiring , for a workplace, means temporary electrical wiring by which electricity is supplied by an electricity entity for use in, and for the period of, construction work, within the meaning of the WHS Regulation , section 289 , at the place. ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 ) (sec.104-ssec.1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that all electrical equipment for the performance of work complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites). (sec.104-ssec.2) However, the requirement under AS/NZS 3012, clause 3.8.3 that the tag must include the name of the person or company who performed the test does not apply. (sec.104-ssec.3) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, electrical equipment mentioned in AS/NZS 3012, clause 3.1 is not fitted with a tag that includes the test or retest date for the equipment unless— the equipment is new; or both of the following apply— the equipment has been inspected and tested under that clause by a competent person and found to comply with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012; the tag includes the day by which the equipment must be reinspected and retested and the information mentioned in subsection (4) . (sec.104-ssec.4) For subsection (3) (b) (ii) — if the individual who performed the test or retest is employed or engaged by a corporation—the information is any of the following— the name of the individual; the individual’s electrical contractor licence number; the name of the corporation; the corporation’s electrical contractor licence number; or if paragraph (a) does not apply—the information is any of the following— the name of the individual; the individual’s electrical contractor licence number; the electrical contractor licence number of the individual’s employer; the individual’s electrical worker licence number. (sec.104-ssec.5) A person with management or control of a workplace where construction work is being carried out must ensure that all construction wiring at the workplace complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites). (sec.104-ssec.6) In this section— competent person see AS/NZS 3012, clause 1.4.9. construction wiring , for a workplace, means temporary electrical wiring by which electricity is supplied by an electricity entity for use in, and for the period of, construction work, within the meaning of the WHS Regulation , section 289 , at the place. ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 )