sec.116Specified electrical equipment

sec.116 Specified electrical equipment

A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that specified electrical equipment of the person is not used to perform work unless— it is inspected and tested by a competent person— if the equipment is double insulated—at least once every year; or if the equipment is not double insulated—at least once every 6 months; and it is connected to a type 1 safety switch or type 2 safety switch. If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (a) , a competent person decides the equipment is safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that shows the prescribed details for the equipment. If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (a) , a competent person decides the equipment is not safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use. The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subsection (2) unless— the equipment is new; or both of the following apply— the equipment has been inspected and tested by a competent person; the tag was attached by the competent person. ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 ) (sec.116-ssec.1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that specified electrical equipment of the person is not used to perform work unless— it is inspected and tested by a competent person— if the equipment is double insulated—at least once every year; or if the equipment is not double insulated—at least once every 6 months; and it is connected to a type 1 safety switch or type 2 safety switch. (sec.116-ssec.2) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (a) , a competent person decides the equipment is safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that shows the prescribed details for the equipment. (sec.116-ssec.3) If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1) (a) , a competent person decides the equipment is not safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use. (sec.116-ssec.4) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subsection (2) unless— the equipment is new; or both of the following apply— the equipment has been inspected and tested by a competent person; the tag was attached by the competent person. ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 )