sec.118Safety switches, including portable safety switches

sec.118 Safety switches, including portable safety switches

A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not use, or allow to be used, a safety switch unless it complies with AS/NZS 3760 when tested. A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that each safety switch, other than a portable safety switch, at the workplace— is tested by a competent person in accordance with AS/NZS 3760 immediately after it is connected; and is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760. A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that each portable safety switch at the workplace— is tested by pushing the test button on the safety switch immediately after it is connected; and is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760. If a safety switch is not working properly, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— a durable tag is immediately attached to the safety switch that warns people not to use the safety switch; and the safety switch is immediately withdrawn from use. ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 ) (sec.118-ssec.1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not use, or allow to be used, a safety switch unless it complies with AS/NZS 3760 when tested. (sec.118-ssec.2) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that each safety switch, other than a portable safety switch, at the workplace— is tested by a competent person in accordance with AS/NZS 3760 immediately after it is connected; and is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760. (sec.118-ssec.3) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that each portable safety switch at the workplace— is tested by pushing the test button on the safety switch immediately after it is connected; and is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760. (sec.118-ssec.4) If a safety switch is not working properly, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— a durable tag is immediately attached to the safety switch that warns people not to use the safety switch; and the safety switch is immediately withdrawn from use. ES Act — section 30 (see section 8 )

• (a) is tested by a competent person in accordance with AS/NZS 3760 immediately after it is connected; and
• (b) is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760.
• (a) is tested by pushing the test button on the safety switch immediately after it is connected; and
• (b) is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760.
• (a) a durable tag is immediately attached to the safety switch that warns people not to use the safety switch; and
• (b) the safety switch is immediately withdrawn from use.