sec.133Specified electrical equipment

sec.133 Specified electrical equipment

The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure specified electrical equipment of the person at the workplace is not used to perform the manufacturing work unless the equipment 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. a hand held grinder plugged into a socket-outlet a hand held electric drill plugged into a socket-outlet that is used for drilling holes in steelwork in a light engineering workshop Also, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure specified electrical equipment of the person is not used to perform the manufacturing work unless the equipment is connected to a socket-outlet for which 1 of the following safety switches has been installed— if the socket-outlet is in a permanent workplace under the control of the person—a safety switch that is not portable; if the socket-outlet is not in a permanent workplace under the control of the person—a safety switch. However, subsection (2) does not apply to the person in relation to a socket-outlet that is— mentioned in subsection (2) (a) if— the person is exempt under section 135 ; and the socket-outlet has a safety switch installed; or both— more than 2.3m above the floor; and provided for the purpose of supplying electricity to a luminaire or to electrical equipment with a power rating of not more than 150W. If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (1) , the 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 states the prescribed details for the equipment. If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (1) , the 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attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use.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 (4) 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. Subsections (1) to (6) are linked to the electrical safety duty in section 30 of the Act (see section 7 (1) ). (sec.133-ssec.1) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure specified electrical equipment of the person at the workplace is not used to perform the manufacturing work unless the equipment 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. a hand held grinder plugged into a socket-outlet a hand held electric drill plugged into a socket-outlet that is used for drilling holes in steelwork in a light engineering workshop (sec.133-ssec.2) Also, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure specified electrical equipment of the person is not used to perform the manufacturing work unless the equipment is connected to a socket-outlet for which 1 of the following safety switches has been installed— if the socket-outlet is in a permanent workplace under the control of the person—a safety switch that is not portable; if the socket-outlet is not in a permanent workplace under the control of the person—a safety switch. (sec.133-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to the person in relation to a socket-outlet that is— mentioned in subsection (2) (a) if— the person is exempt under section 135 ; and the socket-outlet has a safety switch installed; or both— more than 2.3m above the floor; and provided for the purpose of supplying electricity to a luminaire or to electrical equipment with a power rating of not more than 150W. (sec.133-ssec.4) If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (1) , the 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 states the prescribed details for the equipment. (sec.133-ssec.5) If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (1) , the 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.133-ssec.6) 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 (4) 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. Subsections (1) to (6) are linked to the electrical safety duty in section 30 of the Act (see section 7 (1) ).