sec.140Requirements for construction work

sec.140 Requirements for construction work

This section applies in relation to construction work performed at a workplace. A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure all electrical equipment for the performance of construction work complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites). 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 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) . construction wiring, inverters, RCDs, switchboards, transportable structures For subsection (3) (b) (ii) , the information is— if the individual who performed the test or retest is employed or engaged by a corporation—at least 1 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—at least 1 of the following details of the individual who performed the test or retest— 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 the workplace must ensure all construction wiring at the workplace complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012. In this section— construction wiring , at a workplace, means temporary electrical wiring by which electricity is supplied for use in, and for the period of, construction work, within the meaning of the WHS Regulation , section 289 , at the workplace. Subsections (1) to (5) are linked to the electrical safety duty in section 30 of the Act (see section 7 (1) ). (sec.140-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to construction work performed at a workplace. (sec.140-ssec.2) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure all electrical equipment for the performance of construction work complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012 (Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites). (sec.140-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 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) . construction wiring, inverters, RCDs, switchboards, transportable structures (sec.140-ssec.4) For subsection (3) (b) (ii) , the information is— if the individual who performed the test or retest is employed or engaged by a corporation—at least 1 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—at least 1 of the following details of the individual who performed the test or retest— 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.140-ssec.5) A person with management or control of the workplace must ensure all construction wiring at the workplace complies with the requirements of AS/NZS 3012. (sec.140-ssec.6) In this section— construction wiring , at a workplace, means temporary electrical wiring by which electricity is supplied for use in, and for the period of, construction work, within the meaning of the WHS Regulation , section 289 , at the workplace. Subsections (1) to (5) are linked to the electrical safety duty in section 30 of the Act (see section 7 (1) ).