Electrical Safety Regulation 2026
sec.169Eligibility requirements—pre-2019 electrical contractor licence— Act , ss 60 and 61
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sec.169 Eligibility requirements—pre-2019 electrical contractor licence— Act , ss 60 and 61
This section applies if a person— held an electrical contractor licence before 1 January 2019; or applied for an electrical contractor licence before 1 January 2019 and was granted the licence after 1 January 2019. For applying the eligibility requirements of section 162 (a) and (b) as applied by section 168 , the expired Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 , section 7 , as in force immediately before 1 January 2019, is taken to apply in relation to who is a qualified business person in relation to the applicant. Subsection (2) applies despite section 163 . (sec.169-ssec.1) This section applies if a person— held an electrical contractor licence before 1 January 2019; or applied for an electrical contractor licence before 1 January 2019 and was granted the licence after 1 January 2019. (sec.169-ssec.2) For applying the eligibility requirements of section 162 (a) and (b) as applied by section 168 , the expired Electrical Safety Regulation 2013 , section 7 , as in force immediately before 1 January 2019, is taken to apply in relation to who is a qualified business person in relation to the applicant. (sec.169-ssec.3) Subsection (2) applies despite section 163 .
- (a) held an electrical contractor licence before 1 January 2019; or
- (b) applied for an electrical contractor licence before 1 January 2019 and was granted the licence after 1 January 2019.