sec.17Unsafe electrical equipment

sec.17 Unsafe electrical equipment

The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure any unsafe electrical equipment at the workplace— is disconnected, or isolated, from its electricity supply; and once disconnected or isolated— is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe; or is replaced or permanently removed from use. Maximum penalty—36 penalty units. For applying this section, electrical equipment or a component of electrical equipment is unsafe if there are reasonable grounds for believing it to be unsafe. However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person conducting a business or undertaking in relation to electrical equipment that is not under the person’s management or control. (sec.17-ssec.1) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure any unsafe electrical equipment at the workplace— is disconnected, or isolated, from its electricity supply; and once disconnected or isolated— is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe; or is replaced or permanently removed from use. Maximum penalty—36 penalty units. (sec.17-ssec.2) For applying this section, electrical equipment or a component of electrical equipment is unsafe if there are reasonable grounds for believing it to be unsafe. (sec.17-ssec.3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person conducting a business or undertaking in relation to electrical equipment that is not under the person’s management or control.

• (a) is disconnected, or isolated, from its electricity supply; and
• (b) once disconnected or isolated— (i) is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe; or (ii) is replaced or permanently removed from use.
• (i) is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe; or
• (ii) is replaced or permanently removed from use.
• (i) is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe; or
• (ii) is replaced or permanently removed from use.