Electrical Safety Regulation 2026
sec.171Register of electrical licences
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sec.171 Register of electrical licences
The regulator must keep a register containing information about electrical licences. The register must be kept in the form the regulator considers appropriate to ensure the information in the register can be efficiently recorded and accessed. The regulator may decide to keep the register of electrical licences in electronic form. The regulator may order the information in the register in the way the regulator considers appropriate. The regulator may decide to separate historical information about electrical licences from current information. Without limiting subsections (1) to (3) , the register must include the following information, for each electrical licence— the full name and address of the holder; an identifying number; the date the licence was issued; details of every renewal and reinstatement of the licence, and of any failure to renew the licence; details of disciplinary action taken by the licensing committee against the holder; details of anything else the regulator considers should be included in the register. the conditions or restrictions on an electrical work licence The regulator may publish some or all of the information included in the register in the way the regulator considers appropriate. publishing the register on the internet in the form of a database that allows consumers to obtain licensing details about an electrical contractor or a person conducting a business or undertaking to check the validity of an employee’s electrical work licence (sec.171-ssec.1) The regulator must keep a register containing information about electrical licences. (sec.171-ssec.2) The register must be kept in the form the regulator considers appropriate to ensure the information in the register can be efficiently recorded and accessed. The regulator may decide to keep the register of electrical licences in electronic form. (sec.171-ssec.3) The regulator may order the information in the register in the way the regulator considers appropriate. The regulator may decide to separate historical information about electrical licences from current information. (sec.171-ssec.4) Without limiting subsections (1) to (3) , the register must include the following information, for each electrical licence— the full name and address of the holder; an identifying number; the date the licence was issued; details of every renewal and reinstatement of the licence, and of any failure to renew the licence; details of disciplinary action taken by the licensing committee against the holder; details of anything else the regulator considers should be included in the register. the conditions or restrictions on an electrical work licence (sec.171-ssec.5) The regulator may publish some or all of the information included in the register in the way the regulator considers appropriate. publishing the register on the internet in the form of a database that allows consumers to obtain licensing details about an electrical contractor or a person conducting a business or undertaking to check the validity of an employee’s electrical work licence