Electrical Safety Regulation 2026
sec.315Notices or advice required to be given to regulator
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sec.315 Notices or advice required to be given to regulator
This section applies if— before the commencement, a person was required to give the regulator a notice or advice under a former section mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and immediately before the commencement— the person had not given the regulator the notice or advice; and the period for giving the regulator the notice or advice (the compliance period ) had not ended. The notice or advice must be given— under the new section mentioned in column 2 of the table opposite the former section; and before the compliance period ends. Column 1 Column 2 Former section New section 1 section 49 (Removal of endorsement from electrical contractor licence) section 174 2 section 52 (Change of name of corporation or partnership) section 176 3 section 53 (Change in membership of partnership) section 177 4 section 83 (Notice to regulator about approved safety switch and other matters) section 27 5 section 259 (Change of name and address) section 286 6 section 261 (Taking away or making a registered system inoperable) section 288 7 section 262 (Change to registered system to be notified) section 289 8 section 265 (Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking to notify of serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event) section 292 9 section 266 (Duty of distribution entity to notify of serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event) section 293 (sec.315-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a person was required to give the regulator a notice or advice under a former section mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and immediately before the commencement— the person had not given the regulator the notice or advice; and the period for giving the regulator the notice or advice (the compliance period ) had not ended. (sec.315-ssec.2) The notice or advice must be given— under the new section mentioned in column 2 of the table opposite the former section; and before the compliance period ends. Column 1 Column 2 Former section New section 1 section 49 (Removal of endorsement from electrical contractor licence) section 174 2 section 52 (Change of name of corporation or partnership) section 176 3 section 53 (Change in membership of partnership) section 177 4 section 83 (Notice to regulator about approved safety switch and other matters) section 27 5 section 259 (Change of name and address) section 286 6 section 261 (Taking away or making a registered system inoperable) section 288 7 section 262 (Change to registered system to be notified) section 289 8 section 265 (Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking to notify of serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event) section 292 9 section 266 (Duty of distribution entity to notify of serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event) section 293
- (a) before the commencement, a person was required to give the regulator a notice or advice under a former section mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and