Electrical Safety Regulation 2026
sec.316Documents required to be kept
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sec.316 Documents required to be kept
This section applies if, before the commencement— a person was required to keep a document for a stated period under a former section mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and the period had not ended. The document must be kept under the new section mentioned in column 2 of the table opposite the former section for the remainder of the period. Column 1 Column 2 Former section New section 1 section 23(2) or (3) (Record keeping) section 204(2) or (3) 2 section 26(5) (Certificate of testing and safety) section 208(5) 3 section 91(2) (Assessment of electrical risk) section 41(2) 4 section 94(2) (Requirement for electrical safety inspection and test) section 44(2) 5 section 95(4) (Requirement for approved safety switch or permanent marking for electrical circuits) section 45(4) 6 section 120F(2) or (3) (Record keeping) section 36(2) or (3) 7 section 147(2) (Responsible supplier to keep evidence) section 76(2) 8 section 148(2) (Registered responsible supplier must keep compliance folder) section 77(2) 9 section 194(6) (Hiring electrical equipment) section 142(7) 10 section 220(4) (Reconnection of electrical installation to electricity source) section 220(4) 11 section 227(4) (Certificate of testing and compliance) section 229(5) 12 section 230(2) (Keeping copy of report) section 232(2) 13 section 248(1) (Records of tests to be kept) section 276(1) 14 section 265(6) (Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking to notify of serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event) section 292(7) 15 section 267(2)(c) (Action required by distribution entity on report of electric shock) section 294(2)(c) (sec.316-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the commencement— a person was required to keep a document for a stated period under a former section mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and the period had not ended. (sec.316-ssec.2) The document must be kept under the new section mentioned in column 2 of the table opposite the former section for the remainder of the period. Column 1 Column 2 Former section New section 1 section 23(2) or (3) (Record keeping) section 204(2) or (3) 2 section 26(5) (Certificate of testing and safety) section 208(5) 3 section 91(2) (Assessment of electrical risk) section 41(2) 4 section 94(2) (Requirement for electrical safety inspection and test) section 44(2) 5 section 95(4) (Requirement for approved safety switch or permanent marking for electrical circuits) section 45(4) 6 section 120F(2) or (3) (Record keeping) section 36(2) or (3) 7 section 147(2) (Responsible supplier to keep evidence) section 76(2) 8 section 148(2) (Registered responsible supplier must keep compliance folder) section 77(2) 9 section 194(6) (Hiring electrical equipment) section 142(7) 10 section 220(4) (Reconnection of electrical installation to electricity source) section 220(4) 11 section 227(4) (Certificate of testing and compliance) section 229(5) 12 section 230(2) (Keeping copy of report) section 232(2) 13 section 248(1) (Records of tests to be kept) section 276(1) 14 section 265(6) (Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking to notify of serious electrical incident or dangerous electrical event) section 292(7) 15 section 267(2)(c) (Action required by distribution entity on report of electric shock) section 294(2)(c)