118Safety switches

118 Safety switches electrical work must not use, or allow to be used, a safety switch unless it complies with AS/NZS 3760 (In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment) when tested. (2) The person conducting a business or undertaking must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure each safety switch, other than a portable safety switch, at the workplace: (a) is tested by a competent person in accordance with AS/NZS 3760 immediately after it is connected; and (b) is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760. (3) The person conducting a business or undertaking must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure each portable safety switch at the workplace: (a) is tested by pushing the test button on the safety switch (b) is tested in accordance with, and at the intervals stated in, AS/NZS 3760. (4) If a safety switch is not working properly, the person conducting a business or undertaking must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure:

Division 5 Work in proximity to exposed conductors or electrical equipment Electrical Safety Regulations 2024 73 Division 5 Work in proximity to exposed conductors or 119 Work involving danger of direct contact with live conductors (1) A person performing any work involving a danger of accidental direct contact with exposed live conductors or exposed live parts of electrical equipment must: (a) be competent and qualified to carry out the work; and (b) carry out the work with a competent assistant suitably trained in the following, except where the contrary is shown by reference to generally accepted industry practices or the particular circumstances of the case: (i) the work; (ii) resuscitation; (iii) releasing persons from live electrical apparatus; (iv) rescuing persons from poles, structures, elevated work platforms or confined spaces.