12Risk assessments and safe work method statements

12 Risk assessments and safe work method statements (1) A risk assessment, in relation to electrical work, means a written assessment by a competent person of the electrical risk associated with the electrical work. (2) A safe work method statement, in relation to electrical work, means a written assessment of electrical risk that: (a) identifies the nature of the electrical work; and (b) specifies the hazards associated with the electrical work and the electrical risks associated with those hazards; and

Division 2 Risk assessments and safe work method statements Electrical Safety Regulations 2024 11 (c) describes the control measures to be implemented to control the electrical risks; and (d) describes how those control measures are to be implemented, monitored and reviewed. Example of a control measure for subregulation (2)(c) Preventing public access to the area where the electrical work is being (3) Subject to subregulation (4), the person required under these Regulations to prepare a risk assessment or a safe work method statement must keep it: (a) in the case a risk assessment – for at least 28 days after the electrical work to which it relates is completed; and (b) in the case a safe work method statement – until the electrical work to which it relates is completed. (4) If a serious electrical event or dangerous electrical event occurs in connection with the work to which the assessment or statement relates, the person must keep the assessment or statement for at least 5 years after the event occurs. Note for subregulation (4) The terms serious electrical event and dangerous electrical event are defined in section 3 of the Act. subregulation (3) or (4).