83Electrical safety management schemes

83 Electrical safety management schemes

(1)  An electrical safety management scheme is a scheme under which –

(a) [Section 83 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 2009, s. 32, Applied:01 Jun 2010] the manager of the scheme undertakes responsibility for ensuring compliance with standards applying under this Act, or standards the Secretary considers equal or superior to standards applying under this Act, in relation to electrical safety generally or a particular aspect of electrical safety by the participants in the scheme; and

(b) the participants in the scheme are exempted from compliance with this Act to an extent prescribed by the scheme.

(2)  An electrical safety management scheme may provide that a certification, registration, licence or approval under the scheme is equivalent to a certification, registration, licence or approval under this Act or another law relating to electrical safety.