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Electricity Safety Act 1998
120EDuty of occupier of specified premises
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120E Duty of occupier of specified premises
The occupier of specified premises at which electrical work is carried out, and to which an accepted ESMS applies, must manage the carrying out of that electrical work at the specified premises to minimise as far as practicable—
(a) the hazards and risks to safety of any person arising from electricity; and
(b) the hazards and risks to property arising from electricity.
S. 120F inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 7 (as amended by No. 57/2009 ss 16(8)–(11)), amended by No. 22/2023 s. 31, repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 50.
S. 120G inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 7.