44Compliance and testing of electrical installation work

44 Compliance and testing of electrical installation work

S. 44(1) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 40(1).

(1) A licensed electrical installation worker must ensure that all electrical installation work carried out by that worker—

(a) complies with this Act and the regulations; and

S. 44(1)(b) amended by No. 89/1998 s. 9(1).

(b) is tested in accordance with and at the intervals required by the regulations before it is connected to the electricity supply, or if the electrical circuits or electrical equipment handled in the course of that work were not disconnected from the electricity supply, before the work is first used after it is completed.

Penalty: 240 penalty units.

S. 44(2) inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 9(2), amended by No. 13/2025 s. 40(2).

(2) A licensed electrical installation worker who carries out electrical installation work must, within 4 business days after the completion of that work—

S. 44(2)(a) amended by No. 61/2007 s. 13(2).

(a) complete and sign a certificate of compliance in respect of that work; and

S. 44(2)(b) amended by No. 61/2007 s. 13(2).

(b) if the worker is not the person responsible for the carrying out of the work, give to the person who is responsible for the carrying out of the work a signed certificate of compliance in respect of that work.

S. 44(3) inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 9(2), amended by Nos 61/2007 s. 13(2), 13/2025 s. 40(3).

(3) A licensed electrical installation worker must not sign a certificate of compliance in relation to any electrical installation work carried out by that worker unless the certificate—

(a) describes the work; and

(b) states that the work complies with this Act and the regulations; and

(c) contains any other details in relation to the work required by the regulations.

S. 44(4) inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 9(2), repealed by No. 61/2007 s. 13(3).