216Wiring passing through individual occupiers' portions

216 Wiring passing through individual occupiers' portions

(1) This regulation applies to a multiple occupancy subdivision or building that was constructed with individual wiring that supplies normal electricity supplies to an individual occupier's portion that—

(a) passes through other individual occupiers' portions; or

(b) passes through the service ducts of other individual occupiers' portions.

(2) If electricity supplies to an individual occupier's portion of a multiple occupancy subdivision or building are found to be passing through another individual occupier's portion or service ducts in another individual occupier's portion, a person carrying out electrical installation work related to that wiring must ensure that—

(a) any accessible sections of wiring passing through the other individual occupier's portion or the service ducts in the other individual occupier's portion are clearly and permanently identified, by means of marking or attached labels, at intervals not exceeding 2 metres to indicate that the wiring is not controlled from the switchboard of the other individual occupier's portion; and

(b) any accessible switchboard of the other individual occupier's portion through which the consumer's mains or submains or service ducts pass are clearly and permanently marked with the following words—

"Warning—not all wiring passing through these premises is controlled from this switchboard"; and

(c) a sign, durable card or other durable material is fixed to any accessible switchboard of the other individual occupier's portion through which the wiring or service ducts pass setting out the location of the wiring or service ducts.

(3) Despite regulation 215(1), the individual wiring to which this regulation applies may be altered, repaired or maintained in its current location provided that the person carrying out the electrical installation work complies with subregulation (2).

(4) Despite regulations 215(2) and 215(3), an alternative or supplementary supply may be installed, altered, repaired or maintained in the same location as the existing individual wiring to which this regulation applies provided that the person carrying out the electrical installation work complies with subregulation (2) in relation to the alternative or supplementary supply wiring.

(5) In this regulation—

accessible has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.