253Obligations of licensed electrical inspectors

253 Obligations of licensed electrical inspectors

(1) A licensed electrical inspector must not sign a certificate of inspection unless that inspector—

(a) has attended at the electrical installation address stated on the certificate of compliance and while in attendance—

(i) has carried out an inspection of all prescribed electrical installation work described in the certificate of compliance in accordance with the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules and these Regulations; and

(ii) has carried out testing of all prescribed electrical installation work described in the certificate of compliance in accordance the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules; and

(iii) has carried out the tests set out in Division 10 that were required to be carried out on all prescribed electrical installation work described in the certificate of compliance; and

(b) is satisfied on reasonable grounds that all prescribed high voltage electrical installation work described in the certificate of compliance has been satisfactorily tested in accordance with regulation 246; and

(c) in circumstances where the inspector knows or should be reasonably expected to know that the premises or land related to the electrical installation work being inspected will be electrically unsafe to connect to the electricity supply or unsafe to use, has stated on the certificate of inspection that the installation appears to be electrically unsafe.

(2) In the case of high voltage installation work, a licensed electrical inspector may comply with subregulation (1)(b) by being present at the site of the high voltage installation to the extent necessary to ensure that the required tests are being correctly performed and completed and endorsing the results of that testing.