39Meanings of “serious electrical accident” and “serious gas accident”

39 Meanings of “serious electrical accident” and “serious gas accident”

39 Meanings of “serious electrical accident” and “serious gas accident”

In this Part—

serious electrical accident means an accident—

(a) involving an electrical article or electrical installation that was used for (or for purposes incidental to) the conveyance, control and use of electricity at the time of the accident, and

(b) as a consequence of which a person dies or suffers permanent disability, is hospitalised, receives treatment from a registered health practitioner or is unable to attend work for any period of time,

but does not include an accident in which only electricity works (within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Act 1995) are involved.

serious gas accident means an accident—

(a) caused by the use of a gas appliance, gas installation or autogas installation to supply gas or by work carried out on a gas appliance, gas installation or autogas installation, and

(b) as a consequence of which a person dies or suffers permanent disability, is hospitalised, receives treatment from a registered health practitioner or is unable to attend work for any period of time.

Note—

For the purposes of Parts 6 and 7, serious gas accident is taken to include serious medical gas accident. See section 5A.

s 39: Am 2017 No 50, Sch 5.12 [2]; 2020 No 17, Sch 1[7].