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Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2018
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71 Interference with site of serious electrical accident, gas accident or medical gas accident
For the purposes of section 42 (c) of the Act, a person may disturb or interfere with the site of a serious electrical accident or a serious gas accident or a serious medical gas accident if—
(a) the person has the permission of an inspector within the meaning of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, or
(b) in the case of a serious electrical accident—the person has the permission of an inspector within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Act 1995, or
(c) the person is taking action—
(i) to help or remove a trapped or injured person or to remove a body, or
(ii) to avoid injury to a person or damage to property, or
(iii) for the purposes of a police investigation or coronial inquiry.
cl 71: Am 2020 (641), Sch 1[12] [13].