Part 8 Electrical installations—standards and requirements for electrical installation work

Part 8 Electrical installations—standards and requirements for electrical installation work

Note.

The term electrical installation is defined in the Act to mean any fixed appliances, wires, fittings, meters, apparatus or other electrical equipment used for (or for purposes incidental to) the conveyance, measuring, control and use of electricity in a particular place, but is defined not to include any of the following—

(a) subject to any regulation made under section 4 (4) of the Act—any electrical equipment (other than a meter) used, or intended for use, in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity that is—

(i) owned or used by an electricity supply authority, or

(ii) located in a place that is owned or occupied by such an authority,

(b) any electrical article connected to, and extending or situated beyond, any electrical outlet socket,

(c) any electrical equipment in or about a mine,

(d) any electrical equipment operating at not more than 50 volts alternating current or 120 volts ripple-free direct current,

(e) any other electrical equipment, or class of electrical equipment, prescribed by the regulations.

Section 14 (Unqualified electrical wiring work) of the Home Building Act 1989 makes it an offence for a person to carry out electrical wiring work unless the person is authorised to do so under that Act.