149Unsafe electrical equipment

149 Unsafe electrical equipment

149 Unsafe electrical equipment

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that unsafe electrical equipment at the workplace—

(a) is disconnected, or isolated, from its electricity supply, and

(b) once disconnected, or isolated—

(i) is not reconnected until it is repaired or tested and found to be safe, or

(ii) is replaced or permanently removed from use.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—43 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—217 penalty units.

(2) For this section, electrical equipment or a component of electrical equipment is unsafe if there are reasonable grounds for believing it to be unsafe.