Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Actsafter section 8, insert
Division 2.2 Electrical wiring work and electrical installations—energy efficiency
Note The Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012
(Cwlth) (the Commonwealth Act ) applies greenhouse and energy minimum standards ( GEMS ) in association with the supply and commercial use of products that use energy, or affect the energy used by another product. These standards are provided for by requirements in Ministerial determinations ( GEMS determinations ).
See this Act, s 27 (Offences—energy efficiency requirements for non-prescribed articles of electrical equipment).
8A Offences—energy efficiency requirements for electrical wiring work and electrical installations
(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person carries out electrical wiring work; and
(b) the work does not comply with a regulation made under section 66 (2) (a) (Regulation-making power) that applies to the work.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note Power to make a statutory instrument (including a regulation) includes power to make different provision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters, and to make an instrument that applies differently by reference to stated exceptions or factors (see Legislation Act
, s 48).
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person carries out electrical wiring work on an electrical installation; and
(b) the installation does not comply with a regulation made under section 66 (2) (a) that applies to the work.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person disposes of—
(i) all or part of an electrical installation; or
(ii) all or part of an article of electrical equipment; and
(b) the disposal does not comply with a standard prescribed by regulation that applies to the disposal.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.