CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 13 OF 2004)

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CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 13 OF 2004) - SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 3 New Electricity Safety Regulations

(see sch 2, amdt 2.37 )

Australian CapitalTerritory

Electricity Safety Regulations 2004

Subordinate Law SL2004-

made under the

Electricity Safety Act 1971

1 Name of regulations

These regulations are the Electricity Safety Regulations 2004 .

2 Exemption from inspection etc—Act, s 32

Electrical work that consists of the installation of the wiring or a component of an electrical installation for a lift or escalator on the load side of a circuit breaker in the motor room for the lift or escalator is prescribed.

3 Exemption from AS/NZS 3000—Act, s 33 (2) (b)

The Act, section 33 (1) (a) does not apply if the construction occupations registrar is satisfied that—

(a) the electrical wiring work—

(i) is begun before the day on which a revised edition of AS/NZS 3000 is published and is finished after that day; or

(ii) is finished before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which a revised edition of AS/NZS 3000 is published; and

(b) the electrical wiring work complies with AS/NZS 3000 as in effect before the publication of the revised edition.

4 Exemption from Act, s 33 and s 34—Act, s 35 (a)

Electrical wiring work consisting of the installation of the wiring or a component of an electrical installation for a lift or escalator on the load side of a circuit breaker in the motor room for the lift or escalator is prescribed.

5 Articles of electrical equipment to bear registration number—Act, s 73

Each article of electrical equipment to which a registered declaration of compliance relates must be marked, stamped or labelled by attaching the registration number of the declaration to, or writing that number indelibly on, the article.

6 Energy efficiency standards—Act, s 81 (5) (a) and (7)

The Electricity Safety Act 1998 (Vic) is a corresponding law.

Note 1 At the commencement of this regulation, energy efficiency standards are prescribed under the Electricity Safety Act 1998 (Vic) (see the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 (Vic)) for the following articles of electrical equipment:

• clothes washing machines

• dishwashers

• refrigerating appliances

• single-phase refrigerative airconditioners and heat pumps

• rotary clothes dryers

• storage water heaters

• three-phase cage induction motors

• three-phase airconditioners and heat pumps.

Note 2 The text of Victorian Acts and regulations is available at www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au

8 Articles of electrical equipment—labelling

(1) Articles of electrical equipment mentioned in the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 (Vic), regulation 16 (Electrical equipment labels) or schedule 3 (Standards for electrical equipment that requires registration and labelling), as in force from time to time, must be labelled as required under those provisions.

Note 1 At the commencement of this regulation, the articles of electrical equipment mentioned in the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 (Vic), reg 16 and sch 3 are the following: