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• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Electrical Safety Act 2002
• 3. The Electrical Safety Regulation 2002
  • 3.1 Part 2 – Electrical work
  • 3.2 Part 4 - Working around electrical parts
  • 3.3 Part 5 - Electrical installations
  • 3.4 Part 8 - Electrical supply
  • 3.5 Part 12 - Incident notification
  • 3.6 Part 13 - Miscellaneous provisions
  • 3.7 Schedule 2 - Exclusion zones
• 4. Risk management
• 5. Working de-energised
  • 5.1 Scope
  • 5.2 Regulatory requirement
  • 5.3 General
  • 5.4 Low voltage isolation and access
  • 5.5 High voltage isolation and access
• 6. Working live
  • 6.1 Scope
  • 6.2 Regulatory requirement
  • 6.3 Important issues when working live
  • 6.4 What to use to work safely
  • 6.5 Testing and fault-finding
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
  • 1 Common sources of electrical hazards
  • 2 Other electrical hazards to be addressed
  • 3 General elements of a safe system of work

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3.3 Part 5 – Electrical installations

3.3.1 Division 1 – Performing electrical work
3.3.2 Division 5 – Workplace electrical installations

3.3.1 Division 1 – Performing electrical work

Section 69 – Work involving electric motor forming part of vehicle

1. A person must not perform work on an electric motor forming part of a vehicle unless:
   1. the person is a licensed electrical worker; and
   2. the work per formed is work that the person would be authorised to perform on the electric motor under the person’s electrical work licence if the electric motor were electrical equipment.

      Maximum penalty – 40 penalty units.

2. An employer or self-employed person whose business or undertaking includes the performance of work on an electric motor must ensure that, in the conduct of the business or undertaking, a person does not perform work in contravention of subsection (1).

   Maximum penalty – 40 penalty units.

3. In this section:

"electric motor" means an electric motor that is electrical equipment within the meaning of section 14(1)2 of the Act, but is not electrical equipment under the Act because of the operation of section 14(2) of the Act.

"vehicle" does not include a car or motorbike under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.

"work", on an electric motor, means work on the electric motor that would be electrical work if the electric motor were electrical equipment.

3.3.2 Division 5 – Workplace electrical installations

Subdivision 1 – Preliminary

Section 82 – Purpose of div 5

This division prescribes a way of discharging the electrical safety obligation of an employer or self employed person to ensure that the person’s business or undertaking is conducted in a way that is electrically safe.

Subdivision 2 – All work

Section 84 – Application of div 2

This subdivision applies to an employer or self-employed person if the employer or a worker of the employer, or the self-employed person, performs work, whether or not electrical work, at a workplace.

Section 85 – Cord extension sets and flexible cables

1. An employer or self-employed person must ensure that any cord extension set or flexible cable at the workplace is -
   1. located where it is not likely to suffer damage; and
   2. protected against damage.
2. In this section -

"damage" includes damage by liquid.

A penalty unit has a dollar value determined by the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General. At the date of publication, the value of a penalty unit was $100. Under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, if a corporation is found guilty of an offence, the Court may impose a maximum fine of an amount equal to 5 times the maximum fine for an individual.

Last updated July 16, 2009

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