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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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3.4 Part 8 – Electricity supply

3.4.1 Division 1 – Connection to source of electricity
3.4.2 Division 3 – Testing

3.4.1 Division 1 – Connection to source of electricity

Section 155 – Disconnection and reconnection of low voltage electrical installation

1. This section applies to person who -
   1. is a licensed electrical contractor, or a licensed electrical worker, employed by an electrical contractor, and holds an electrical mechanic licence; and
   2. performs electrical installation work on a consumer’s consumer terminals, main switchboard or consumer mains.
2. Despite anything else in this division, the person may, in accordance with recognised electricity industry practice, de-energise and re-energise the consumer’s electrical installation by -
   1. removing and replacing a fuse wedge from a service fuse; or
   2. switching off and on a circuit-breaker installed as a service line disconnector.
3. The person must test to confirm the electrical installation is safe to connect to the source of electricity before connecting the installation to a source of electricity.

   Maximum penalty for subsection (3) – 40 penalty units.

3.4.2 Division 3 – Testing

Section 160 – Performance of examinations or test

A distribution entity that carries out an examination or test required under this part in relation to an electrical installation must examine or test to ensure that the electrical installation, to the extent of the required examination or test, is electrically safe.

Maximum penalty – 40 penalty units.

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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