Occupational Licensing (Electrical Work) Regulations 2018 (Tas)

Occupational Licensing (Electrical Work) Regulations 2018

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 .

18 December 2018

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

S. COURTNEY

Minister for Building and Construction

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Licensing (Electrical Work) Regulations 2018 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 31 December 2018.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 ; AS 3000 means AS/NZS 3000 Electrical Installations (known as Australia/New Zealand Wiring Rules) issued by Standards Australia, as amended from time to time; defective electrical work means electrical work that is also defective work; electrical article means – (a) an electrical appliance; or (b) an article of electrical equipment; electrical contractor means a person who holds an electrical contractor's licence; electrical contractor's licence means a contractor's licence that – (a) is referred to in section 21 of the Act; and (b) authorises a person to carry out a contractor's business in respect of electrical work; electrical infrastructure means equipment, lines and wires for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity supplied by an electricity entity and includes supporting and protective structures relating to any such equipment, lines and wires; electrical installation means equipment, lines and wires for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity supplied by an electricity entity and includes supporting and protective structures relating to any such equipment, lines and wires; electrical licence Determination means the Occupational Licensing (Electrical Work Licence Classes) Determination 2016 made under the Act and published in the Gazette on 7 December 2016, as amended or substituted from time to time; electrical practitioner means a person who holds an electrical practitioner's licence; electrical practitioner's licence means a practitioner's licence that – (a) is referred to in section 22 of the Act; and (b) authorises a person to carry out electrical work; electrical work has the meaning given by regulation 4 ; electricity entity means an approved person who – (a) is licensed to carry on operations in the electricity supply industry under the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 ; or (b) has been so licensed but whose licence has been cancelled or has expired; energise means convert, in accordance with AS 3000, electrical work to live; extra low voltage has the meaning given by AS 3000; GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; hazardous area has the meaning given by AS 3000; high voltage has the meaning given by AS 3000; low voltage has the meaning given by AS 3000; person responsible for defective electrical work means – (a) the electrical contractor for whom the relevant electrical work has been performed by an employee who is an electrical practitioner or a person undergoing an approved course of training; or (b) if there is no electrical contractor for the relevant electrical work, the electrical practitioner who performed the relevant electrical work; or (c) if there is no electrical contractor or electrical practitioner, the person who performed the relevant electrical work if he or she – (i) is undergoing an approved course of training; or (ii) has completed an approved course of training and is carrying out the relevant electrical work in accordance with sections 36(4) and (5) of the Act; prescribed fee means a fee specified in Schedule 1 ; provisional licence means an electrical practitioner's licence that is described as provisional on the licence, in accordance with the electrical licence Determination, other than a provisional restricted licence; provisional restricted licence means an electrical practitioner's licence that is described as both provisional and restricted on the licence; reciprocating jurisdiction means – (a) a State other than Tasmania; or (b) a Territory; or (c) a jurisdiction determined by the Administrator to be a reciprocating jurisdiction; restricted licence means an electrical practitioner's licence that is described as restricted on the licence, in accordance with the electrical licence Determination, other than a provisional restricted licence.