Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2007 (NO 36 OF 2007) - REG 51

    (1)     This section applies if an article of electrical equipment is provided for use at, or in connection with an electrical installation at, a workplace.

    (2)     The person in control of the workplace must ensure that—

        (a)     the article of electrical equipment is safe; or

        (b)     if the article of electrical equipment is not safe—

              (i)     the article is disconnected from the electricity supply; and

              (ii)     if found unsafe by an electrical inspector—the article, or the part of the article that is unsafe, is danger labelled and secured to prevent inadvertent reconnection.

Note     See also the Electricity Safety Act 1971 , s 26 and s 51.

    (3)     In this section:

"article of electrical equipment"—see the Electricity Safety Act 1971 , dictionary.