Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Safety Regulations 2004
Subordinate Law SL2004-37
made under the
Electricity Safety Act 1971

       
Contents
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	1	Name of regulations	1
	2	Exemption from inspection etc—Act, s 32	1
	3	Exemption from AS/NZS 3000—Act, s 33 (2) (b)	1
	4	Exemption from Act, s 33 and s 34—Act, s 35 (a)	1
	5	Articles of electrical equipment to bear registration number—Act, s 73	2
	6	Energy efficiency standards—Act, s 81 (5) (a) and (7)	2
	8	Articles of electrical equipment—labelling	2

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:
·	clothes washing machines
·	dishwashers
·	refrigerating appliances
·	single-phase refrigerative airconditioners and heat pumps
·	rotary clothes dryers
·	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
	(2)	The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to this regulation.

Endnotes
1	Making of regulations
	These regulations were made as part of the Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Act 2004 (see A2004-13 amdt 2.37 and sch 2) and are taken to have been made under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 A1971-30 (see s 131 (1) as ins by 
A2004-13 amdt 2.37).
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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