Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Safety Regulation 2004    
SL2004-37
made under the
Electricity Safety Act 1971
Republication No 3
Effective:  22 May 2013 – 5 March 2014
Republication date: 22 May 2013
Last amendment made by A2013‑15

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Electricity Safety Regulation 2004, made under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 22 May 2013.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 22 May 2013.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for an individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Safety Regulation 2004
made under the
Electricity Safety Act 1971
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	2
	2	Exemption from inspection etc—Act, s 4 (2)	2
	3	Exemption from AS/NZS 3000—Act, s 5 (3)	2
	4	Exemption from Act, s 5 and s 6—Act, s 5 (3) and s 6 (2)	2
	5	Articles of electrical equipment to bear registration number—Act, s 19	3
	6	Energy efficiency standards—Act, s 27 (5) (a) and (7)	3
	8	Articles of electrical equipment—labelling	4
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	5
	2	Abbreviation key	5
	3	Legislation history	6
	4	Amendment history	6
	5	Earlier republications	7

Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Safety Regulation 2004     

made under the
Electricity Safety Act 1971

    

  

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Electricity Safety Regulation 2004.
2	Exemption from inspection etc—Act, s 4 (2)
The wiring or a component of an electrical installation for a lift or escalator being installed on the load side of a circuit-breaker in the motor room for the lift or escalator is a prescribed circumstance.
3	Exemption from AS/NZS 3000—Act, s 5 (3)
The Act, section 5 (1) (a) does not apply if the construction occupations registrar is satisfied that—
	(a)	the electrical wiring work—
	(i)	is begun before the day when 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 starting on the day when 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 5 and s 6—Act, s 5 (3) and s 6 (2)
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 19
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 27 (5) (a) and (7)
The Electricity Safety Act 1998 (Vic) is a corresponding law.
Note 1	At the commencement of this section, 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 Victorian Act and regulation are accessible at www.legislation.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 section, 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 Victorian regulation is accessible at www.legislation.vic.gov.au
	(2)	The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to this section.

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument	
AF = Approved form	o = order	
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed	
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance	
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present	
def = definition	prev = previous	
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously	
dict = dictionary	pt = part	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	r = rule/subrule	
Assembly	reloc = relocated	
div = division	renum = renumbered	
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No	
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue	
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule	
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law	
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired	

3	Legislation history
This regulation was made as part of the Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Act 2004 (see A2004‑13 amdt 2.37 and sch 2) and is 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) as the Electricity Safety Regulations 2004. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Electricity Safety Regulation 2004 SL2004-37
taken to have been notified LR 26 March 2004 (A1971‑30, s 131 (3) (a) as ins by A2004‑13 amdt 2.37)
s 1 taken to have commenced 26 March 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 1 September 2004 (A1971‑30, s 131 (3) (b) as ins by A2004‑13 amdt 2.37)
as amended by
Planning, Building and Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2013 A2013-15 pt 6
notified LR 21 May 2013
s 1, s 2 commenced 21 May 2013 (LA s 75 (1))
pt 6 commenced 22 May 2013 (s 2)
4	Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1	am R2 LA
Exemption from inspection etc—Act, s 4 (2)
s 2	sub A2013‑15 s 10

5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for	
R1
1 Sept 2004	1 Sept 2004–
1 Nov 2004	not amended	new regulation	
R2
2 Nov 2004	2 Nov 2004–
21 May 2013	not amended	includes editorial amendments under Legislation Act	

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