AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Electricity (Amendment) Act 1999
No. 53 of 1999
	
An Act to amend the Electricity Act 1971
[Notified in ACT Gazette S54: 17 September 1999]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1. 	Short title 
	This Act may be cited as the Electricity (Amendment) Act 1999.
2. 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette. 
3. 	Principal Act
	In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Electricity Act 1971.1
4. 	Interpretation
	Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting from the definition of “electrical installation” in subsection (1) “supplied by the Authority”; and
	(b)	by omitting the definition of “electrical wiring work” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:
“ ‘electrical wiring work’ means the actual physical work of installing, altering or repairing an electrical installation other than—
	(a)	an electrical installation that operates at extra low voltage; or
	(b)	telecommunications cabling or equipment that operates at a voltage not exceeding 90 volts alternating current;”.
5. 	Persons who may carry out electrical wiring work
	Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting from paragraph (b) “or”;
	(b)	by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraphs:
	“(d)	a trainee who—
	(i)	is undertaking an accredited course which includes instruction in electrical wiring work;
	(ii)	is employed by the holder of an electrical contractor’s licence; and
	(iii)	is working under the direction or supervision of the holder of an electrician’s licence, Grade A who is the holder, or is an employee of the holder, of the electrical contractor’s licence; or
	(e)	a student at a secondary college in the Territory who—
	(i)	is undertaking an accredited course which includes instruction in electrical wiring work; and
	(ii)	is working under the direction or supervision of the holder of an electrician’s licence, Grade A who is the holder, or is an employee of the holder, of an electrical contractor’s licence.”; and
	(c)	by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(2) 	In this section—
‘accredited course’ see Vocational Education and Training Act 1995, subsection 4 (1), definition of ‘accredited course’;
‘trainee’ see Vocational Education and Training Act 1995, subsection 4 (1), definition of ‘trainee’.”.
	
NOTES
Principal Act
1.	Reprinted as at 1 June 1998.  See also Acts Nos. 51 and 54, 1998.
Penalty units
See section 33AA of the Interpretation Act 1967.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 22 April 1999]

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