Australian Capital Territory
Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2017-33

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004.
Dated 22 November 2017.
Gordon Ramsay
Minister
Mick Gentleman
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2017-33
made under the
Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004

    
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
	4	Division 5.2 heading	1
	5	Section 29	1
	6	New section 31C	2
	7	Section 32 heading	3
	8	Section 32 (1)	3
	9	New division 5.3 heading	3
	10	New part 9	4
	11	Schedule 1, part 1.6, items 1 and 2	5
	12	Schedule 4, new item 29A	5
	13	Dictionary, definition of incidental electrical work, new paragraph (c)	5
	14	Dictionary, new definition of interval metering work	5

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 December 2017.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Regulation 2004.
4	Division 5.2 heading
substitute
Division 5.2	Endorsements on licences
5	Section 29
relocate as section 32A 
6	New section 31C
insert
31C	Endorsing electricians licences for work on interval meters—Act, s 22
	(1)	The registrar may, on application, endorse an electrical contractor licence or an unrestricted electrician licence to authorise the licensee to do, or to supervise, interval metering work if satisfied that the licensee is competent to do, or to supervise, the work.
Note 1	A metering provider operating in the National Energy Market must be registered with the Australian Energy Market Operator to provide, install, and maintain a metering installation (see National Electricity Rules, ch 7 (Metering)).
Note 2	In deciding whether to endorse a licence under this section, the registrar must consider the considerations in s 32.
	(2)	The endorsement may be subject to any condition the registrar is satisfied protects the public.
	(3)	For this regulation, interval metering work means the following:
	(a)	electrical wiring work on an interval meter;
	(b)	removing a type 5, type 6, or type 7 meter to replace it with an interval meter.
	(4)	In this section:
interval meter means a type 1, type 2, type 3, or type 4 metering installation that meets the requirements described in the National Electricity Rules, chapter 7, schedule 7.2 (Types and Accuracy of Metering Installations) for the type of meter.
metering installation—see the National Electricity Rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
national electricity rules means the National Electricity Rules made under the National Electricity (ACT) Law.
type 5, type 6, or type 7 meter means a type 5, type 6, or type 7 metering installation that meets the requirements described in the National Electricity Rules, chapter 7, schedule 7.2 (Types and Accuracy of Metering Installations) for the type of meter.
7	Section 32 heading
substitute
32	Considerations for endorsing licences
8	Section 32 (1)
omit
section 30, section 31, section 31A or section 31B
substitute
this division
9	New division 5.3 heading
after section 32, insert
Division 5.3	Returning and replacing licences and unlicensed services
10	New part 9
insert
Part 9	Transitional—Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)
56	Meaning of authorised licensee—pt 9
In this part:
authorised licensee means a licensee who holds an electrical contractor licence or an unrestricted electrician licence that has an endorsement under section 31C (Endorsing electricians licences for work on interval meters) to supervise interval metering work.
57	Authorisations under s 31C for undecided applications
	(1)	This section applies if—
	(a)	before 14 February 2018, a licensee who holds an electrical contractor licence or an unrestricted electrician licence applied to the registrar for an endorsement under section 31C (Endorsing electricians licences for work on interval meters); and
Note	The power to receive, consider and decide an application under s 31C may be exercised by the registrar before the commencement of this section (see Legislation Act, s 81).
	(b)	the registrar has not made a decision on the application.
	(2)	The licensee is taken to be authorised under section 31C to do interval metering work on the condition that the licensee works under the supervision of an authorised licensee.
58	Expiry—pt 9
This part expires on 28 February 2018.
Note	Transitional provisions are kept in the Act for a limited period. A transitional provision is repealed on its expiry but continues to have effect after its repeal (see Legislation Act, s 88).
11	Schedule 1, part 1.6, items 1 and 2
substitute
1	electrical contractor	1	electrical wiring work, other than interval 	metering work, without supervision
2	supervision of electrical wiring work, other 	than interval metering work	
2	unrestricted	1	electrical wiring work, other than interval 	metering work, without supervision
2	supervision of electrical wiring work, other 	than interval metering work	
12	Schedule 4, new item 29A
insert
29A	31C	refuse to endorse electrical contractor licence or unrestricted electrician licence	licensee	
13	Dictionary, definition of incidental electrical work, new paragraph (c)
insert
	(c)	does not include interval metering work.
14	Dictionary, new definition of interval metering work 
insert
interval metering work—see section 31C (3).

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 23 November 2017.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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