Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

i Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 S.R. No. 8/2001 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provisions 2 3. Commencement 2 4. Principal Regulations 2 5. Definitions 2 6. Exemption for accepted electricity safety manager may be subject to conditions 2 7. New regulation 17 substituted 2 17. Exemptions to be specified 2 8. Exemption for electricity safety management scheme may be subject to conditions 4 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5 -- 1 of 6 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2001 S.R. No. 8/2001 Electricity Safety Act 1998 Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 13 February 2001 Responsible Minister: CANDY BROAD Minister for Energy and Resources HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations 1999 to— (a) extend the definition of "employer operator"; and (b) empower the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector to specify conditions to which an exemption from the requirements of the Regulations will be subject; and (c) require electricity safety management schemes to specify the provisions of regulations made under the Electricity Safety Act 1998 and provisions of the Act from which persons authorised under a particular scheme are to be exempt. -- 2 of 6 -- S.R. No. 8/2001 Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 2 2. Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under sections 149A and 150 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998. 3. Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 15 February 2001. 4. Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations 1999 1 are called the Principal Regulations. 5. Definitions In regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of "employer operator", after "107(1)(a)" insert "or (1)(c)". 6. Exemption for accepted electricity safety manager may be subject to conditions After regulation 13(1) of the Principal Regulations insert— "(1A) An exemption under sub-regulation (1) may be subject to conditions (if any) specified by the Office.". 7. New regulation 17 substituted For regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations substitute— "17. Exemptions to be specified An electricity safety management scheme must specify— (a) all provisions of the regulations relating to the installation and operation of electrical installations or supply networks from which the scheme operator is to be exempted; and r. 2 -- 3 of 6 -- S.R. No. 8/2001 Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 3 (b) in the case of a scheme under which a person authorised under the scheme to carry out a class or type of electrical work is to be exempt from compliance with— (i) any of the regulations relating to the carrying out of that class or type of work; or (ii) the provisions referred to in section 113(2) of the Act— all provisions of the regulations relating to the carrying out of that class or type of work and the provisions referred to in that section from which the person is to be exempted; and (c) in the case of a scheme under which a person carrying out a specified class or type of electrical work on the premises to which the scheme applies is to be exempt from compliance with— (i) any of the regulations relating to the carrying out of that class or type of work; or (ii) the provisions referred to in section 113(2A) of the Act— all provisions of the regulations relating to the carrying out of that class or type of work and the provisions referred to in that section from which the person is to be exempted.". r. 7 -- 4 of 6 -- S.R. No. 8/2001 Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 4 8. Exemption for electricity safety management scheme may be subject to conditions After regulation 33(1) of the Principal Regulations insert— "(1A) An exemption under sub-regulation (1) may be subject to conditions (if any) specified by the Office.". ═══════════════ r. 8 -- 5 of 6 -- S.R. No. 8/2001 Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 5 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 140/1999. Endnotes -- 6 of 6 --