State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

i State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.R. No. 99/1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provisions 1 3. Regulation 6 substituted 1 6. Exemption from licensing requirements 1 ═══════════════ NOTES 5 -- 1 of 6 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 1998 S.R. No. 99/1998 State Electricity Commission Act 1958 State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 28 July 1998 Responsible Minister: ALAN STOCKDALE Treasurer SHARNE BRYAN Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to provide for further exemptions from the requirements to be licensed as an electrical mechanic. 2. Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under sections 56 and 111 of the State Electricity Commission Act 1958. 3. Regulation 6 substituted For regulation 6 of the State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) Regulations 19921 substitute— '6. Exemption from licensing requirements -- 2 of 6 -- S.R. No. 99/1998 State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 2 (1) A person is exempted from the requirement to be licensed as an electrical mechanic to carry out electrical wiring work if he or she carries out the following work and is certified in accordance with sub-regulation (2) to be competent to carry out that work— (a) work on electrical equipment that is used as part of a railway or tramway system within the meaning of section 93(1) of the Transport Act 1983 or for signalling purposes within such a system; or (b) work carried out by an electric lineworker under the effective supervision of the holder of an unrestricted licence under the Licensing Regulations that involves— (i) the repair or replacement, for the purpose of maintaining or restoring electricity supply to a consumer, of apparatus installed at the junction between a distribution company's conductors and a consumer's conductors, or on a panel provided solely for a distribution company's metering and control equipment; or (ii) electrical wiring work on outdoor lighting that has been installed for the safety of the general public on land controlled by a government department, municipal council or body established for a public purpose by an Act of Parliament of Victoria or the Commonwealth; or -- 3 of 6 -- S.R. No. 99/1998 State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 3 (iii) electrical wiring work on high voltage aerial and underground electric lines in an electrical installation and associated substations and equipment; or (iv) electrical wiring work on low voltage aerial lines in an electrical installation and associated equipment installed for the control or protection of those lines; or (v) electrical wiring work comprising of the jointing of underground wiring; or (c) work at a substation, if he or she is an electrical fitter and the work is carried out under the effective supervision of a holder of an unrestricted licence under the Licensing Regulations; or (d) electrical wiring work on wiring supports and enclosures that is carried out under the effective supervision of a holder of an unrestricted licence under the Licensing Regulations. (2) An employer of a person referred to in sub- regulation (1), or the holder of an unrestricted licence under the Licensing Regulations, may certify that the employee or person is competent to perform the relevant work, if the employer or licence holder is satisfied that the person— (a) possesses the qualifications, knowledge or skills (or a combination of these), acquired through training and experience, to enable that person to perform that work; and r. 3 -- 4 of 6 -- S.R. No. 99/1998 State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 4 (b) has been properly trained in the safety aspects and limitations in relation to that work. (3) In this regulation— "electrical fitter" means a person who has completed a contract of training or an approved training scheme under Part 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1990 in the vocation of electrical fitter; "electric lineworker" means a person who has completed a contract of training or an approved training scheme under Part 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1990 in the vocation of electric lineworker; "high voltage" means voltage exceeding 1000 volts alternating current or 1500 volts direct current; "low voltage" means— (a) voltage exceeding 32 volts alternating current, but not exceeding 1000 volts alternating current; or (b) voltage exceeding 115 volts direct current, but not exceeding 1500 volts direct current; "substation" means any premises or place where a high voltage supply of electricity is converted, controlled or transformed.'. ═══════════════ r. 3 -- 5 of 6 -- S.R. No. 99/1998 State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 5 NOTES 1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 147/1992. Notes -- 6 of 6 --