Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsA dangerous electrical event is any of the following—
(a) the coming into existence of circumstances in which a person is not electrically safe, if—
(i) the circumstances involve high voltage electrical equipment; and
(ii) despite the coming into existence of the circumstances, the person does not receive a shock or injury;
(b) the coming into existence of both of the following circumstances—
(i) if a person had been at a particular place at a particular time, the person would not have been electrically safe;
(ii) the person would not have been electrically safe because of circumstances involving high voltage electrical equipment;
(c) an event that involves electrical equipment and in which significant property damage is caused directly by electricity or originates from electricity;
(d) the performance of electrical work by a person not authorised under an electrical work licence to perform the work;
(e) the performance of electrical work by a person if, as a result of the performance of the work, a person or property is not electrically safe;
Examples for paragraph (e)—
the connection of electrical equipment to a source of supply involving incorrect polarity or other incorrect connection
the performance of electrical work as a result of which an exposed wire is left in circumstances in which it can be energised by the operation of a switch or circuit breaker or the insertion of a fuse
(f) the discovery by a licensed electrical worker of electrical equipment that has not been marked as required under this Act.