Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Electrical equipment is any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire—
(a) used for controlling, generating, supplying, transforming or transmitting electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or
(b) operated by electricity at a voltage greater than extra low voltage; or
(c) operated by electricity at an extra low voltage, if the equipment forms part of an electrical installation located in a hazardous area; or
(d) that is, or that forms part of, a cathodic protection system.
(2) However, electrical equipment does not include any apparatus, appliance, cable, conductor, fitting, insulator, material, meter or wire forming part of a vehicle if—
(a) it forms part of a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle; or
(b) its source of electricity is a unit of the vehicle that provides propulsion for the vehicle.
Examples of things that, under subsection (2), are not electrical equipment—
the headlights of a vehicle
ignition spark plugs of a motor vehicle
the interior lighting system of a vehicle, if powered from a battery charged by the engine that drives the vehicle or by the vehicle's movement
Examples of things that are not prevented by subsection (2) from being electrical equipment—
interior lighting or a socket outlet in a caravan, if the lighting or outlet is operated by a low voltage generating set or connected to low voltage supply
a refrigeration unit in a food delivery vehicle operating at low voltage from a source separate from the propulsion unit for the vehicle
(3) In this section—
hazardous area has the meaning given by AS/NZS 3000 as in force from time to time.
Editor's note—
AS/NZS 3000 (Electrical installations), known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules, is a standard published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand. It may be purchased from Standards Australia.