Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsadvisory committee means an advisory committee established under part 8, division 5.
alleged contravention, for an electrical safety undertaking, see section 49.
appliance see section 13.
appointed member, of the board or of a board committee, means a member of the board or committee who is appointed by the Minister.
apprentice means an apprentice under the Training and Employment Act.
approved form means a form approved by the chief executive under section 208.
Articles regulation, for part 15, see section 211.
associated equipment, for an electric line, see section 17.
board means the Electrical Safety Board.
board committee means the licensing committee, the safety education committee, the equipment committee or an advisory committee.
bodily harm means any bodily injury which interferes with health or comfort.
calling includes a craft, manufacture, occupation, trade, undertaking or vocation.
cathodic protection system means a system by which a structure in contact with ground or water is protected from electrolytic corrosion by a direct electric current flowing between the structure and an electrical conductor through the ground or water.
commencement, for part 15, see section 211.
confirmation notice, for part 12, see section 167.
consumer means a person who receives electricity generated, transmitted or distributed by an electricity entity.
convicted means found guilty, or having a plea of guilty accepted by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded.
dangerous electrical event see section 12.
decision, for part 12, see section 167.
de facto spouse means either 1 of 2 people, whether of the same or opposite sex, who are living together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship based on intimacy, trust and personal commitment to each other.
disciplinary decision, for part 12, see section 167.
disciplinary hearing see section 115.
disciplinary hearing notice see section 116.
distribution entity means a distribution entity under the Electricity Act.
electrical contractor licence see section 20(2).
electrical engineer means—
(a) a person who is a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 and who is registered in the area or preserved area of electrical engineering under that Act; or
(b) a person who held a degree in electrical engineering granted by—
(i) an approved school of engineering under the repealed Professional Engineers Act 1988; or
(ii) an approved faculty of engineering under the repealed Professional Engineers Act 1988;
before the repeal of that Act and who continues to hold the degree; or
(c) a person who held, immediately before the commencement of the Professional Engineers and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008, and continues to hold, a qualification in electrical engineering granted by a tertiary education institution that entitled the person to be admitted to the Institution of Engineers Australia, as a graduate member.
electrical equipment see section 14.
electrical equipment work see section 19(3).
electrical installation see section 15.
electrical installation work see section 19(1).
electrical licence means an electrical work licence or an electrical contractor licence.
electrical licence application, for part 4, division 2, see section 58.
electrically safe see section 10(2).
electrical risk see section 10(1).
electrical safety see section 10(3).
electrical safety contribution notice see section 202.
electrical safety notification see section 206.
electrical safety obligation means an obligation under part 2, division 2.
electrical safety protection notice see section 154.
electrical safety undertaking see section 49.
electrical work see section 18.
electrical work licence see section 20(1).
electricity includes electric current, electrical energy and similar or related physical qualities.
Electricity Act means the Electricity Act 1994.
electricity entity means—
(a) a generation entity, transmission entity or distribution entity; or
(b) a special approval holder that is authorised under the Electricity Act to do something that a generation entity, transmission entity or distribution entity may do under that Act; or
(c) a railway manager, or light rail manager for a light rail, that is exempted by the Electricity Act, section 20Q or 20QA, from the requirements of section 88A of that Act; or
(d) Airtrain Citylink Limited ACN 066 543 315.
Electricity Regulation, for part 15, see section 211.
electric line see section 16.
electric line work see section 19(2).
employer see section 21.
energise means energise by electricity.
equipment committee means the Electrical Equipment Committee.
equivalent licence, for part 15, see section 211.
EWC Board, for part 15, see section 211.
executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who—
(a) is a member of the governing body of the corporation; or
(b) is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation's management, whatever the person's position is called and whether or not the person is a director of the corporation.
executive officer offence provision means section 199.
exposed means—
(a) bare; or
(b) not effectively insulated; or
(c) not effectively guarded by either a fixed barrier or an earthed metal shield.
exposed part means an exposed conductor or an exposed component of an item of electrical equipment.
external licence means a current licence, permit certificate or other authority—
(a) issued under a law of the Commonwealth, another State or New Zealand; and
(b) authorising the holder to perform work of a type the holder of an electrical work licence is authorised to perform.
external licence recognition provision means section 65.
extra low voltage means voltage of 50V or less AC RMS, or 120V or less ripple-free DC.
facsimile warrant see section 142(4).
fee includes charge.
generation entity means a generation entity under the Electricity Act.
grievous bodily harm means any of the following injuries, regardless of the availability of treatment for the injury—
(a) the loss of a distinct part or an organ of the body;
(b) serious disfigurement;
(c) bodily injury the nature of which is, if left untreated, that it would endanger or be likely to endanger life, or cause or be likely to cause permanent injury to health.
high voltage means voltage greater than low voltage.
hire includes—
(a) agree, attempt or offer to hire; and
(b) possess, expose or advertise for hire; and
(c) cause or allow to be hired.
identified person, for an electrical safety undertaking, see section 49.
improvement notice see section 153.
information notice, for a decision, means a notice stating the following—
(a) reasons for the decision;
(b) all rights of review or appeal under this Act;
(c) the period in which any review or appeal under this Act must be started;
(d) how rights of review or appeal under this Act are to be exercised;
(e) that a stay of a decision the subject of review or appeal under this Act may be applied for under this Act.
inspector means a person appointed under this Act as an inspector.
licence includes permit.
licensed electrical contractor means the holder of an electrical contractor licence.
licensed electrical mechanic means a licensed electrical worker whose electrical work licence includes authority to perform electrical installation work, electric line work and electrical equipment work.
licensed electrical worker means the holder of an electrical work licence.
licensing committee means the Electrical Licensing Committee.
light rail see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, schedule 6.
light rail manager, for a light rail, see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, schedule 6.
low voltage means voltage greater than extra low voltage, but not more than 1000V AC RMS or 1500V ripple-free DC.
meter means a device, including any associated equipment, used for measuring electricity.
ministerial notice means a notice under section 42.
obligation offence provision means section 27.
official entity, for part 13, division 3, see section 193.
original chief executive decision, for part 12, see section 167.
original decision, for part 12, see section 167.
perform, in the context of the performance of electrical work as a licensed electrical contractor, includes the performance of the electrical work through the work of another person.
person in control, of electrical equipment, see section 24.
preliminary notice see section 114.
premises includes—
(a) a building or other structure; and
(b) a part of a building or other structure; and
(c) land where a building or other structure is situated.
prescribed details, for the holder of an electrical work licence engaged to perform or supervise electrical work, means the details about the person, or the person's electrical work licence, that are prescribed under a regulation for this definition.
prescribed electricity entity, for part 5, see section 66.
previous licence, for part 15, see section 211.
railway manager see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, schedule 6.
reasonable excuse does not include a matter of mere convenience.
recall order see section 40A(2).
regulator, for part 15, see section 211.
relative, of a person, means—
(a) the person's spouse; or
(b) a child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, aunt, uncle, nephew or niece (whether of whole or half-blood) of the person.
remote rural installation work means work on an electrical installation if all the following circumstances apply—
(a) the only source of electricity supply to the installation is a privately owned generating set used by—
(i) a farmer on and solely for a farm; or
(ii) a grazier on and solely for a grazing property;
(b) the generating set is not directly or indirectly connected to the works of an electricity entity;
(c) the capacity of the generating set is not more than 75kW;
(d) a person holding an appropriate electrical work licence is not available to perform the work because of the remote location of the farm or grazing property.
responsible person, in relation to a recall order, see section 40A(2)(a).
retail premises, of a distribution entity, means premises that are, under the Electricity Act, the subject of both of the following—
(a) the provision of customer connection services by the distribution entity;
(b) the provision of customer retail services by a retail entity.
review decision, for part 12, see section 167.
review entity, for part 12, see section 167.
safety education committee means the Electrical Safety Education Committee.
safety management system, for part 5, see section 66.
self-employed person see section 23.
serious electrical incident see section 11.
special approval holder means a special approval holder under the Electricity Act.
spouse includes a de facto spouse and a civil partner.
supervise, electrical work, means supervise the way the electrical work is performed.
temporary inspector means a person appointed under this Act as a temporary inspector.
trainee means a trainee under the Training and Employment Act.
Training and Employment Act means the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000.
transmission entity means a transmission entity under the Electricity Act.
unsafe equipment notice see section 155.
vehicle means any means of transport by land, air or water.
voltage means the difference in electrical potential, measured in volts, existing—
(a) between conductors; or
(b) between conductors and earth.
warrant form see section 142(5).
wilfully means—
(a) intentionally; or
(b) recklessly; or
(c) with gross negligence.
worker see section 22.
workplace means a workplace under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995, section 9.
works, of an electricity entity, see section 25.