South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts59—Requirements relating to electrical installation connection and meter
installation
(1) A person must not
personally carry out the work of connecting electricity supply from a
transmission or distribution network to an electrical installation, or
installing or replacing a meter, unless—
(a) the
person is carrying out the work as an employee or contractor directly or
indirectly on behalf of a prescribed person; or
(b) the
electricity entity that operates the network has specifically authorised the
person to carry out the work.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $315.
(1a) A
prescribed person must not cause or permit or authorise a person to personally
carry out the work of connecting electricity supply from a
transmission or distribution network to an electrical installation, or
installing or replacing a meter, unless the person personally carrying out the
work has the appropriate knowledge and skills required for that purpose.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
(1b) If, when
electricity supply from a transmission or distribution network is connected to
an electrical installation, other than an installation to which electricity
supply from the network has previously been connected—
(a) the
installation does not comply with technical and safety requirements under the
regulations; or
(b)
there is a failure to comply with technical and safety requirements under the
regulations relating to the making of the connection,
the person personally carrying out the work of making the connection and, if
the person is carrying out the work as an employee or contractor directly or
indirectly on behalf of the electricity entity that operates the network, the
electricity entity are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of the person personally carrying out the work of making the
connection—$5 000;
(b) in
the case of the electricity entity—$50 000.
Expiation fee: in the case of the person personally carrying out the work of
making the connection—$315.
(1c) Subject to the
regulations, neither the electricity entity that operates the network nor the
person personally carrying out the work of making the connection commits an
offence under subsection (1b)(a) in relation to an
electrical installation if the entity has, before the making of the
connection, been provided with a certificate of compliance issued under this
Part in relation to the installation.
(1d) If, when
electricity supply from a transmission or distribution network is connected to
an electrical installation following the prior disconnection from the network
of electricity supply to the installation for safety reasons—
(a) any
work that has been carried out on the installation since the disconnection has
not complied with the regulations; or
(b) in a
case where the disconnection was by, or at the direction of, an
authorised officer or the Technical Regulator—the making of the
connection has not been approved by an authorised officer or the
Technical Regulator; or
(c) in a
case where the disconnection was by an electricity officer—there has not
been rectification of the fault giving rise to the disconnection; or
(d)
there is a failure to comply with technical and safety requirements under the
regulations relating to the making of the connection,
the person personally carrying out the work of making the connection and, if
the person is carrying out the work as an employee or contractor directly or
indirectly on behalf of a prescribed person, the prescribed person are each
guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of the person personally carrying out the work of making the
connection—$5 000;
(b) in
the case of the prescribed person—$50 000.
Expiation fee: in the case of the person personally carrying out the work of
making the connection—$315.
(1e) Subject to the
regulations, neither a prescribed person nor the person personally carrying
out the work of making the connection commits an offence under
subsection (1d)(a) in relation to work carried out on an
electrical installation if the prescribed person has, before the making of the
connection, been provided with a certificate of compliance issued under this
Part in relation to the work on the installation.
(1f) Neither a
prescribed person nor the person personally carrying out the work of making
the connection commits an offence under subsection (1d)(b) unless notice
has been given, orally or by fax or email, to the prescribed person, or an
employee or agent of the prescribed person, that electricity supply to the
installation has been disconnected by, or at the direction of, an
authorised officer or the Technical Regulator.
(1g) If, in carrying
out the work of installing or replacing a meter, there is a failure to comply
with—
(a)
regulations relating to the carrying out of such work or examinations and
tests relating to such work; or
(b)
technical and safety requirements under the regulations relating to the
connection of electricity supply from a transmission or distribution network
to an electrical installation,
the person personally carrying out the work and, if the person is carrying out
the work as an employee or contractor directly or indirectly on behalf of a
prescribed person, the prescribed person are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of the person personally carrying out the work—$5 000;
(b) in
the case of the prescribed person—$50 000.
Expiation fee: in the case of the person personally carrying out the
work—$315.
(2) An
electricity officer for an electricity entity may disconnect the electricity
supply to an electrical installation that—
(a) is
connected to the entity's transmission or distribution network in
contravention of this section; or
(b)
otherwise does not comply with this Act.
(3) For the purposes
of this section, electricity supply to an electrical
installation is disconnected "for safety reasons" if the electricity supply is
disconnected—
(a) by,
or at the direction of, an authorised officer or the Technical Regulator; or
(b) by
an electricity officer because of a contravention of this Act relating to the
electrical installation or its connection, or because the
electrical installation is, in the officer's opinion unsafe; or
(c) to
allow work on the electrical installation to be carried out safely.
(4) For the purposes
of this section—
(a) the
electricity entity that operates the transmission or distribution
network concerned is a "prescribed person"; and
(b) a
metering provider is a "prescribed person" in relation to
the work of installing or replacing a meter; and
(c) "the
work of installing or replacing a meter" includes connecting electricity
supply from a transmission or distribution network to the
electrical installation to which the meter is wired following the installation
or replacement of the meter.
(5) In this
section—
"meter" means a meter and associated equipment for measuring the consumption
of electricity supplied to a place from a transmission or
distribution network;
"metering provider" means a person accredited and registered as a
metering provider under the National Electricity Rules.