Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY REGULATIONS 1947 - REG 15A

15A .         New owner’s obligation to install residual current devices and right to recover costs

        (1)         In this regulation —

        post‑transfer period , in relation to transferred residential premises, means —

            (a)         if the new owner has given a notice of intended demolition — 6 months after the transfer;

            (b)         if the new owner has not given a notice of intended demolition — 2 months after the transfer.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         the title to residential premises is transferred; and

            (b)         the prior owner has not complied with regulation 13(a) or 14(a); and

            (c)         demolition of the premises has not commenced within the post‑transfer period,

                the new owner must, on or before the expiry of the post‑transfer period, ensure that at least 2 residual current devices are installed in relation to the premises.

        Penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual — a fine of $15 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate — a fine of $100 000.

        (3)         If the new owner has not given a notice of intended demolition, the new owner’s reasonable costs of complying with subregulation (2) —

            (a)         are a debt due by the prior owner to the new owner; and

            (b)         may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction.

        [Regulation 15A inserted in Gazette 10 May 2011 p. 1664.]