Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules has the
meaning given in the Electricity Regulations 1947 regulation 2(1);
Board means the Electrical Licensing Board
established under regulation 4;
Chairman means the Chairman of the Board;
copy , in relation to a notice of completion or
electrical safety certificate, means a hard copy or an electronic copy;
electrical appliance means a device in which
electrical energy is consumed or substantially changed in character by
conversion into heat, sound, motion, light or otherwise;
electrical contractor means a person who carries
on business as an electrician but does not include an electrician when acting
in the capacity of an employee of an electrical contractor;
electrical contractor’s licence means an
electrical contractor’s licence issued under Part 4;
electrical equipment includes any component or
part of an electrical installation;
electrical fitting work means the work of making,
maintaining, repairing, altering, assembling, dismantling, connecting or
testing electrical machines, electrical appliances, electrical instruments or
other electrical equipment, and includes electrical installing work if that
work is assembling, maintaining or altering the wiring between electrical
components in plant or machinery;
electrical installation includes all wiring,
wiring enclosures, switch gear, control and protective gear, appliances and
any other components permanently connected to or associated with the wiring
and that is on premises to which electricity is or is intended to be supplied
through distribution works and where electricity is supplied from a private
generating plant includes that plant;
electrical installing work means electrical work
that consists of assembling and fixing in place, altering or adding to any
electrical installation or maintaining, removing, or, connecting to fixed
wiring, any electrical equipment;
electrical work has the meaning given in
regulation 4A;
electrical worker means an individual who carries
out electrical work;
electrical worker’s licence means a licence
issued under Part 3;
electrician means an electrical worker who is
authorised by a licence to carry out electrical installing work and electrical
fitting work;
executive officer means the person holding or
acting in the office of Executive Officer to the Board;
in‑house electrical installing work has the
meaning given by regulation 37(2) and (3);
in‑house electrical installing work licence
means a licence to carry out in‑house electrical installing work;
legal practitioner means an Australian legal
practitioner as defined in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3;
licence means a licence under these regulations
and when used in Part 3 means an electrical worker’s licence and
when used in Part 4 means an electrical contractor’s licence or an
in‑house electrical installing work licence;
licensed electrical worker means the holder of an
electrical worker’s licence or the holder of a permit under Part 3;
live , in relation to any wire or other object,
means having, under normal conditions of operation, a potential difference
between that wire or other object and earth, and any metal that is deemed by
the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules to be a live part for the purposes of
that standard shall be regarded as live for the purposes of these regulations;
main switchboard has the meaning given in the
Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules clause 1.4.92;
maintenance work means repairing defective
electrical equipment or replacing electrical equipment with electrical
equipment having an equal or substantially similar engineering specification;
mine has the same meaning as it has in the
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 ;
network operator means a supply authority and any
other person lawfully operating transmission or distribution works;
nominee , in relation to a licence under
Part 4, means a person for the time being nominated for the purposes of
regulation 36(1), (2) or (3) or 37(1) in respect of that licence;
notifiable work means electrical installing work
other than —
(a)
maintenance work, unless that work requires the disconnection and reconnection
of the supply of electricity to the electrical installation concerned or the
replacement of service apparatus; or
(b) the
alteration of a final sub‑circuit; or
(c) the
addition of a single final sub‑circuit;
permit means a permit under Part 3;
prescribed policy of insurance means the policy of
insurance required to be held under regulation 36(1)(a)(iv) in respect of
the work of an electrical contractor;
pressure means the difference in effective
electrical potential measured in volts normally existing between conductors
and between conductors and the earth;
private generating plant means generating works,
that are for the generation of electricity at a nominal pressure exceeding
50 volts alternating current or 120 volts ripple free direct current
including all works, electrical equipment, and wiring ancillary thereto, and
includes such generating works and works, electrical equipment and wiring
ancillary thereto that are for the self‑propulsion or other motivation
of mobile equipment but does not include generating works owned or operated by
a network operator;
relevant network operator means —
(a) for
an electrical installation that is, or is to be, supplied with electricity by
a network operator — the network operator; or
(b) for
an electrical installation that is not, and is not to be, supplied with
electricity by a network operator — the Director;
W A Electrical Requirements means the Code known
by that name as issued by the Director;
working days does not include Saturdays, Sundays
or public holidays.
[(2) deleted]
[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette
23 Dec 1994 p. 7134; 6 Sep 1996
p. 4410‑11; 24 Mar 2000 p. 1639‑40;
19 Apr 2005 p. 1296; 31 Dec 2007
p. 6492‑3, 6537 and 6538‑9; 10 May 2011 p. 1667;
17 May 2011 p. 1813‑14; 13 Apr 2012
p. 1652.]