Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
subregulations (2B) and (2), a person shall carry out electrical work in
accordance with the requirements of —
(a) the
Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules as amended from time to time;
(b) the
W A Electrical Requirements as amended from time to time; and
(c) the
standards specified in Schedule 2 as amended from time to time.
[(2) deleted]
(2a) The Director may,
in relation to electrical work to be carried out on an electrical installation
of a consumer —
(a) vary
the requirements referred to in subregulation (1); or
(b)
specify that one or more of those requirements do not apply; or
(c)
specify that one or more requirements apply in addition to those requirements,
and, for the purposes
of subregulation (1), those requirements have effect accordingly.
(2B) An amendment
published by Standards Australia to a standard referred to in
subregulation (1)(a) or (c) does not have effect for the purposes of that
subregulation until 6 months after the day on which it is published.
(2) If a code or
standard referred to in subregulation (1)(a) or (c) is inconsistent with
the W A Electrical Requirements, the W A Electrical Requirements
prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
(3) A person who
employs an electrical worker shall not cause or permit the electrical worker
to carry out electrical work contrary to this regulation.
[Regulation 49 amended in Gazette
23 Dec 1994 p. 7135; 6 Sep 1996
p. 4415‑16; 24 Mar 2000 p. 1640;
31 Dec 2007 p. 6518‑19; 30 Jun 2009
p. 2623; 17 May 2011 p. 1815; 13 Apr 2012
p. 1652‑3.]