Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to these
regulations, the Board shall consist of 8 members appointed by the
Minister, of whom —
(a) one
shall be a person appointed to be Chairman; and
(b) one
shall be a person selected by the Minister from a panel consisting of
3 names submitted to the Minister by each approved body that represents
the interests of employees who are licensed electrical workers; and
(c) one
shall be a person selected by the Minister from a panel consisting of
3 names submitted to the Minister by each approved body that represents
the interests of electrical workers who carry out electrical work authorised
by a restricted licence; and
(d) one
shall be a person selected by the Minister from a panel consisting of
3 names submitted to the Minister by each approved body that represents
the interests of electrical contractors; and
(e) one
shall be a person selected by the Minister from a panel consisting of
3 names submitted to the Minister by each approved body that represents
the interests of consumers that are large businesses; and
(f) one
shall be a person selected by the Minister from a panel consisting of
3 names submitted to the Minister by each approved body that represents
the interests of consumers that are small businesses; and
(fa) one
shall be a person selected by the Minister from persons who —
(i)
are residential consumers; and
(ii)
have applied to be appointed to the Board;
and
(g) one
shall be a person who is a public service officer, within the meaning of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 , subordinate to the Director nominated
for appointment by the person holding or acting in the office of Director.
(1a) In
subregulation (1) —
approved means approved by the Minister.
(2) The following
provisions apply to and in relation to an appointment under
subsection (1) —
(a) a
person shall not be appointed under subregulation (1)(a) unless he or she
has, in the opinion of the Minister —
(i)
knowledge at a managerial level of the electrical
industry; and
(ii)
substantial technical experience in that industry;
(b) a
person shall not be appointed under subregulation (1)(b) unless he or
she —
(i)
is, or has been, the holder of an electrician’s
licence issued under Part 3 for not less than 5 years; and
(ii)
is not the holder of a licence issued under Part 4;
(c) a
person shall not be appointed under subregulation (1)(c) unless he or she
has, in the opinion of the Minister, experience in the work carried out by
persons who hold a restricted licence;
(d) a
person shall not be appointed under subregulation (1)(d) unless he or
she —
(i)
is, or has been, the holder of an electrician’s
licence issued under Part 3 for not less than 5 years; and
(ii)
is, or has been, the holder of a licence issued under
Part 4,
and for the purposes
of this paragraph a partner who is, or has been, a partner in a firm that
holds, or has held, a licence issued under Part 4 is deemed to hold, or
have held, a licence under Part 4;
(e) a
person shall not be appointed under subregulation (1)(e) or (f) unless he
or she has, in the opinion of the Minister —
(i)
experience in using the services of electrical
contractors; or
(ii)
experience, otherwise than as an electrical contractor,
in employing licensed electrical workers.
[Regulation 5 amended in Gazette
23 Dec 1994 p. 7134; 6 Sep 1996 p. 4411;
24 Oct 2003 p. 4495‑7 2 ; 31 Dec 2007
p. 6493‑4.]