Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
subregulation (2) and (2AA), an electrical contractor who carries out any
notifiable work, or causes any notifiable work to be carried out, commits an
offence unless, within the period of 3 days after the completion of the
notifiable work, a notice of completion, in a form approved by the Director
and duly completed, is prepared by the electrical contractor in respect of the
notifiable work and delivered to the relevant network operator.
(1a) An electrical
contractor who fails to keep a copy of the notice of completion for the period
of 5 years after the completion of the notifiable work commits an
offence.
(2)
Subregulation (1) does not apply to notifiable work carried out, or
caused to be carried out, by an electrical contractor exempted in writing by
the Director from the requirement to prepare and deliver a notice of
completion, subject to any conditions that are imposed in respect of the
exemption.
(2AA) Subregulation (1) does not apply to
notifiable work carried out at a mine if —
(a) the
work does not involve an initial connection to distribution works or a private
generating plant; and
(b) the
work does not —
(i)
require an alteration to a main switchboard; or
(ii)
require an alteration to service apparatus or
distribution works; or
(iii)
consist of the installation or removal of a private
generating plant; or
(iv)
alter the capacity of a private generating plant;
and
(c) the
electrical contractor who carries out the work, or causes it to be carried
out, makes a record of the work in a form approved by the Director.
(2AB) An electrical
contractor who makes a record for the purposes of subregulation (2AA)(c)
that the electrical contractor knows to be false or misleading commits an
offence.
(2AC) The principal
employer, as defined in the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994
section 4(1), at a mine commits an offence if the principal employer
fails to ensure that each record made for the purposes of
subregulation (2AA)(c) in respect of notifiable work carried out at the
mine —
(a)
contains a declaration, signed or executed by the electrical contractor making
the record, that the notifiable work to which the record applies has been
checked and tested and is safe and complies with these regulations; and
(b) is
kept at the mine until the mine closes or otherwise ceases to operate.
(2a) A notice of
completion is to contain a declaration, signed or executed by the electrical
contractor who prepared the notice of completion, that the notifiable work to
which the notice applies has been checked and tested and is safe and complies
with these regulations.
(3) An electrical
contractor who delivers a notice of completion to the relevant network
operator in respect of notifiable work that has not been completed in
accordance with regulations 49 and 49B commits an offence.
(4) For the purposes
of subregulations (1) and (1a), notifiable work is taken to be completed
if the electrical installation on which the work was carried out —
(a) is
in use; or
(b) is
connected to distribution works or a private generating plant or can be
connected to distribution works or a private generating plant without the use
of tools; or
(c) is
ready for connection to distribution works or a private generating plant.
(5) If notifiable work
is carried out, or caused to be carried out, by more than one electrical
contractor —
(a) each
electrical contractor must comply with subregulation (1) in respect of
the portion of the work carried out, or caused to be carried out, by that
electrical contractor; and
(b) each
notice of completion delivered under subregulation (1) must describe the
portion of the work to which it relates; and
(c) for
the purposes of subregulations (1) and (1a), in respect of each
electrical contractor, the work is taken to be completed when the portion of
the work carried out, or caused to be carried out, by that electrical
contractor —
(i)
is in use; or
(ii)
is connected to distribution works or a private
generating plant or can be connected to distribution works or a private
generating plant without the use of tools; or
(iii)
is ready for connection to distribution works or a
private generating plant.
[Regulation 52 amended in Gazette
23 Dec 1994 p. 7134; 6 Sep 1996
p. 4417‑18; 31 Dec 2007 p. 6524‑5 and 6539;
17 May 2011 p. 1817‑19; 13 Apr 2012 p. 1653.]